Waiting...

To get a flu shot.  I won't post the after pic.

My little trash buddy

About once a month, Riley and I head out to the local transfer station for a visit.  She likes to get the number from the attendant, complain about the smell, honk from the cab of the truck when it takes too long and pay the man after we weigh back in.  It's a ritual.

How did she get so big?

And the roses too.  We planted these roses in April.  They are taking over.  I can highly recommend knock out roses from Rolling Hills.  They are no maintenance.  I took this picture two days ago!  And she took the picture of me.

Happy Halloween

What little Hello Kitty couldn't use matching shoes and a purse?  Thanks to Grammy and Donna, she has all the accessories she needs!

Hello Kitty Dress

 Last month, Riley picked out some fabric to make her first dress.  She choose Hello Kitty of course!  We bought it at Walmart and she helped me a little with the sewing.  It was pretty simple so she's now picked out a Christmas Hello Kitty print.  Thankfully we have a few weeks left to get that one done.

For Paw Paw

Riley helping me make chicken salad for the worship team.

First Purchase!

Riley has been doing chores at home for the last few weeks and finally saved up enough to buy something she's been wanting for several months.  A mermaid doll from Dollar General.  We bought one as a birthday gift a few months ago and she hadn't forgot how much she wanted one too.

She has three chores she has to do each week - take her dirty clothes to the laundry and sort them, pick up her room and gather the trash from all the small cans in the house.  For this she gets $1.  She saved up for 4 weeks so she would have enough for the $4 mermaid.  (we haven't started talking about tax yet - so that was on me.)

So we get to the store and finally locate the ONLY mermaid left.  It is indeed marked $4 so we head to the checkout.  The girl behind the counter rings it up and it is on sale for $1.  Can you believe it - $1?  Lucky little girl.  So now she has $3 to spare but so far I haven't heard talk of what is next.