Maddie's 10!

Maddie had a birthday! Her 10th. While I am not a mom that loves planning parties, Maddie loves them....so she planned her own party. She had 7 friends come over for a night of fun...pizza, treasure hunt, movie (Matilida), mint brownies, and a game of "fugitive".

On her actual birthday she and I went to lunch at Olive Garden, mmmmmmmmm. She had dinner with Dad at Chuck-a-rama, and then the whole family went to Cold Stone for ice cream. I can't believe my baby is now 10. I used to wish for the kids to grow up at times because I thought it would be easier, but every day I am wishing she would stay young. She is so much fun! Happy Birthday Maddie!

Mountain Man Rendezvous

A couple of weeks ago Maddies 4th grade had a mountain man rendezvous where they could buy & sale homemade articles. They had been earning "pelts" for a month. This was their "money" that they could use to buy from other students. We aren't very creative in this house, but we did come up with a few things to make from scraps & other things we found around the house. We didn't have to spend a cent.
We had this doll body which I made a dress for. Just so you know, I don't sew! I made the dress without a pattern and I sewed it on the sewing machine. I surprised the whole family.

Mike just had to take this picture of me using the sewing machine. Yea, really funny Mikey!

Maddie ended up taking these items to sell: 2 drums, 2 necklaces, 2 rainmakers, and the doll. Look, I even made an apron for the doll. I surprised myself.