"Insta"-replay #68, cookies, cookies, cookies!

I was glad to see, when I looked back at last weeks pictures, that we did more than just cookies.  As Girl Scouts we tend to be very focused this time of year.

The week started with a holiday, for Dad not the kids.  It also started with a new math book!  Charry was glad to have Dad explain what was going on!

The weather has been beautiful! We are enjoying being outside when school is finished.

We had a small "Chinese New Years" celebration. Mostly it was just making crafts for our dolls and watching the "Four Golden Princess" on YouTube.

While I was helping to pick up the troops cookies, the girls were enjoying playing at Aunt Coral's house.  They learned all about mind craft and mushroom cows.

Then the cookie overload began.  First they had to sort their cookies and write thank-yous. Next step is delivering!

It has been a busy week and I will be glad when all the cookies are taken care of!

"Insta"-replay #67, happy birthday Merry!

Last week was busy and fun! I managed to snap a few more photos, so I was happy.

We are more than halfway through the school year! This year I have not kept track of actual days of school but since we finished up week 20, it must be close to 100.

It was observation week at dance so I got to see the girls in action.  It always makes the mom in me super happy to see them having fun.

I was especially excited to watch "hip hop" since this is their first year trying it.  I have to say it looked like so much fun, I wished I could join them.

We got back into JellyTelly this week.  I let the kids watch the Daily Player while having after school snacks.  

And the big event of the week! Merry planned her own party and her sister helped decorate.

All I had to do was light the candles on the store bought cupcakes (and Jon was the one who bought them... Ok he was also the one who lit the candles) I guess all I did was take pictures.

It was a great week.  I now have a nine year old. The sun is shining, so hopefully next week I will have outside pictures to share!

"Insta"-replay #66, insta-fail and pre-birthday party

I started doing my "insta-replays" to encourage myself to take pictures of everyday life.  Those are the shots I enjoy looking back on.  Even if the house is messy or we are having an off day, remembering little moments of joy is important to me.  But last week I managed to only capture one day's memories.  Luckily it was a good one!

Merry celebrated an early birthday with the Walters' side.

She was treated to a meal of her choosing. And picked an American Girl theme.

She has been telling everyone that she wanted a bunkbed for her dolls, and papa did a great job making one.  Aunt Abbie even made four sets of bedding, so she can change it when she wants to.

It was a great way to end a week!

"Insta"-replay #65, goodbye January!

So January has flown by!  Last week the girl participated in "no screen week" with our local library so we had some technology free fun.

We celebrated a late birthday with my nephew, poor kid had been sick on his birthday so missed having a party then.

Merry is getting excited about GS cookie sales, she even set up a stand for her doll to practice selling.

We had our weekly co-op meeting, they really enjoy it.

The week ended with our reward for staying away from TV and DS, a sleepover at the library!

It was a great week, but I can't believe January is over already.