Bugga's newest "business"

A couple of summers ago, Bugga made her first lemonade stand. She has actually made at least one each summer since then, I just haven't blogged about them. She usually ends up with a few bucks and has a blast.

It's not exactly "lemonade weather" outside right now, so she got a little creative...

This was after her little stand had been open for a while. She made it herself, all except for the orange sign. The business next door to our house is a printing business, the owner's name is Jim. I think he kept Lyra in business all day. He came over and bought a cup of cocoa, and ten minutes later, came back with that orange sign for her. It must have worked, she made $8! She was pretty genius! She charged 50 cents for the cocoa, and then an extra quarter for "add ins"...leftover candy cane stirrers and marshmallows!

Her are a few shots of her in action--

And one of her sidekick...

...whose main job was to run the thermos back in the house for a refill!

Look what Pyper can do!

This little gal is pretty proud of her newly acquired skill...I'm pretty proud of her too!

Arrow Of Light...

Seth's Cub Scouting days have come to an end. With him turning 11 (how did THAT happen?) next month, tonight was his last pack meeting. He worked really hard and earned his Arrow of Light badge, Cub Scouting's equivalent of an Eagle. I'm very proud of him! Here are some highlights from our night. It was really fun, a couple of his friends, Johnny and Byron, also got theirs tonight as well.

One of the "Order of the Arrow" came. He had an authentic costume and did a Native American dance portraying the Cub Scouts journey to get their Arrow of Light.

His Cubmaster awarded each boy their badge, certificate, and an arrow as a keepsake.


There was also the mother's pin. We had lots of fun doing science experiments, I think that was my favorite!

Fireman Seth

Last night at Pack Meeting the firefighters came and told us about their job. Seth got to try on their fire gear, and we got to see the inside of the firetruck. It was fun!

The End

It's been a while

...since I've posted a Pyperism. I think that sometimes, as much as I love that gal, her mouth just makes me crazy. It goes NONSTOP! (She has rechargeable batteries, remember.)

But this one was too funny, and I wanted to remember it! A little background info...

Pyper loved being three. I don't know why. If you ask her what her favorite age is, she will tell you "Thwee!" I also just found out about Freecycle, a great way to get rid of junk treasures I will never use again. I found someone who needed a jogger stroller, and I just happened to have one laying around that my FIVE YEAR OLD hasn't used in a while! We arranged a time to meet and her to get it from me, then I loaded it in the back of my truck so I didn't forget it.

While I was dusting it off, Pyper says, "I weally like my stroller." I explained that she was too big for it, and that we were going to give it to another mommy to use for her baby.

She replied, "I wish I was thwee, I could still ride in my stroller when I was thwee." (I'm almost certain she hasn't ridden in the stroller for longer than that, but we'll go with it!) Once again, I explained she was too big now, but three was a fun age for her.

Next came, "I wish I didn't have my birtdays. Then I could still be thwee. If I just give all my presents back, then I won't have anymore birtdays and I will still be thwee!"

...*sigh*...If only it were that easy...I could be 25 again...

Fannie

When Pyper was very small, just a few weeks old, Aunt Cami gave her "Fannie" the elephant. She is Pyper's very best friend in the whole world. They have had many adventures together, and Pyper sleeps with her every single night. Fannie has went to numerous doctors and dentist appointments with Pyper, and she even went to "Bring a Friend to School" day at preschool last year.

Well, this summer, while we were on vacation, Fannie got left behind at the mall. I called the lost and found several times to see if she had been found, but no one had turned her in. Pyper was devastated. This isn't the first time that Fannie had been lost. She got left behind at the soccer field once, but eventually made her way back home (of course it was AFTER I found a replacement Fannie on Ebay! We had 2 for a while and one just mysteriously disappeared, more on that in a bit**.). Fannie is a Boyde's plush animal and was retired in 2004, so I knew this time my chances of finding another on Ebay were slim.

We went to Build A Bear and Pyper made a soft fuzzy bear, but it just wasn't the same as Fannie. I checked Ebay periodically, hoping I would be lucky enough to find another one.

One day, a package came in the mail for Pyper...

684 hours searching Ebay for "Fannie the elephant"+ $49.95 plus shipping+ seeing this smile = PRICELESS!!

**Not long after the "new" Fannie arrived in the mail, Hannah was at Grandma Charlene's house helping her change some sheets on the downstairs beds to get ready for some company. As she was tucking the blankets back down between the wall and the bed, she found the Fannie that had gotten lost mysteriously! And just for the record, Grandma Charlene DOES change the sheets on those beds, Fannie was just crammed REALLY far down between the wall and the bed!

Time flies...

It wasn't long ago that this gal was heading off to preschool. Today she is 14. I can't believe how fast it happened. I blinked and here is this wonderful, kind, funny young lady. Hannah, I love you so much and am so glad you are my daughter. You keep life interesting and make sure we keep on laughing! Life is never boring with you around.

Here is a little video from her party tonight. We just had a few family members over for cake and ice cream. Grandma and Grandpa Webb send each of us the funnest candles for our birthday. I decided this time to record what it does. Well, lets just say, Hannah had an "issue" lighting it!

Don't worry, we checked out her hair and it wasn't singed!