Wooo! Fun! We made a dress like an ancient Egyptian girl would have worn. Complete with hieroglyphics, which I think you can't see. Hmmmm....maybe she'll want to complete the outfit with hairdo and make-up and go as an ancient Egyptian to the fall festival...

This is the "wire man". He is at the Southern Environmental Institute at Birmingham Southern College. It was a fun field trip.

We got a great tour from a sweet girl named Resa. She grew up in Taiwan and spoke Mandarin! How cool is that! She showed us lots of edible and drought sustainable plants. As well as art like this dragonfly made out of trash!

We definitely believe in being good stewards of everything God has given us.

This is how I felt when I found out we were sitting on the old pool.

This is how I felt when I heard we had to get flushed down the toilet to go downstairs.

...no. Not an ancient Egyptian for the fall festival. Of course! Darth Vader. Doesn't every little girl dream of being Darth Vader when she grows up? Surely the real Darth Vader had little blonde curls under there. She has informed me, though that people on t.v. aren't really bad, they just pretend to be for the show. So Darth Vader isn't really bad, just misunderstood.

Here is the aftermath of the sleep-over. Need a better look?

Yes. That is the swing on the outdoor patio and yes the sun is beating down on her. After I put up the camera I did take her in and put her in the bed. She never budged. And we couldn't wake her. She slept for HOURS. I'm pretty sure it's going to be a while before Aunt Mama Hen allows another sleep over (at her house anyway).

In news that Aunt Mama Hen and her family will be proud of...my daughter now thinks The Dollar Tree is absolutely the best thing ever. She keeps going on about how everything in there is a dollar. One dollar! EVERYTHING! She can't believe it. I'm pretty sure life will never be the same for her.