My baby (and 15 of my other girls!) are now Junior Girl Scouts.
I am so very proud of them all. They planned the whole ceremony from the invitations to the decorations and food. It was such a great night for all of them. And not to be left out…the Brownies did a little presentation for their sisters.
It is an honor to get to help guide these girls on their journey to becoming our great leaders of tomorrow. Keep your eyes on all of these special girls.
…I used to have time to write, people!
I went back through the blog looking for the kitty cake from when Ad turned two and got all caught up in reading old posts. Back in the day when the ladies of the house were a mere 4 and 2 years old – I had all kinds of fodder and photos for blog posts.
What happened? I’m far busier now, the girls are funnier, smarter, and just as photogenic (well, maybe not so much on that last one!) but I can’t seem to string a coherent sentence together. And how did I post nearly every. single. day?
Of course, the pinnacle of my blog career might have been reached in the the old “poop in a teacup” post. You were all spot on when you predicted that someday I would look back and laugh about that. I’ve been sitting here laughing for the past 20 minutes.
I’m vowing here and now, I will do a better job of documenting our chaos around here. I want to be able to sit here on the sofa and have some more good stuff to laugh at.
We are back! Just because I haven’t posted a CT in a few weeks doesn’t mean that we haven’t been crafting it up around here.
Birdie #2 and I have tried very hard to meet for some all-day crafting days. We haven’t been able to do it every week, but we have accomplished a few projects the last few weeks.
Birdie #2 did these awesome pillows. Cutting out the stencil with Eva, and then just fabric painting right on the burlap before she sewed the pillows together.
Cute eh?
She also did a calendar wall of dry erase squares for her high schooler’s room. (Activities blurred to protect the innocent!)
She cut out each square with rounded corners and the top squares she cut out the days of the week – so the wall color shows through. Grid them out and stick each square to the wall. Easy, peasy.
And my contribution to Crafty Tuesday – I knocked off a little sign that J. got me (the one on the left!) for my anniversary and made him one (the one on the right) in return. I just reversed the paint colors and cut out the stencil using Eva. Then painted on and peeled the stencil off.
I can’t wait to hang them in my kitchen. The KITCHEN! The kitchen that is almost done. I think it deserves a post all to itself. As soon as the cupboard doors are returned and rehung…we will do the big reveal!
What craftiness am I missing out on since I haven’t had a moment to read a blog in weeks? Tell me, please?
I have started writing this post at least a dozen times since Ad’s actual birthday last week. It was a long, crazed week, but we kicked it off in high birthday fashion.
We started it with a best friend sleepover and trip to Shogun for Addie’s favorite dinner – sushi, miso soup and fried rice.
Then joined by 7 other girls, she asked to spend her birthday at Raging Waters – or what I like to call the “Chuck.E Cheese of all waterparks.” Blech. But…birthday girl got what she wanted.
She also got a ukelele from Daddy like she had asked for.
And a kitty cake (yes, again!) like she asked for from Mommy.
Lots of birthday calls and lovely gifts from everyone rounded out the “Week of Addie.”
Pretty good birthday haul for a 7-year old, I’d say. I think Addie would agree.
Okay, I just couldn’t resist. LOOK at all of you!
Happy Birthday to my eldest niece, Lexer. Not that I would ever play favorites, and I always thought that I wanted kids, but when I would spend time with you when you were little, you just made me certain that I needed to have a little girl like you. You were so sweet, funny, photogenic and ADORABLE. And clearly you just get better with age. (Well, we need to work on that photogenic part…why is it so hard to get pics of you now?)
Okay…well, that one is pretty great – but in general, I’m lacking some good Lexer pics. 😉
At any rate, we hope your day is great, Roo. We love you, love you, love you!
Happy Birthday!
Love,
Aunt Bean
We had a most excellent day. Hours of waterpark, cake & ice cream and lots of presents, good wishes and love from family and friends near and far. I think she had a fantastic day.
Mommy is going to bed. It is 8:17. Photos and more details to follow soon.
Thank you all for the love.
xo
Dear Addie Rose –
Today, my sweet Addikins, you turn seven. Super S-E-V-E-N.
I know I say this every single year – but where has the time gone? Sometimes I stop and have a hard time remembering you as a baby. All I see when I think of my “baby” – is this confident, talented and sweet girl who wakes me up every morning (always early and always around the same time she was born) with a “Good Morning, Mama. Can I make your coffee?”
You are so incredibly considerate, you want to help with everything. I rarely have to ask you twice to do anything, and usually I don’t have to ask at all – you just volunteer. You are all about executing and getting things done, whether it is your homework or trying to learn how to do a cartwheel. (Of course this is all when YOU want something done. You do tend to be a wee bit stubborn at times, still!)
And the best part is, you usually do all of your day with a smile, a giggle and a laugh.
You have a great sense of humor. You have this ability to make everyone around you happy, just by being around you. And your quick wit and boundless energy just make you all the more endearing.
You fill our every day with joy, laughter and love, Addison. And I just know that this year is going to be super. And I’m super blessed to get to share it with you.
Happy Birthday, my sweet 7-year old.
I love you,
Mama
That is the sound of our week flying by.
I don’t know if it was the holiday Monday (yes, let’s blame it on that!) or the fact that EVERYthing started this week – ballet, piano, choir, soccer, girl scouts, (hmmm…maybe it is that?) but it has been incredibly insane around these parts and I completely flat-out missed Crafty Tuesday even!
Oh…and a certain little someone is expecting birthday celebrations this week, too. Her closet door this morning…
(Translation: Don’t Come In – Closed. 1 2 3 4 (with the four crossed out) count down to Addie’s birthday.)
Not that anyone is counting, right? God bless my spelling-challenged child. You would NEVER in a million years guess that she got almost all 100%s on her spelling tests last year, would you? The difference is…she WANTED to memorize the spelling lists. My stubborn (almost!) 7-year old.
Back to work. Got some meetings and parties to plan. We’ll be back over the weekend, I’m sure. Well, I intend to. Let’s just agree on – I hope to be back this weekend.