Locks of Billie's Love

Billie has been begging me to let her cut her hair again for charity....

for MONTHS.  

So he we are BEFORE 

on our way to the appointment....

a little wind blown! 

 Brittany did a wonderful job. 

We ended up with 4 pony tails

12 inches each.  

 I was freaking out inside a little bit.

 But not as much as dad was...

He liked her long hair....ALOT!

 AFTER:

 Don't worry daddy.

It'll grow out.

And it went to a wonderful cause.

Her heart, makes mine swell 10x's bigger.

She is so thoughtful and amazing!  

bi"11"ie

When you are busy making memories,

the time floats away on a cloud.

I can remember her birthday like it was yesterday.

We (my body especially) waited for a whole long week.

July 10th was just not going to be her day.

at 12:35 am on July 17th you took your first breath.

Now she is 11.

always a friend

the most creative person I know

she is becoming a plan maker

a risk taker

a neighborhood socialite

a fashionista (with her own style)

She asked for just a few things for her birthday.

They were very well thought out.

A new bike to ride to middle school.

Justin Bieber movie.

(she's 11 enough said)

We had a few friends for a weekend sleepover.

I kept if simple with homemade individual pizza's,

individual chocolate strawberry filled cakes

(which we ate at 11 pm because daddy had to work late)

and Pink Sodas

I *think* the girls finally went to sleep at 2:45.

We love you Ugly Bug!

The Good The Billie and the Ugly

This was Billie as I sent her off to school the first day of school.
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Last weekend the kids went over to play with our cute little neighbor boys
(who are 3 and 5 and LOVE big kids).
They were playing in the back yard
while their parents were doing some yard work.
My darling Billie found a pair of safety scissors
and
played a little hair "art" on herself.

before

Of course I didn't notice right away because they came home
and jumped in the pool
and we headed to Red Lobster with wet hair!
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As her hair dried it became abundantly clear that her bangs were not the same.
She did a number my little 9 year old!

Really at 9 I have to worry about safety scissors...nice!

after

And this is her "after" shot.
She was mortified that I wanted to document this.
It might come in handy some day for her.
This is after I have "fixed" it kind of.
There really is no "fix" for cut hair.
Thank Goodness she inherited my fast growing hair.
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On the bright side,
her Teen Vogue says that ultra short bangs are in. Sweet!

Happy Birthday Baby Girl!

We went to bed with a 8 year old little girl and woke up to a 9 year old sweetheart!

We planned a super fun and busy day with your favorite people.

Your brothers:

Tigger:

Fairy GodMother:Chip:

Dancing with Max and James:

Showing us the map, (and your birthday autograph book).
You were our tour guide for the day!
Your sparkly pretty face painting!
A little snack in the afternoon before we took a cool dip in the pool!We finished the night off with a pizza party in the room.
Fireworks on the balcony
and a late night trip to Build-a-bear
to bring home your new (and first ever build-a-bear) bunny rabbit!

We love your sweet loving personality!
You are so kind to everyone even animals!
You love teaching James in your school.
You love swimming and racing Grant in the pool.
You love snuggling with Daddy on the couch every chance you get.
You love helping me cook and clean up
and
you love it when I tell you it is scrapbook time.
Your drawings and paintings are amazing.
You will be able to do what ever you set your heart and mind on!
We are so blessed to have you in our home
and
we love every minute of our Billie Girl!

Billie's Science Project

Billie's End of the Year Science Project:
Make a diagram of either
the Earth's Layers
or
the Layers of a Volcano
Billie girl chose to make a Volcano
and She wanted to make an "edible" diagram

Stirring the cake mix.

Tracing out where we need to cut out the cake.
We cut out the cake where the lava would be flowing.
Once the cake was cut we put it in the freezer to freeze it
so the "lava" wouldn't absorb into the cake.

To make the Lava we made up a package of Strawberry and a package of Cherry Jello to make the dark red color. We followed the quick setup directions from the package. Once everything was combined we put the jello into the fridge for about 5 minutes. This set up the jello just enough that it was kind of chunky looking when we stirred it. This served two purposes: The Jello didn't absorb into the cake and it also gave the Lava some movement.

Here Billie is working on making the mountain with the frosting.
You can see we already have the cake cut and the Jello in place.

Here is the finished unlabeled project.


We used the following to decorate:
Red Hots
Crushed Graham Crackers
Crumbled up cake bits
Frosting
Chocolate Jimmies

I am so proud of her! She did awesome on this project. And go ahead and ask her.
I bet she might be able to tell you all of the layers of a volcano.