Egg factory

The girl scout troop meets at a local methodist church. The church is doing an annual fundraiser this month and the girls got a tour and a chance to make eggs yesterday. It smells so good when you walk in the door! Yum! They loved making the eggs and were thrilled they got to take samples home. Sadly they did not get all flavors, so I ended up ordering a box. Yummy!!

Samantha doll at last

I have wanted an American girl doll got years! A few years ago the girls got them for Christmas, and I tried convince Karl that 3 would be better than just 2! Sadly he did not agree. Nor did he go for it for the next 4 birthdays and christmases. Sigh. So a few weeks ago I started stalking Samantha in eBay. And I got a used doll!! She arrived yesterday in really good condition. She had dry hair, and a few stains. The biggest issue was her loose legs though. Fortunately I had already learned what to do on YouTube. I washed her hair, then took her apart!! I fixed the loose legs easily and I'm working on a downy dunk to condition her hair as well as a special stain treatment on her fingers. After that I expect she will be like new. The girls hope to play with me and my doll tomorrow. Now she just needs some clothing!! Time to hit the sewing machine!

We had a quick fashion history lesson on Sunday which bored Emily silly, but Sydney patiently listened. Then I brought home a book from the library about the history of underwear and they enjoyed that. She does not get my fascination with "old" things, but will deal as best she can.






Downy dunk






Bangs trimmed a tiny bit to fix stragglers




Body soaking in the sun to help with stain removal. Towel covers the non stained bits to protect the vinyl.



Fingers were the worst offenders! Ink on the hand:(

Ice skating

I took the girls to a free skate lesson a few weeks ago. A good friend of theirs came with us. She is currently taking lessons so she was fairly confident. Emily loved it after she got more comfortable, and she got good at getting back up when she fell. Sydney was less confident, but both girls now want lessons. They also learned when mom says bring a jacket, I mean it!! They wore light weight jackets and had no hat or gloves so they were cold after 45 minutes!

Salt lick

I don't really understand why, but Josh loved out salt shaker. It is one of the ones with a grinder on the bottom that gets filled with chunkier salt. Any chance he gets at dinner to add his own salt, he usually finishes it off with a quick lick on the bottom of the grinder. Yuck!

Cookies!

The girls participated in the girl scoot troop cookie sales this year. We canvased our neighborhood, sold at booth sales and even went out with a wagon filled with cookies at the end. We were able to meet the girls sales goals, which made them happy. Emily has informed me next year her goals will be higher!





At our booth sale I sorted the cookies in rainbow order. So pretty!! And yes, I am nuts!