I had such a busy day today! It was supposed to be a down day but it turned into getting things done that I have not had time for and then I got an email from a friend of ds's dad about this friday night soccer practice thing that is really inexpensive and lots of fun and you don't have to volunteer and there are no weekend games! Well, dh and I decided to let ds try it out to see if he wants to sign up for an actual season, it starts tomorrow so of course we had to run out and get cleats and shinguards...

I grabbed the opportunity to swing by a friend's house to borrow dome shaped bake ware for the cake next week and got some things at party city for the party. I also managed to straighten out the house and wrap the in-laws and our birthday presents for dd. (I always get to do the shopping for the inlaws, which I love, it's like going on a shopping spree! If dd doesn't get anything else from anyone else for her birthday, she is still a very lucky girl, looking at the pile of gifts! LOL!
I haven't taken any pictures yet, waiting for the finished product, I guess, but Kim, since you are asking, and I think it's kind of a timeless girly thing, maybe you can use some ideas: We start by making a fairy garden: I will fill some plates you put under planters for catching water with that green flower foam and cover it with moss, then the girls can choose bark and twigs and dried leaves, acorns, pinecones, shells, rocks etc to create a little fairy garden. Then they (I have parent helpers, otherwise I might not do this) make a fairy out of a bead, pipecleaners, stitching yarn and silk flower petals (got the instructions off of Family Fun website) very easy, at least it looks like it( but I am going to prep everything into little kits of ziploc to simplify) Then they get a little purple drawstring bag and have to go find fairy gold (which are pretty beads) that they then string into a stretchy bracelet (stretchy nylon from craftstore). We will have a little fairy bower for the girls to play in with their take home wands (big pixy candy stick with a nilon butterfly hotmelt glued to the top to make it look like a butterfly wand)(still have to do this too...) Then depending on time we will play a couple of games (I doubt we will have too much time on our hands) before digging into the toadstool cake with the fondant fairy on top of it.
As you can see, I like hands on stuff and it is that much easier when parents are around, unless the kids are like your dd's age and can do most of this stuff without assistance... LOL!
High fives on the single digit Insanity workouts! YAY!
Jo have fun tonight!
Rachel, I'm glad your back is feeling better today, Kim is so right, two steps forward one back, sometimes the other way around...

But time, or I should say patience is what it's going to take.
You know the website collagevideo.com? when you get ready to order some pilates workouts, that is a great place to shop because of the reviews and the previews, I find it really helpful. I'm itching to buy some myself...

I haven't had any downtime yet, so I'm off to read.