Girls Night Out!

A few weeks ago, Carli came up to me and said that she wanted to talk to me. Then it all came out. She was so sad and didn't know who "she " was. I think that I forget sometimes all that I expect out of her. She is the 2nd mom to the two boys, Nolan's competitor, a 1st grade student, and the only girl in her family,( not to mention all the emotional baggage that she carries around from just being female- so unfair). I think that sometimes she has a hard time being Nolan's shadow (other times she eats it up!) So I thought that it was time for (What will be the first of many) a Girl's Night Out! I called up these lovely gals:

we piled into the ol' mini-van and had a blast! It was good for Carli to have another lil' girl to play with (Just for her- not her brothers). I had been toying with the idea of making a craft (Carli loves crafts- but I don't often get to do them with her). I can remember my Aunt Winnie loved to do ceramics when I was growing up (I still put out the nativity scene that she painted for me every Christmas). So, feeling sort of "artsy- fartsy" we went Here! And Made These:

Carli's Dolphin

Our friend, Leah made a rainbow jewelery box

Her mom, Saralyn, made a mosiac -coat- hook plaque to hang in her room!

So cute!

And I painted this vase. Now I have to get

a flower arrangement to put in it

(Although I am not sure that I am lovin' the way it turned out!)

After we painted, we had ice cream at Mcdonald's where we saw the bishop- (I guess he was having a boys night out cuz he was with the missionaries- hee hee!) As we were painting, Carli said that she was having the best time ever! It made me feel good- and I realized that we need to take these time outs for just us! When it gets warmer, we want to get pedicures. But until then, I don't have any other ideas. Can anyone think of something that we can do- that doesn't cost as much as painting ceramics (not el-cheap-o) that would be fun?