THEY CALL ME... MEME!

Thursday, September 5, 2013

Off To camp we go..and home again with 2 extra in the car!

Sarah, Molly and I headed to Pa to visit
Roxi and Rick for a fun weekend!
Little Levi was there too and it was so fun for my gems 
to meet one of Roxi's little stars!
Levi kept calling Sarah his "big friend"~
He was so adorable!

Sarah and Molly started catching little toads for everyone!

Roxi had little containers to hold them for a while~
but Sarah and Molly always 
catch and release!

Look how adorable this child is...
Beautiful eyes that speak to you!

What an adventure!


Before we left Sarah house, she showed me a magazine about 
Mud Week!  Once she put her suit on, she decided to
get  MUDDY herself!


Molly was a little more cautious about the mud!

Oh my, how I love this girl!

Levi wanted to be right in on the action!

"these friends are funny!" 



People pay a lot of money at the spa for this treatment!

Clean up was easy!

Peek a Boo with Meme

Levi was so happy to spend time with his Papa!

Nature walk up to the falls!
Sarah and Molly collected things to
put on picture frames they were going to make!

At the falls...
Adventure girl~ climbing!

Back at camp, the girls get busy painting while our little friend Levi 
naps!




This swing is always a big hit!


Frames are dried and finished!



Time for a four wheeler ride!






Love how this little guy hangs on...
Look at those sweet hands!



Swing all day and night!





Jump on board!





They make it look easy...
They say "Come on Meme~ try it"
Sarah says she'll get the picture if I do!



Can you hear me screaming?
When it swings out ... its high over the ground!
I am afraid of heights people!
FACE YOUR FEARS
Molly had my camera...
Sarah had my phone!
She worked so hard to get a shot of my face from below but alas...
this is what she got!!  HA!

Roxi's neighbor Fred's cat had kittens!  
Oh boy ~ how lucky for the girls!
Molly picked this one up for a cuddle!

Sarah went right for the carmel colored one!
This kitten seemed to speak to her!

He would just snuggle in her arms!

"Please Meme, can we have one"
came from both of them!!

Levi liked it when someone else was holding them!

Molly then found this one ...
and she was sure it was the one!
Commence with the begging!

After some begging
and crossing their fingers, bodies, eyes and 
making a video- sent to their mom...
She said YES!



Thank you Rick and Roxi for a fun time at camp!

Our goodbye pictures at the sign~



Molly decided to name her kitty, Ashley!
Molly and Ashley



Once home, the girls shared their new pets with Cayden and Mya!



How exciting, RIGHT?

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Painting with a TWIST!

It started out being an activity Sarah and I could do together 
but it grew into something so much more!!

Painting with a Twist set up a class for Sarah and I.  They sent
a picture of Butterflies~ but Sarah had said she wanted to paint 
an animal so we asked them to change it.  They sent a picture of 
a giraffe and a blue bird in a nest.  
Perfect.
I invited Meigan to bring Danny and Emily.
Bri came into town so I decided to include Molly and Cayden.

Only one problem...
while I got so excited adding more and more kids, I forgot one
important detail.  
You needed to be 7 or older.
I realized this as I was walking in the door.
I said to Diana, the artist who was going to instruct us
that I had gotten carried away and pretty much only Sarah was
of the right age!  She asked if we (Meigan and I) were "staying"?!?! and I replied 
of course!  No problem, she said! 
Thank Goodness

 Cayden & Danny

Meigan and Sarah

Molly and Emily

Diana instructed the artist to paint the blue background first!
Everyone got busy and then had to blow dry the background~


I walked around and supervised the little artists!





Next the artists were shown how to paint the tree branch in 
the picture.  Diana would paint hers just like Bob Ross used
to do on TV!  Remember him?  
"Just paint a little tree right here next to this friend!!"



We were allowed to bring in snacks and drinks~
We took a little break and had chips, juice boxes and fruit 
snacks!

We continues painting...
adding the giraffe and the nest with the blue bird!

Diana then gave each kid a mask for some pictures~





The group shot...
Just look at all those animals!!
Danny was so glad to have painted a picture for 
his new baby... coming soon!
Emily wants to hang them in the baby's nursery so
the baby will know that his or hers big sister and big brother
painted them just for baby!

Just look at these masterpieces! 

Emily's

Danny's

Meigan's

Molly's

Sarah's

Townsend Cayden's

So much talent under 7 and so much talent over 7 too!!
What a fun activity~ Thanks for 
coming with us Meigan, Danny, Emily, Molly and Cayden!
Sarah and I had a blast!

Thanks to Diana at Painting With A Twist for 
letting us stay!!