Building Fairy Houses

On Saturday, I organized a Fairy House event for the second grade level girl scouts in Reading. 70 Girl Scouts Signed Up, oh my goodness! With the help of their troop leaders they ventured into the woods to build fairy houses. It was such a great time. Each fairy house looked completely different than the next one. One troop even found a snake that they put into their garden around their fairy house. Luckily, it left before we viewed their house.

Here are some pics. Unfortunately, I accidentally erased Olivia's group and a few other pics from my camera.

Nuts in The Swamp....

In preparation for our big Girl Scout Fairy House Event next weekend, Olivia, Lexi and me went on a nature walk to collect natural materials. We collected bark, flowers, pine needles, leaves, and NUTS!!

Oh wow, look at this NUT we found in the swamp!



Actually we suckered Papa in to going into the swamp to get us the cat and nine tails!

Hmm, here Papa contemplates... I'm not too sure about this!



I hope there are no snakes in here!



The girls are so excited with their new findings.






Papa makes it out, without falling and being attacked by venomous beasts!



The end result, two happy girls holding their cat and nine tails and mom has a beautiful bouquet for her living room.

Olivia's First Apple Pie

A few weeks ago we went apple picking. We finally got around to making an apple pie. Well, actually Olivia made it. I helped to peel the apples and she mixed all the ingredients. She also did the edge decorating. Boy, was it yummy! She said she didn't like apple pie much, but I reminded her she should at least take a taste. Lexi on the other hand, loved it!

Samantha Lee's Stitcheries

So, I have decided to re-create Samantha Lee's Stitcheries in a new way.

I will be embroidering monograms, intials, fancy font names on many items such as baby bibs, baby blankets, beach towels, tote bags, tshirts, jeans, sweatshirts and more.

As the business grows, more fonts and pictures will be added.

Items can be supplied or I will purchase them.

Please keep me in mind for personalized gifts here are some great ideas!

baby showers (bibs, face cloths, blankets...)
birthdays (sweatshirts, tshirts, beach towels, tote bags...)
leaving for college (sweatshirts, tshirts, shower towels, tote bags, pillowcases...)

Here are a few pictures of what I was working on today.

Apple Picking at Smolak Farms

Bright and early Sunday morning, we headed off to Smolak Farms to do some apple picking. Boy was it chilly out, when we first left. This place gets mobbed so our goals were to get there early and out of there early before everyone else got out of bed and church. They were also have a festival with lots of things to do for the kids. Did I mention the price, this was ridiculous! 1/2 peck of apples $20 and a moon bounce for $4, OMG!!

Papa offers shuttle service to the girls!



My girls are the apples of my eyes, what would I do without them.





Since pumpkins weren't on our agenda for today, as it is too early before Halloween. The girls stopped and posed with them!



They have a small petting zoo and playground area for kids. Here is Olivia getting up close with one of the goats.



For a brief moment, the girls thought about being farmers....



We had fun on the hayride that takes you throughout the entire farm.



The girls enjoyed trying to find the perfect apples, I think they threw more on the ground. Needless to say our bag was very overflowing and a few extras in our wagon, as I couldn't believe the price!!





All and all it was a fun few hours, the girls picked out some mini pumpkins to take home and boy was it getting crowded as we were leaving to go home and watch the football game.

Santa's Village

What a great day we had at Santa's Village with our friends Fawn & Skylar. Although a long car ride, it was really a great day and I would definately do it again. The girls had fun finding all the Elfabet Elves throughout the village and receiving a diploma from Elf University.



Olivia pats Santa's reindeers and later they played reindeer games.



Olivia gets her free reindeer ring from the blacksmith, Lexi got one too, but she was riding in her buggy and wouldn't get out for many pics.



Here is the traditional picture that families have been taking for years.



Olivia hangs out on the corner of Ho Ho Ho Blvd



Olivia gives her long list to Santa as well as tells Santa my sister would like a SpongeBob ds game for my ds! Something seemed wrong about that.



Olivia takes us for a ride in an Old Time car



Lexi rides in back having a blast



Here I am as sweet as a cupcake!




And the gingerbread girls



Here is Lexi getting as close as possible to Santa

School Days

On Wednesday, Olivia started second grade, she was so excited she was up very early with me during my quiet time in the morning. Here are a few pics of her first day!




And, today my baby started preschool, she will only be attending two days a week for a few hours a day. But today she got to go to school and meet her teacher and the other kids in her classroom. She was so excited she could fit and sit inside her cubby locker!

Here are a few of Lexi's pics! Those are her Minnie Mouse shoes on, sparkly and pink!