So Proud

Mikayla's after school care program is called "Champions," and they give the kids fake money each day if they stay on green the entire time. The first time, Mikayla bought a stick-on moustache, and was quite proud to show it off.

On Friday, Mikayla used all of her "Champions Bucks" that she had been saving for two weeks to buy Macey a Dora bathtub toy. It completely touched my heart that Mikayla would do that for her sister, just because she knew Macey would love it. When Mikayla handed Macey the toy, Macey's face lit up! She yelled out, "Dora!" Mikayla was so happy that Macey was happy, and I was happy that my daughter chose to bless someone else instead of selfishly buying herself something.

Busy Book - Take 2!

Well, after saying that I wouldn't make another busy book - ever - I decided that I would make one for my nephew, Elijah. It's definitely a labor of love to make a busy book, but I wanted to give him a Christmas present that really meant something. 

Here's the cover: Of course I chose camo for this little hunting boy!

The front page has a frog and a monkey on it. These are the only two things I didn't make by hand. I saw them at Hobby Lobby, and I thought they were so cute!

The left side of this page has little car buttons on it, and there's a stoplight on the right.

The left side of this page has a pig, an owl, a bird, a cat and an elephant. The right side is a tent with a little surprise tiger inside!

Sports balls: basketball, soccer, baseball and football. Then counting beads on the right.

The left side is fish under water. The right side is a boat, and each section comes off the button. The buttons are color coordinated to know where to put them back.

On the left are various shapes in different colors, and on the right is X's and O's to play tic-tac-toe.

It's not as long or big as the girls' busy book, but is was definitely easier to make this time. Mostly because I had done it before. I think it turned out super cute! I think Eli did, too!