when your 12 year old daughter has a pool party planned with her friends and you wake up and it is raining?!
Monday was super hot and sunny, and yesterday...what is up - rain? Makenzie had planned a party weeks ago, for yesterday. It was a "just because" party and she had all the Hawaiian games and relay races planned for outside and they were going to swim. All this was good, because we are currently having the inside of our house painted (translating into furniture in the middle of all the rooms) as we are possibly going to be selling it this fall.
So I wake up yesterday, to the thought of 13 girls in my house now because it is raining. Scrapbooking to the rescue! We managed to clear a space in the kitchen area and the girls had lots of fun decorating their flip flops with ribbon (I now need to replenish my ribbon stash). Pull out some of your ribbon and go crazy on your flip flops! (or those of some child near you - they will love you for it!)
Then, being 12, they decided to go swimming in the rain! They lasted longer than I thought, and came in when their lips started turning blue!
While they warmed up, they created scrapbooks. I had the Die Cuts With A View Scrapbook In a Stack kits (each one has cardstock, patterned paper, stickers and vellum quotes in a pad), and they each created their own 8x8 album. They had a ball and each album was totally unique. I loved watching them and listening to them laugh and sing along to the tunes playing. I made each of them promise to add photos of their summer to their album AND journal in it. (See no one is safe from me encouraging them to get "something" done! Not even kids.).
The rain stopped so we could bbq dinner and then they watched a movie. They all slept well last night I'm sure! (Mine are still sleeping!)
Michele
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