Weekend Tending

We got to watch my cousin's cute girls again.... but

only for a weekend this time so we had to scurry

to get all our fun in over the shorter period of time.

(cause we always have to have as much fun as we

possibly can while tending.....always)

First things first.... make lunch,

cheese quesadillas seem to taste better when they

are cut into snowflakes

Then I taught the girls how to hand sew fabric yo-yos.

It was fun to work with their different skill levels.

Syd the oldest was able to follow my instructions and

do the whole craft on her own, Liv was able to stick the

needle though the fabric and pull it through if I held the fabric

and put dots on the edges where she needed to poke the needle,

Mia the youngest was able to have a definite opinion on

her colors and buttons and would hold the spool of thread

or chains for me while I did the rest of the work.

We sewed the finished yo-yos onto silver chains

and made necklaces, or glued them onto hair clips.

(I had envisioned two or three yo-yos per necklaces but

the girls ran out of steam so they each got a single pendant)

We always try to eat somewhere that has entertainment

(the girls were asking every hour if we would take them

to Chucky Cheese... ummm.... we chose Benihanna's instead...

the girls I dont think ever got into the night as much

as we did, but even they couldn't deny how cool the onion

volcano was)

Pink Pancakes, playing with puppies at the pet store,

Play Place at McDonold's, IMAX underwater movie

at thanksgiving point, then a valentines party for dinner.

Pink sparkly crowns, heart shaped pizzas, &

Shirley Temples.

Kate made these adorable conversation heart cakes

two layered and filled with raspberry filling. I Loved

them!

Then we got crafty and made valentines. The girls

were sweet enough to make R & I some valentines.

The night ended with all the girls getting sparkly ring

pops. Its always good to have some real girly fun every

once and a while.