Blueberry Raspberry Margarita

Look what Briana surprised me with at dinner time tonight! It is a blueberry raspberry margarita. Briana came up with the recipe all by herself. It was very unique! I loved it so much that I wanted to put pictures of it on my blog and share it with all of you! She was very pleased by this and wrote down the recipe for me to share if anyone would like to make one for themselves. Better yet, make one for someone you love!

First, get a plastic cup.

Next put water in it.

Then put sugar and chocolate in it, only if you want.

Last, put a strawberry and tape a sucker/lollipop on it.

Then, you're finished!

It was unlike anything I have ever tasted before!

She thinks she might open up a store and sell these in the future.

Also, she thinks she might make one for everyone to have at Thanksgiving dinner!!

SEVEN YEARS OLD!!!

My baby is seven! SEVEN!! How did this happen?

We had her big birthday party today. It was a long awaited, very fun party. Sydney got TONS of really awesome presents.

Briana, Savannah and Lila sat on the couch during the present opening, and they would not tell anyone what they were doing.

Turns out, they were making lists of all of Sydney's presents!

Sydney decided to have brownies for her birthday cake, and they were delish!

Spirits were high at the birthday party. Things were going well, kids were playing (and prank calling us), adults were chatting, and then something very bad happened. I had made an extra batch of brownies, just in case one batch wasn't enough. Well, we didn't end up using the second batch. I was all set to cover them up and save those babies for myself. That's when I noticed what had happened to them.

Do you know how much I love corner brownies? So much that my mother always (and I mean ALWAYS) gives me the corner peice when she makes brownies. (Thanks, Mom!) They are the best peices in the pan! So to see that someone had deliberately taken the corner peices and not even the ENTIRE corner peices really felt like a slap in the face. Was someone out to get me? I found out who the culprit was (Mike's brother). Let's just say he's not getting any brownies for his birthday!!

Anyway, after I recovered from my brownie shock, Sydney was begging me to set up her new sewing machine for her. She got her desk all cleared off, and we set it up and she got a lesson from the professional!

She made an adorable little purse, and she absolulely LOVES her sewing machine!

Happy birthday, Sydney!!!

Legwarmers

I had a ton of leftover pink fleece from Sydney's halloween costume. So when I came across this blog, I knew what my next project would be! They were super easy to make (well, every project of mine requires a seam ripper at some point). Briana is already planning to wear hers to dance on Thursday.

Sydney Swift

I finished Sydney's Taylor Swift dress! Yay! I'm feeling like Mom of the Year right now. It turned out super cute. Sydney loved it and wanted to know where I got it. "Oh......at the.....store...." I mumbled before changing the subject.

It took me all day to make it. But, she's all set for Halloween 2011!

After Briana saw it, she said "That's so cool! But I could have sworn when we saw the Taylor Swift costume at Walmart, the dress was pink."

Doh!

Cele-BEAR-ation!

We had Sydney's Build A Bear birthday party today. It turned out super fun and she had a great time! We had cake and presents in the food court before. I think her cupcakes turned out cute.

We got to sing Happy Birthday to Sydney right there in the food court. And tons of people heard us. But we didn't care because it's her birthday!

She got to open her presents there too.

Then it was time to go to Build A Bear! The girls all got to pick out their bears.

They all got to stuff their bears. And Sydney got to do everything first!

The girls all had to pick out two hearts. One for their own bear, and one with a special wish that they put in Sydney's bear. Sydney thought that was really awesome.

And she thought her bear weighed a bit more than usual since it had eleven hearts in it!

At the very end of the party, Sydney got a special surprise bear that all of her friends got to autograph for her. Two bears in one day! Not bad!

Happy Birthday, Sydney!!

The Iditarod

This week is Go North! week at the girls school. Yesterday and today they have been learning all about the Iditarod and Alaska. While I was cooking dinner today, Sydney wrote this report about everything she's learned so far.

Seriously! Is she a first grader or a fourth grader?

Trick or Treat!