Show and Tell: My Mom Rocks!

Last week, my mom gave Phoebe her awesome birthday present. Phoebe acted all "this-is-it?", but she's used Nena's gift more than any other gift from her birthday.

Here's the first part.



How amazing is that?! It's an "apron-style" dress with some cutie-patootie pants to match. It looks similar to a DRESS from the CHASING FIREFLIES (a catalog that I love and hate all at the same time...l-o-v-e the styles, but get super-frustrated because of the cost!) and it's just pretty darn cute.

Here's the back. Can it be any cuter?!



My mom said she was debating about adding all the ruffles like the inspiration dress, but then decided against because it was cute enough on it's own and all those ruffle might make her go blind! :) Just kidding. Those ruffles probably wouldn't cause her any headache at all, but it sure would make me go blind!



But the present didn't end there. Nena also whipped up an art notebook that matched!



She has carried this notebook almost everywhere this last week. To Wal-Mart, to church, to the elementary pick-up line, to dinner at a Thai restaurant, and everywhere in between! To say we love it, would be an understatement.

Eli wasn't left out. And if you think Phoebe has been using her art notebook a lot, you should see Eli with his! During the extra 20 minutes Eli has on school mornings (because he needs some kind of motivation on school mornings so he gets 20 minutes to watch cartoons or play or ride his bike or whatever if he finishes everything he's supposed to), he's pulled this notebook out and drawn away.



Why, yes, he is charging 50 cents for a drawing. He told me it was because he was a "real" artist and "real" artists sell their drawings. Nena paid him 36 cents. She drives a hard bargain, that Nena.