Eleven

Miss Maddie is Eleven and totally in heaven. She is loving the idea of growing up, and having fun doing it. We love that she has a great group of friends that work hard at school and play hard after school. Madeline is a bright and beautiful girl and I thank god everyday that he sent her to me first. She is a leader and a great example to her younger siblings (niblins) and to her parents.

A few things you should know about Madeline:

She loves her sleep

Was a crazy toddler

Has an infectious laugh

After school we had some friends over for a little birthday celebration.

We crafted....

Look how cute these turned out...It's a Journal Purse! (Thanks Aunt Leslie)

We had a little spa treatment...

And enjoyed a Trifle made with love by Grandma Johnson.

The fifth grader is at it again

The word for 5th graders at Anthony Burns Elementary is HOT!

On my way to church the other morning, Madeline looked at me and said, "Mom your new shirt is so HOT". While doing a craft at her birthday get together, she exclaims,"Mom, these journals are so HOT". And while sitting down for dinner she very slowly with lots of drama removes her sweater and flashes a dashing grin and says, "I am sooo HOT".

I don't remember 5th grade being so fun.

Doing a little catch up!

Smooth (More tales of a fifth grader)

Last night with much excitment Madeline shaved her legs!

In the process she said, "Mom you have GOT to post this on

our blog". She spent the whole night rubbing her, smooth legs.

I love that she is so excited about growing up. It helps

me handle it with out loosing it.

More about the shaving process:

She saved without a razor. We found this awesome little

gadget called Smooth Away. I am telling you I have never seen

anything so AMAZING. You put a piece of fine sand paper on the back

of this rubber hand held device and you rub three times clockwise

and three times counter clockwise in the area you want to remove hair

and voila the hair is gone in that area. The best part is that it is painless,

no razor burn and no sharp edges. It's also suppose to work on you under arm and

bikini line.

You can find this item by the check out stand amongst the small gadgets and tabloids at

Target.

Six

Miss Alexa, what to say, what to say. This kid since the day she was born has only brought excitement and joy. She's funny, creative, a tease, can make the silliest faces, and is warm, thoughtful and snuggly. She often approaches the world as if there was not a care in the world.

Alexa's Birthday wishes:

Dinner at McDonald's

A Cheetah Birthday Party

A a toy called a "YA DA YA DA"

(It's a device that warps your voice so you can sound like one of the chipmunks, only Alexa)

McDonalds

She ordered a Cheetah Cake with a Party hat.

Cheetah Girls

Some best buddies

Pin the Tail on the Cheetah

Drop some spots.

(The spots were chocolate chips which resulted in some very

chocolate noses)

And the" YA DA YA DA" Alexa records her

voice and warps it into chipmunk mode and laughs and flaps so

much that she keeps doing it over and over and over.

This world would not be the same without our Alexa.

Girls just gotta have friends

The MilkyWay

just in case you are wondering....

biting a glow stick + having a child that is a flapper = the milkyway in a child size bedroom in a matter of minutes.

It even will stick to the carpet, comforters, and pajamas.

It was really cool.

Note: Don't leave your child alone with glow sticks!