Aunt Karen To The Rescue

After a week of running around in Florida and one very late-night flight we are back home. Waking up and getting going yesterday was a little harsh so when I saw that Olivia had a package I thought, "Here is a reprieve!" Sure enough, Karen knows Olivia to an O and sent a great pack of Fancy Nancy and craft items, her two favorites which kept her busy all morning.

I am going to digress here and say that I love Fancy Nancy, she is a girl for modern economic times. For those not familiar with Fancy Nancy, she is a girl who likes to make herself "fancy" with common household items and bemoans the fact that her parents insists on being plain. She is singing Olivia's life with her words. Anyway, when the Fancy Nancy merchandise first came off the line it was a bunch of dress-up clothing, completely counter-intuitive to Nancy. Nancy believes in reusing, she would never buy something to make herself fancy when she could put more glitter on something she already owns. So that's why I was thrilled that Karen managed to find Nancy's Guide To Making Everything Fancy which essentially teaches kids how to re purpose broken or other castoff items.

Anyway, we are back with a vengeance, a to-do list a mile long, but with some motivation for change. The weather is warming up, we have so many exciting things on the horizon: our first family road trip, camping, the completion of our home study, a tax refund, that it is hard not to feel positive about what's to come.