Friday morning I woke up early to check the school website and I was happy to see that Paige and Megan had a snow day. We all went to bed hoping-expecting a snow day so it worked out perfect that Paige and Megan got to hang out with their Aunt Shann on her last full day with us. After sleeping in and having breakfast we decided to go uptown to check out some of the antique and gift shops. A few places were closed due to the weather but we had fun at the "Pink Moon Cupcake Shop". We each got a cupcake to take home for after dinner. The place smelled wonderful, like vanilla cake mix.

They have a cute little gift shop in the rooms next to the bakery. We had fun trying on fancy party hats!

Paige and Megan tried on these cute little felted numbers. Too bad they were forty bucks, cause they look adorable. Well at least we have a picture.

After the cupcake place we stopped at "B&B Scrapbooks" so Shann could spend her last gift card. Then we had to run into the grocery store to pick up some milk. When we got home we ate a quick lunch and then we went upstairs to hang out and get crafty.
Earlier in the week Shann and I decorated picture frames with this faux mosaic kit that I had gotten for 75% off at Archivers. We had so much fun doing them we decided to fancy up some letters too.
Funny letter story: We were walking around in Hobby Lobby the first day Shann was here. She can not figure out why they don't have Hobby Lobby out in CA. since their head quarters are in Utah. She loved Hobby Lobby, guess she will just have to come back and visit/shop more often.

Well we are walking around H.L. and Shann says I am going to get an S do you want a B? I said no I don't think so. Then Megan pipes up and says if you did that you could have B.S. Now remember this is out of an innocent first grader. She could not figure out what was so darn funny when we started laughing at her comment. So Megan ask what does B.S. spell and I tell her it spells bssss. Then Shann sees a cute little sign that said "The Queen is not taking an audience today". Shann said I should get that for Chelsea and hang it above her toilet. Then Megan throws in the kicker and says "and you could get her a B.S. too". Out of the mouths of babes.




After our crafts were finished up Megan got her poetry folder out and read them all to Aunt Shann. In Megan's first grade class her teacher gives them a poem printed on paper and they color a picture for it and add it to their folder. They get to bring the folder home each Thursday to share with us. She has quite a few of the poems memorized, this is great way to improve their reading skills and build confidence. Aunt Shann got a kick out of her reading and her drawings.