Pizza Pajama Party - The American Girl Late Over

Jessica usual dreads the annual Fathers & Sons weekend. Being the only girl in her family it makes her feel especially left out because everyone gets to go but her. This year we planned to have a Pizza Pajama Party while the boys were gone. She's always asking when she can have sleepovers, so we also made this event into a LATE-over (where you go, stay late, have all the fun, but then get to sleep in your own cozy bed).

On her birthday Jessica received several American Girl craft supplies from her friend Mallory and from her Mom. This was the perfect night to complete these fun projects.

Upon arrival we jumped right into CRAFTS. The girls started to scrapbook their photos from the American Girl Cafe lunch we had on their birthday weekend. The moms were taking turns at the iron to apply the decals to their daughters aprons and matching doll aprons.

The girls and their dolls wore their matching pajamas :)

We enjoyed Papa Johns Pizza, salad, and root beer together. The girls had Rainbow Sherbet and the moms had Blueberry Pomegranate Chocolate Chunk Ice Cream. I would have never thought to toss those flavors together, but SO GOOD.

We finished out the night with the Kit Kittredge movie. It was a super fun girls night. Looking back I don't even remember how pounding my head was through most of the evening.

Teddy Bear

Flowers in Her Hair

Just Dance - links to Jessica's recital pieces

2011 -

Pineapple Princess

Flowers in Her Hair

Teddy Bear

2010

Lollipop

Forever Your Girl

Stop in the Name of Love

2009

Conga

Danke Schoen

Black or White

Pineapple Princess

Went to the amazing JUST DANCE concert last night. Get ready for adorable cuteness highlighted right here:

Disney on Ice: Let's Celebrate

To kick off the new year, my daughter & I went to Disney on Ice: Let's Celebrate! Why do I forget that these types of shows are performed on ICE? I had a light sweater and even a scarf and we were FREEZING. Still don't understand why the arena runs the A/C. During intermission we walked the halls to warm out bones and found a concessions spot where they sold scalding hot chocolate. We couldn't drink it until the show was almost over, but it kept our hands warmed as we huddled together with my scarf wrapped around us both.

Stories 2011

At the beginning of the year I was inspired by so many photographers who challenge themselves to take a POTD (picture of the day) or POTW (photo of the week). I liked the idea of pulling my camera out more for the every day moments. I'm real good at taking photos in clusters (like when we go to Utah or during a series of events).

I thought about doing a photo project that featured one image and a short story or comment. The ideal scenario would be to print a photo book at the end of the year with these snippets.

I still love the idea. I still take "everyday around the house" type photos. But I'm not good at uploading them on a steady basis. I had created a separate blog on Wordpress, but it's private and I don't remember how to make it public. So I'm grabbing some of my "Stories" to share here.

Enjoy them while they last. It will probably be some time before I organize another group to share.

Pink Lemonade

Quite the little business woman. She didn't have time to worry about a designer sign or cute coordinating cups and table cloth. She wanted to sell lemonade. So sell she did.

Life Cereal - Everyday Moment from May 6, 2011

Good to the last bite and time for MORE!!!

These are the images I took today that go along with my sentiments from HERE.

American Girl Cafe - April 9, 2011

My friend and I planned a very special birthday lunch for our daughters (and their dolls) for their 7th birthdays. The girls are just two days apart and we figure that we overlapped hospital stays since we both delivered at the same place. Perhaps these girls first met in the newborn nursery.

Happy 7th Birthday!!!!