EIGHT!!!!!

My Girl Turned Eight this morning!!!  At exactly 6:45... We watched the clock, we celebrated, some of us cried a little bit.

 

How is this possible?

 

I look at her and I think "how is she ours, she's really ours!"  I prayed, hoped, pleaded, begged, cried for and needed this little girl!

 

She has a great love for God.

She is quirky and funny and silly.

She loves being on the go.

She is mature for her age.

She is very spunky.

She is soooo loving, she has a heart as big as all outdoors.

She's convinced that 2nd grade is the hardest thing ever.

She is a worrier.

She is very smart.

She is very brave.

She loves adventure.

She has an amazing sense of humor.

 

 

 

The picture below, that little outfit is the only baby girl outfit my mom ever got to see and hold.  I love that she saw it.

 

Such a cute lil squirt!!!

 

First time in piggy tails.

 

 

What powder?? 

 

She was very serious about this phone conversation.

 

Even to this day she LOVES looking through the binoculars.

 

 

She loves anything involving boating and camping.

 

Niagara Falls.

 

She still love dress up and makeup... oh my heavens, she watches you tube videos on make up application....

 

 

 

 

 

 

She still loves dance as much as she always has.  She's very interested in gymnastics too.

 

Dolls are her loves... she always takes care of them and makes sure they're comfortable.

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

WOW!!!  My little lady really is growing up on me.  It's yay and boo all at the same time, I love that she's growing and maturing but yet can't she stay my baby a little longer?

 

 

WOW!!!  It goes so fast.  I love being her mom...  We were meant for each other!!!  I hope and pray that as she continues to grow that I will be what she needs.

It's Starting!!!

It's a big week at our house!!!!

 

The count down is on.....

 

We have a special little girl that is super excited.....

 

It's her birthday week!!!  We're all excited, we're all expecting a great time!

 

 

I can't belive it's almost here, I'm a little sad if the truth be told but while pushing the sad thoughts about how fast time goes... I try to make it just as fun to celebrate!!!!

 

More to come!

Fun, Flowers, Sew, Light.... how's that for a title?

The other day we got to school early, so early in fact the carpool line wasn't even open yet, so little miss and I "got" to have a fun/wacky/silly/weird photo shoot!

 

 

Cheese.....  

 

 

 

Do it again mom......  ok!

 

 

Friday night we had our Little Flowers group meeting.  I was driving in and I just think the church is so beautiful when it's all lit up and no sooner did I snap this picture, they turned the lights off inside... phew, just made it! 

 

 

 

I love this little group.  I'm meeting some really great women and kids and we just really have fun there!

 

 

 

 

 

Mikayla was awarded her first patch of the year ;)  yay!!!!  (can I say I'm so happy my mother in law is coming back soon... she helps me sew them on)(she doesn't know it yet though, don't tell her, ok) ;)

 

 

Then Mikayla also had her very first professional sewing lesson.  She loved it, she was surprised by it a little bit too.  She is signed up for the next two sessions as well, to learn how to make pajama pants.... we'll see how that one goes :)  I hope she enjoys it!

 

 

 

 

While she was in class, I was out in store area of Joann's, I parked myself at their pattern table, made myself right at home and worked on some crafts of my own!  HA!!!  it was a BLAST hearing other people try to figure out their projects...I know that Katie and I sound like that when we're trying to figure something out too.  It was awesome!!

 

Then after dinner, Katie came over and we crafted until midnight hee hee..... Good times.  Mikayla was in bed and Michael turned the volume off on the tv so he could listen to our girl talk, he joined in every now and again too!  It was so funny!!

 

Now in my front room at home, we are... um.... light challenged.... the short story is that my dad and I tried to adjust the can light...and ended up breaking it so we've had no ceiling light in the room for awhile now.   While the new fixture and necessary electrician that we need to instal the light has been on the list of things to do, we haven't used the room too much until recently.  Now before you think we're total hillbilly's - we do have light, I have one of those pole lamps with three lights on it.... and desk lamps as needed.....

 

Well Katie decided she needed additional lighting..... actually, she just came prepared.... to be able to see the project she's working on....  this is what she did....

 

 

She wore a headlamp......

 

IT WAS HILARIOUS!!!  However, I couldn't take her seriously when she was wearing it nor could I focus..... we all laughed SOOOOOOOO hard.... what a stinker!

 

So until the electrician comes.... instead of BYOB... it's BYOL (bring your own light) 

 

HAAAAAAA!!!

Happy Halloween!

What fun we've had this year!!!  This was a totally hectic week but yay we've all made it!!  Mikayla had four different dress up sessions.  The first was for Fancy Dancy (for dance class at school).  She wore one of my old dance costumes for that one. 

 

Then she dressed up as the Good Witch of the South using her dance costume from last year paired with some new tights and a hat... YAY!!

 

Then she dressed up as Bat Girl for school.  Normally the kids don't get to dress up but this year they did if the classes picked a theme, so all of 2nd grade was a super hero.  So I made her outfit with a template and some felt.

 

Then it is All Saints Day at school and she dressed up as Mary.  Phew!  We did have a melt down about Baby Jesus though-she wanted to swaddle him in a pink and white blanket...and well that just can't be done... but we worked it out.

 

So, here's our witchy witch!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We went to my dad's church festival and had a blast!

 

 

Katie and Tyler came too, the balloon below was harmed in this event but then it was supposed to be popped and Tyler bless his heart couldn't get that sucker!!  So Katie stepped in and struggled to get it too but she worked it out and got the job done!!  HA!

 

 

Ping Pong game was FUN FUN FUN!!!

 

 

Always time for a bribe and a picture! 

 

 

 

 

Then came bat girl.... She rocked it!!!  I love this costume!

 

 

 

Here is our now happy Mother Mary.  We got so flustered when trying to get out of the house that we forgot her breakfast, her snack, and her water for the day.  So we stopped along the way at stop number one for breakfast, they were only accepting cash and well I don't typically carry cash (need to change that) so I wasted 4 precious minutes with nothing to show for it, then we stopped at another place and she got a croissant sandwich with orange juice for breakfast, a doughnut for snack and a bottle of water... PHEW.... anyway, I hope her day is going better than it started!

 

 

 

 

PHEW!!!  This momma is tired from the week!  It'll be good to have the weekend to regroup and recover from this overload.

 

Oh and a short brag...sorry about this... all costumes for the week were done for less than $30!  (Fancy Dancy - free, Witch bought tights and hat, Bat Girl -used what I had and bought felt for $7.67 and Mary - used what we had and only had to buy 1 1/2 yards of blue fabric!  Total SCORE!!!