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Some day I will get caught up and tell you about stuff we having be doing/making.  Right now, I saw something I wanted to make and all I can remember is that it had feathers stencil or silk screened or embroidered on it.

My memory is so bad my friend Sandy recently told me I will be screwed when I get older.

Everyone Had a Birthday the First Week of July

The real birthdays were my sister's and our country's.  However, Charley also declared it was Periwinkle and Puff Balls birthday this past week.  Complete with candles and song.  It was also a great week because Mike took time off work.  Yes, a Perfect Storm of Goodness!  Cake and help with Frick and Frack!

We'll start our recap with Periwinkle's birthday the same day as Lee's.  Perwinkle enjoyed pancakes after she blew out her candle.  It should be noted here that the day did not finish well for Peri.  Though she traveled with us to Lee's, she was left on the ground when we came home and Layla, upset at being left, took it out on Peri.  Periwinkle has already had reconstructive surgery on her nose and tail and is currently in the Hospital (my office) awaiting eye re-attachment surgery.  If anyone has advice on how to do this, I am all ears (which Peri is not.  She lost one and we couldn't find it.)

We packed into the car and we were off to Camp Lee's.  I made a cake to bring and let me tell you, I was sweating that it wasn't good.   I cannot afford to being any bad cake's to my sister's.  My nephew still doesn't let me forget the horrible hockey puck (which has a triple meaning, it looked like a hockey puck, tasted like a hockey puck and was heavy enough to be a hockey puck) cake I made 10 years ago.

My sister had these cute little avocados.  I had to take a photo.  They were so little and cute.

We started with gifts.  ***NOTE***** There will be no pictures of my sister.  She doesn't like her picture taken, so even though I took some, I will not post them.  Since it was her birthday wish and  she paid me handsomely not to.

 

 I made her a couple of things.

 

Then it was fun in the sun (or pool).

 

 

 A little Cirque De Soleil.  OK, we all tried this.  Even me.  No picture though.  You know, since I am the one taking them.

 

 A little cake. Which, by some miracle, was INCREDIBLE!  I think my sister had a good day.  I am sure it ended a lot better than Periwinkle's.

 

  Next birthday on the docket was Puff Ball's.  Now, Puff isn't a member of our family, but was lent to us by a friend.  Still, we are "party" people....  candle in a hot dog.  OK, yes, Charley is eating a hot dog for breakfast.  But it is all organic grass fed beef and nitrite and preservative free.  It is better than the GF pancakes with colored sprinkles she was eating.  We are getting rid of all food colors.  Bad Stuff Man!

This was Wednesday.  The girls helping Mike in the garage.

This is afterwards, the girls helping me get a pedicure.

Then round of the night with a little Sushi Dinner.

On the Fourth, we made our way back to Camp Lee for more fun with the cousins.

B and Jordan found this poor dead dragonfly. 

We didn't stay for the concert or the fireworks.  The cousins wore out the girls.

All in all, good birthdays for everyone.

What Happens in the Brady House.....

...is usually a little crazy.  I know all houses with any aged kid is crazy.  But, I am too tired to care about them.  I am having trouble keeping up with this crew.

Your kids make dresses out of paper towels and tape, then put on a show in the hall, right?  (There is video, but there was a couple of wardrobe mishaps.)

One of first days at the pool.

Love a Tapefetti fashion show (Charley made this one, she loves to do a photo shoot).

OK, this next thing was FUN!  You need some sun, objects and some fancy paper.  

 

 Place paper with objects in the sun for a couple of minutes, rinse and voila!  Overhead sun would have been better. 

 

This is the paper we used.  I bought it from Discount School Supply.

 

Mike spent some time one Sunday cleaning the courtyard.  The kids made this mess after that in minutes. 

 

Your kids harass the pets too right?  OK, this was actually funny.   That was my fiber fill they pilfered from my art room.

Got to love when they wake up in the same pjs.

 

Yeah, your kids get swollen eyes too right?  Doctor never figured out why it happened.  It took almost three days to go down.

 

Making letters with your body?  This is a K.

 

Charley in her cowgirl outfit.  She had a field trip that day to a horse farm.

She loved it.  Like I need her riding. 

This was Sunday.  It was Giraffey's birthday .  We had a candle in Giraffey's pancakes, (forgot to take a picture of that) but we got the pictures of Giraffey's birthday ice cream after lunch and....

...her birthday cupcake after dinner (lovely GF cupcakes - they were not horrible.....).

That takes care of some of the cuter photos of the girls.  I have some other stuff to post, like the baby birds living in our gutter holder or Mike said eaves - right outside the kitchen window in our courtyard.  Oh wait, here are the pictures. Click on them to see the finches.  They were hungry little buggers.  And then one day, they were flying away.  Made me a little sad.

I was hoping a pair of cardinals built a nest in a courtyard bush.  I saw them going into the bush with stuff in their beaks, but I looked and didn't seen a nest.  All around the house are nests.  Robins, squirrels, spiders.  There is a positive side to not using a lot of chemicals and pesticides.  You know, besides the copious amount of maple trees/weeds growing.