HANGING OUT WITH FRIENDS

M was supposed to be doing homework

but some of the kids in the neighborhood

were out playing so she joined them.

The girls reading together

with their pillow pets.

M reading to her little friend

A game of volleyball.

MOTHER BEAR PROJECT

I made a Mother Bear Project Bear

this weekend for a child with HIV/AIDs.

I was looking for a particular yarn color in my stash

(no, really, I'm not a yarn hoarder)

and couldn't find it

so I just dumped all my yarn on the floor.

I went into another room to get something

and came back to find Little Kitten

like this.

Clearly, she fits her nickname of Pesky.

I can never get mad at her cause

she is

SO cute!

Picture of bear before it is sewn together and stuffed.

I was worried that I had done something wrong

since it looked

more like a robot

than a bear.

My finished bear.

I will send him off to go to Africa tomorrow.

Here is the website, if you want to make one too.

http://www.motherbearproject.org/

They have a pattern for knit and crochet.

SCHOOL FAIR

M and some her friends went to their school fair.

There were some really interesting booths

such as the bomb squad, fire and police department, and military.

There was also some great games for the kids

so they could win prizes

Sheriff department's helicopter.

M's about to take off.

Hubby wanted to sit in it

but no adults allowed - M thought that was funny.

Can you spot M's little face in the window?

I think Hubby had just as much fun as M.

Slide fun with BFF

Much to the delight of the kids,

the helicopter took off.

Whipped cream and gummy bear eating contest.

A garden club had a booth at the fair

and one of M's friends got to release

a butterfly that had hatched that day.

It was warming it's self up on her nose

before it flew away.

It decided to hang out on her nose for a while.

They had her tilt her head so the sun could reach it better.

The butterfly was quite happy to stay

so one of M's other friends got to hold it

Can you spot the butterfly flying away?

All the girls ran after it

all the way across the field.

BEACH WALK

I went for a walk along the beach.

Before you can get to the path

you have to go down a tOn of stairs.

It was an overcast day

so perfect for a walk

I found an additional path

that overlooked the cliffs

so decided to follow that too...

super pretty views

(although it didn't show up on the pictures since it was kinda foggy)

Part of the path

has these mosaic fish pictures...

love the colors.

M LOVES TO READ

Grandpa bought M a series of ValueTale books.

In the past few days she has really gotten into them.

It is a great set of books

that covers some sort of life value

and talks about a famous person

who demonstrated that value.

In the past few days she has read about

Beethoven, Lucille Ball and Benjamin Franklin.

She will randomly tell me some fact about them

that she learned from the book.

Girl Scout pool party

We began another year of Girl Scouts

and decided to kick off the year with a pool party.

The weather was perfect!

The girls pretty much had the place to themselves.

There was a man who sat down in a deck chair

to relax and listen to his music.

He sat down about 3 minutes

before the girls got in the pool

and left about 3 minutes later...

can you spot him in the pictures.

It was kinda funny

but I did feel bad for him too.

man relaxing in the background

man gets splashed and stares at girls

3 minutes later man leaves

IT'S TOO HOT FOR FOOTED PJS

My theory about M and her

footed pajamas

was proven right last night (see previous post)....

I went to check on her last night

before I went to bed

and this is what I saw.

I teased her about it today

and the funny thing

is that she had no recollection

of taking them half off

or putting them back on.

She didn't even believe me

until I showed the picture as proof.

I tried to get her to wear

cooler PJs tonight

but she wouldn't hear of it.

I am sure all her stuffed animals

probably make her hot too.

I put some of them away

every once and a while

and then when I check on her later that night

they are all back

AND

sometimes even more!

TINKERTOY DRAG RACER

We played with M's giant

Tinkertoy set.

Of course Little Kitten had to be

in on the action.

The beginnings of a drag racer.

Little Kitten (aka Pesky) decided

she would drive it.

Finished...pretty cool.

Can you spot Thomas watching the fun.

PAJAMAS WITH FEET

M has been asking for months

for those pjs with feet on them.

I told her she had to wait until

November for her birthday...

mostly cause I know she would wear them

during the Summer and get all hot.

I finally found some in her size

and of course she wanted to wear them.

It hasn't been hot so I agreed.

It made her seem so young

and of course she looked adorable in them.

She isn't smiling cause

it hurts to smile...

she got braces...

poor thing!!!

The kitty she is holding is from Build a Bear

cause she was so brave about getting braces.

She really didn't complain much

and her mouth is all swollen and she can't eat.

I feel like the worst mom ever

even though she really needs them.

Hubby was showing M

something on the computer.

I thought they looked so cute together so

I snapped a picture of them.

1968 CITROEN DS

Sometimes I think my hubby

never actually grew up...

he is just a boy in a man's body.

He went to walmart

and this is one of the things he came back with.

Why?...I am not sure.

Apparently he thought it was cool.

The back of the box states:

You just received an urgent call!

The lift is broken in the Eiffel Tower

and 20 tourist are trapped.

Your Citroen DS,

with its hydro suspension,

can take sharp corners on the winding

Paris streets and

get you to the scene in no time.

As the city's top engineer,

when you're onsite,

consider the problem solved.

Wonder who is more geeky....

my hubby for buying it

or me for writing about it??