Valentine's Day 2014! Warning to Boys: Very Girly Post!

Valentine's Day is so close! First I'm going to give you a tour of my Valentine's Day den!

                                                                    The front lawn:

                                           The room that I don't know what to call:

The Tea Room:

The Dining Room:

The Lounge Room:

My Bedroom:

Here are my favorite Valentine's Day books that you can buy on Amazon or get from the library:

Juliet the Valentine's Day Fairy:

Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew Valentine's Day Secret

American Girl Chrissa

Heart to Heart with Mallory

And here's how to make a "love potion"!

You'll need:

Cranberry or pomegranate juice or red fruit or berry punch or cranberry or pomegranate Izze

An envelope label or a piece of paper 

A red pen, marker, or colored pencil

Heart stickers

A clear cup

Instructions: Pour your selected red beverage into the cup. Write Love Potion in curly lettering on the label or piece of paper. Attach the label to the cup. Decorate with heart stickers. Makes a great Valentine's Day party refreshment!

Happy Valentine's Day! 

Wishing you lots of chocolate and fun,

Happy Birthday Lauren!!!

Happy Happy Happy Birthday Lauren!!!

L for Lovable!
A for A Really Great Friend!
U for U R The Best!
R for Really Fun!
E for Everlasting Friends!
N for Not Just Nice, Really Really Really Nice!

Doll Photoshoot!

Camping!

Breakfast!

At the beach!

Lounging!

All set for Valentine's Day!

Valentine's Day Bunting!

A close up! We bought the multi-colored cloth bunting, and I got a kit to make the hearts with foxes.

More Photos!

Fish at the Fallbrook Cafe!

A Caterpillar at the Fallbrook library!

Ginger the book!

That's all for now! Bye and thanks for reading my blog! Scroll down to see more posts!

Horse Back Riding, Valentine's Day, and Animal Jam Mystery!

Believe it or not, the only time I've ever rode a horse was at a carnival. So my mom took me on a trail ride!

   I rode a horse named Spur, and my mom rode a horse named Chester. They were both very sweet. Whenever we approached a hill, Spur would trot up it. I was scared the first time because I thought he was running away, or that there was a snake or something. But then I realized he was just trying to get up the hill faster. And it was really fun, after I knew that everything was fine! 

So that was really fun! We're going to go on another trail ride soon. Also, Valentine's Day is coming soon! Valentine's Day is one of my favorite holidays because you can give and get cards! I usually make the cards I send, but this year I'm making some and buying some so my friends will get one bought card and one homemade card. I'll be doing a Valentine's Day post very soon. 

Also, I found this in the Animal Jam newspaper:

And I found something out! The first letter of each of the sentences are capitalized. When you put the letters together in the order that they are capitalized, they spell out the word: EAGLES. Do you think Animal Jam will come out with eagles to be one of your avatars, or do you think they will come out with pet eagles? I'm guessing avatar eagles because they called them Animals and not Pets. But hey, pets are still animals, so they might just as well be pets. Which do you think they will make? Pet eagles or avatar eagles? Comment down below which. 

Bye!

Christmas Presents!

Hello!

First of all, I'm really sorry I haven't done a post since Christmas Eve. And second of all, here are my Christmas presents!!

From my mom and dad: An American Girl sweatshirt!!

From my grandma Patti and grandpa Jeff: This pretty bracelet!!

Also from my grandma Patti and grandpa Jeff: Nail polish pens!!

Also from grandma Patti and grandpa Jeff: The American Girl Doll Boutique set!! These are my favorite things that came in it. 

Also from grandma Patti and grandpa Jeff: Which _____ Are You? Quiz Book!!

From my dad: The latest book in the Asterix series!!

From my grandma, whom me and my sisters call Nini: A Cra-Z-Loom!!

Also from Nini: Tons of multi colored rubber bands!!

Also from Nini: Charms!!

Also from Nini: Trip to Disneyland!!

Also from Nini: Button from Disneyland!!

Also from Nini: A Dictionary Bookmark!!

From Santa: Hello Kitty duct tape!!

Also from Santa: A doll cake eraser!!

Also from Santa: A beautiful doll bedspread!!

From my dear friend Lauren: The American Girl Crafts Sew and Stuff Owls kit!!

Also from Lauren: Yummy smelling soap!!

Also from Lauren: Adorable doll utensils and and pens!!

Well, that's all I can show you. I can't show you the candy because it's in my stomach! Hope you had a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year's! 

Christmas Eve!

This is what Christmas Eve in California looks like! There's Ashley in the yellow and white rash guard, near the railing, and there's me in the purple rash guard, plugging my nose to go under water. 

Last night we had my mom's yummy eggnog! Mmmm...

This morning me, Ashley, and Ginger, decided to get dressed up for Christmas Eve. We all went into my bathroom and brushed our hair and teeth and I put in my new blue flower earrings and we changed into fancy dresses. Me and Ginger decided to put on necklaces for a finishing touch. Ashley and Ginger didn't want their pictures taken, so here's just my outfit. 

Now for some previous Christmas photos! Can you guess who this is? It's me almost five years ago!! I'm making gingerbread cookies, as you can see. 

And here's Ashley making gingerbread cookies too!

Here is a picture of the cookies we made when they were done. We were going to make gingerbread men, but we did not have gingerbread men cookie cutters, so we used teddy bear cookie cutters instead.

Now for some slightly more recent Christmas photos. These ones were taken last Christmas. Here is Ashley and me. I'm not sure what I'm doing in this picture. Am I singing?

I think in this one I'm just being funny. Maybe that's what I was doing in the other photo too.

Here's Ginger borrowing my type writer. She looks kind of ferocious, don't you think? That's Ginger for you.

I just had to put in this photo of my mom and Ginger because it's so cute and pretty!

Love,

How to make Snow Globe Decorations!

You'll need:

Clear plastic party cups (if you can find some with snowflakes on them, that's what I used)

Cotton balls

White glitter

Cardboard

Super Glue

Regular glue

Cute ornaments

Directions: First, take the cup and trace it onto the cardboard. Cut the circle out and glue on your ornament.

Next, drizzle regular glue around the ornament. Unravel a cotton ball, tear it into a couple pieces, and press onto the glue. Next sprinkle glitter over it. 

Then carefully superglue the cup to the cardboard! Merry Christmas!!