s is for snowden: June 2011

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Miss Sibley turns 11

I simply can not believe that this little lady is 11...
ELEVEN!

It seems like just yesterday
that she was a chunky monkey buddah baby,

making that infant swing of hers work hard for the money!

Only one more year of elementary school
then it's on to the big leagues...saints preserve us.

Sibley is fabulously opinionated and dramatic in every way
...with a kind, sweet soul.

We gave her a (GASP) "family" party this year.

Her cake was from a box, in a not so cute pyrex baking dish

and yet...
she still thought it was all pretty great...

Love that girl...

Saturday, June 25, 2011

The King of Pop...

Every channel I turned it to tonight

was talking about the anniversary of
Michael Jackson's death.

It's pretty sad...

I know a lot of people

don't have great things to say

about Michael Jackson.

He was a very controversial
and odd fellow,

but there really is no denying

his music.

Pretty sure
most of you
could sing along with

most of his records.

They're that memorable...

Smith was "The King of Pop" for Halloween a few years ago...
He looked Awesome!!!!

I read that
Michael Jackson
has made the biggest impact on music
than any other artist
in the history of music.
Now there is something to be said about that...

Monday, June 20, 2011

I Made it Monday...

I made this festive little

red, white and blue

banner

for Miss Liberties

upcoming independence celebration...

After making lots of these banners,

I figured out that

bias tape

works wonders

for keeping

all the little flags and pom poms

neat and tidy.

It's a good thing....

Monday, June 13, 2011

Couldn't love you s'more...

The kids had been begging to make smores

FOREVER!

I think the preparations

were a bit more than they bargained for.

We had to scrounge high and low

for wire hangers to use as marshmallow roasting sticks

(no woods around these parts)

Then...

had to exterminate a house of bees.

They had found a cozy place to reside beneath the grate of the pit.

It was a windy night so we had a bit more smoke than fire,

but smores were made...

and our mission accomplished!

Our hair smelled of campfire for days...

even after a good scrubbing...

p.s. for those of you who have teenagers...

Does this above picture (of my teenager) look familiar to you?

Do you feel the cell phone

is an appendage that at times is in need of amputation???

Thursday, June 9, 2011

My kiddies informed me
that this was
the MOST important birthday
that Blythe would ever ever have.
When you turn the same age as the day you were born,
it's your
"Golden Birthday."
Never heard of it before...
apparently I am not up on my school yard etiquette.
So Blythe turned
9 on the 9th...
pretty cool!
I made her a crown
fit for a
GOLDEN DAY!