This girl turns 14 today… that little muffin in her arms is 7… If I think about it too much it makes me want to cry.
This is one of my favorite photos of her… She was SO MAD at me when I took the photo. She's not mad because I took the photo.. but mad because I wouldn't buy her something before the photo was taken.
Happy Birthday #3! You are loved beyond belief!
Monday for my birthday we did a little antiquing. Most kids don't like to go to antique stores.. but mine love it! (lucky I know) Ottawa Kansas has LOTS of antique stores. I wrote about this little antique store back in 2009 when they also served lunch and PIE.
I love little beaded and sequined purses. I would love to hear the stories that they could tell.
Hello old lace and a silver bag.. I love you…
This is one of my favorite prints. I should have bought one.
Pile of keys!
They had tons of these print blocks. #3 and #3.5 love to dig through these!
I love this little red filing cabinet.
Rolling pins
Middleton's Ottawa Maid Bread… I didn't know that there was a bakery in Ottawa.
You have the lock and key to my heart…
Do you love this old desk? I do!
More cute little handbags
I love these E coasters.. so delicate and cute 🙂
#4 said.. "Hey the Clown's actually in this one!"
Pile of old hankies.
#5 wanted this horse..
Good lookin' kids don't you think?
Today's Pinterst photo challenge is.. Something I don't like….
A messy family room…. or really a messy house.
A few weeks ago I found a really cool travel scrapbook from the early 1960's. My sweet #4 is going on a trip with his godmother to Mississippi and I thought it would be fun to get him one… except they don't really make those anymore. So I made him one. (photos of the one I found in a antique mall below)
Leaving for their trip!
I bought him several things to do in the car, but I thought I would make him a little journal-game thing to take with him too.
I bought this notebook because it had the rings we could add and subtract what we needed from the book.
Line and Dot drawings
The License Plate Game
Scavenger Hunt…
The Cow Game… he's still looking for the "Peg leg Man".
(I know I spelled "cemetery" wrong.. I fixed it after I took the photo )
I included some jokes to tell and some ideas of what to take pictures of… I even included stuff he thought would sell on eBay. 🙂
When he comes back home, we will develop his photos and put the stuff all in the book for him to look at years to come. Have you done anything like this for yourself or one of your kids?
Here's the cool vintage scrapbook that gave me the idea:
