She's Crafty

So I've been down and out this week with a bit of flu-like symptoms that started right after we made s'mores.... (Doc said today that my flu test was negative... so no worries!)... anyways, today I spent the entire day asleep recuperating. Amber walks in the door at 330 and informs me that she REALLY wants to participate in a project assignment - a contest... to create something about the Forest. That is what they have been learning about. I asked her what she meant, and she was talking about how you take a shoe box and turn it into a scene... I said ok, when is it due? She says "Tomorrow! but I REALLY want to do it!" apparently the assignment was sent home weeks ago, which we never saw, because Amber loves to "fold" her notes to "save them" for me... instead of leaving them in her backpack... that and the fact that sometimes she goes to two other places after school... the likelyhood that Mommy actually sees the notes or assignments are slim....

So off to the store we go, and we come up with the idea of using the pictures from our trip to the Buffalo River as the backdrop, and ended up making a replica of the Ozarks, complete with a river damed by a beaver, with an otter floating lazily on its back....

After picking up her supplies, we stopped at the shoe store - since her feet have grown soo much since August's shoe trip. She's now in a size 13.5.... and we got a cute pair of tennis shoes AnD some sassy lady boots.... She was strutting around the store in her little shorts and her fringy boots.... thinking she was too cool for school.... THEN we found the perfect dress for her "sharpay" costume for Halloween.... all in all we've had Quite the productive day! Not bad for 2 days of "flu"