I got myself a new camera

ridiculous right? With how much we paid for the two cameras (did I mention that the lost one was my Christmas present from OP?), I could have gotten the Canon Rebel I want so bad.

I know, it makes you sick inside, doesn't it?

Anyway, while we waited for Miss Adi to get out of school, I did a little shoot with these two...



I had to wake P.G. up from his nap, so let's just say the boy was not happy.



Look at her baby blues.

And the huge old scratch on her cheek, provided by her baby brother.



Awww, now he's feeling better.



Me and my $2 Forever 21 sunglasses.



And here comes Miss Adi, with her coat half on...



Can you tell I'm excited to finally have my camera back?

9 to 5

This is my Pipes.

As you all know.

Anywho,


This little girl wants to be a ballerina when she grows up.

Or a singer.

Or a nurse like Aunt Whitney.

Or a teacher like Mrs. McDougal.

Or she wants to be on the Disney Channel.

Or possibly a model (I think that it what she is trying to do in this pic)



But she definitely doesn't want to get married or have babies.

Why not?

Because that is too much work.


You have no idea, kid.

VIP

So, I lost my camera.

You can at least act surprised.

Because of this, I'm posting some old pictures in my files...


Anywho, Miss Adi was the VIP in class a while ago.

And we made this totally awesome VIP poster-

Yeah, we pretty much rock.

V-Day

I turned to my bestest friend Picnik for the girlie's Valentines this year. You just have these developed on an 8x10 and cut the squares apart.

And then we attached them to Jolly Rancher suckers. Easy, peasy!

And for P.G., I just printed these on 4x6's.

Have a happy love day tomarrow!

Now I must start baking for our Valentine's family dinner...

Nancy doesn't have anything on these ladies

First, I would like to do a bit of whining before I share these millions of pics with you.

On Friday, in the midst of preparing for our Activity Girl's Daddy-Daughter 50's dance, I took a bit of a spill down the basement stairs. Let's just say that I'm going to start turning on the dang lights before venturing down the toy-strewn stairs.

So I hurt my poor ankle. It is not broken, just very hurty.

Anywho, so I got to do entertain 14 young ladies for two hours while limping.

I was not at my best.

So, here's the main party room:



I honestly popped six bags of popcorn to feed these starving girls. No joke.

And all that bubblegum? Gone within the first five minutes of the kids arrival.



The sleuth bags. Not my best work, but they were sufficient.



And the books that inspired it all (my grandparents gave them to me way back when I was 9).



But wait a minute... where are the cupcakes?

*Gasp*

They have been taken!



But by who?



The Feather Bandits?!

(Please don't judge my rhyming. I wrote all of these pretty late at night)

So up went the police tape. It is, after all, the scene of a crime.



Adi was a bit anxious to get the party started...



I had two of my Activity Girl's come over to help (they are my main helper-girls at these parties). They played the detectives when we started the investigation.

They led us to the clues.

Ah ha, here is another one...



This clue-finding gave me a bit of a scare.



Another clue...



Every master-slueth needs a master disguise (yup, that's Pipes behind those glasses).



The Feather Bandits!!!

My Activity Girls played double agents...



The party-goers handled this situation with their chinese finger traps.



And they found the cupcakes (in the feather adorned box back there).



And Miss Adi finally got to blow out her candle.



And open her presents...



And there was still an hour of the party left (I thought the clue-hunting would take longer than 25 minutes to do.

So we played a little freeze dance. And watched a couple of Selena Gomez and Taylor Swift music videos.

And I do believe that this party can be considered a success.

At least Adi thought so!

Her Day...

We have a tradition 'round here: Mommy decorates the kitchen the night before everyone's birthday (except her own).

It is what Adi looks most forward to the night before her birthday.

I think she reminded me to do it about 58 times. In one hour.

Anywho, here is what the counter top looked like...



I discovered that I am not so good at making the oh-so-simple tissue paper flowers. But that could be because I didn't start decorating until 9 pm.

And if you know me, you know that my brain shuts off at 8 pm sharp.

No exceptions.

I also had to stay up a bit late (for me) making what Adi requested for breakfast:



They didn't turn out perfect. Mostly because I was rushing to get them done so I could get to bed...

She also wanted a donut cake.

Yup, I said donut cake.

Thanks to my good friends at Dunford for making this sickly-sweet lovely happen.



Aww, my baby is seven!



And now I must get back to preparing for her friend party tomarrow.

Overboard?

Yup. It sure is.