Happy Birthday to Me!

The only reason I am voluntarily announcing that I am one year older is because I received the cutest gift from my 8 year old and I just had to share! ;0) I noticed her scurrying around the house yesterday collecting things and didn’t think anything of it. She was planning a surprise. A very creative surprise I might add. I love how she all of a sudden feels a responsibility and a love for giving; I think it started this past Christmas… she had to make gifts for all of her cousins and her grandparents! Which included some handmade ornaments that were left over from our craft fair, some toys she was willing to give away, and some reindeer food (oatmeal mixed with glitter).

So anyway, she handed me a paper bag, all decorated with coloring and stickers of course! Inside was the best present an (my) 8 year old could give. I got a dragon tattoo (which I immediately put on my wrist!), a drawing, and some handmade magnets. I was so proud of her when I saw those magnets! She glued a button to one, a decorative eraser to another, and some pink ”do-dads” as we call them on another.  (Do-dads: n:Any small item that doesn’t have a purpose anymore and can be used for decorating, scrapbooking, or other crafts such as lost buttons, beads, jewels, sequins, string, small bits of pretty paper, etc.) Of course being 8 she has yet to have the chance to discover imaginative creations that are all over the net, and we have never done a magnet project ourselves… she had thought of this all on her own! Out of nowhere! Yes, she is my daughter. I’ve called her Mini-Me in the past; and I shall say it again… She is my Mini-Me! lol She has my looks, my personality, and my creativeness. :0) I love you Sweet Pea! <3