My Slushie Summer

During the month of June, my neice was here with me.  We had the best time and she got to do and see a lot of things.

The first full day she was here, I took  her to the Georgia Aquarium.  We had a great time.  It was her first time to see big fish and she loved the whale shark!!

After we finished visiting the fish, off to shopping we went.  After  the first couple of days of her visit, I found that this kid LOVED slushies, Hello Kitty and could hula hoop better than anyone I have ever seen!!  She could walk from one end of the deck to the other and never stop!!  It was impressive.  Oh and she giggled - A LOT!!

Our second week together, we hit the sewing room.  She picked out material to make pillow cases for her brothers and cousins.  She also started a box of scraps to take home and to sew on while she was here.  It was fun to have a little two legged helper in my sewing room - even if she did talk non stop!!

 She was a natural at the machine!!

 Kept a list going of the pillow cases as we got them finished

 She used the step up to be tall stool and is a really good at ironing!!

 What is a day in the sewing room without the 4 legged helper!!

 She had great taste in material - I loved this combination!!

I have a sizzix fabric cutter and we made crafts one day - it was a lot of fun and yes....I had a Hello Kitty die!!

She was here the weekend of the Mississippi in the Park events.  She got to experience several firsts that weekend.  She attended her first professional baseball game, learned how to do the tomahawk chop, saw her first professional fireworks display, rode the MARTA train and last but not least, got to meet Otis Nixon (my favorite Braves player) and...talked me into not one...

But TWO $5 slushies!!

It was great having her at the Braves event, she was our little ambassador.  She sat at the table greeting everyone and making sure that they had a name tag and bought a raffle ticket for the Magnolia quilt I donated (it turned out beautiful!!)

 Our little ambassador hawking the raffle tickets and giving away fans

Making sure everyone had a name tag - she was an instant hit with everyone.  

 This was funny, she was presenting Otis with an official Mississippi in the Park fan and he signed it and gave it back to her!!  He was such a nice guy. 

 She was hard at work early the next morning at the park.  It was a HOT HOT HOT HOT DAY!!  106 in the shade!!  She went right to work putting the sponsor stickers on the fans. One thing about this kid, she needed very little direction and understood the FIRST time what you wanted her to do.  

She comes by organization naturally - didn't even have to ask her to do this!!

She got her face painted in Ole Miss colors (where she wants to attend college) then sat with me for a while under the tent.   We had a small fan and tried to stay cool.

Enjoying  a fabulous piece of Sugarees caramel cake!!  YUM.  Notice Tallulah is under the table, poor baby it was just too hot for her!!  Once she finished her snack, back home they went - she had already made friends with the little girl across the street and had a play date.

The Magnolia quilt did very well - even though it was 106 degrees in the shade, people were very generous and we raised $1240!!  

We had other exciting times while she was here.

An emergency trip to the dentist to fix a broken baby tooth.  She snuggled under one of the first quilts I made years ago and was all comfy watching princess movies.

She and Tallulah were such sleepy heads!!

We went to the mall shopping - all I am going to say about this picture is she told us her first day here -->quote" I don't eat chicken" end quote... 

 Yep - another slushie...Quik Trip had them for 49 cents all summer and if we were not making (healthy) smoothies, we were getting slushies.  Everytime we left the driveway, she'd ask, are we going by a Quik Trip!!

 She and Tallulah became best buddies.

 All too soon, it was time for her visit to come to and end.  I was going to take her home on the train but "somebody" didn't get the tickets in time and they went sky high so I did a round trip in one weekend.

It was a wonderful June.  She never whined, begged for anything or cried because she didn't get her way.  Such a joy to have around.  I admit, I spoiled her rotten and enjoyed for a few short weeks what it must feel like to be a *gasp* grandma...oh did I really just say that!!

Once she went home, it was back to work in the sewing room!!