Growing Up: Toy Story Edition

While I was at work today, Reagan cleaned her room.  I mean, she REALLY cleaned her room.  She came out with six garbage bags full of every last toy she owns, and she plans on giving them all away.  I was crushed by this.  "REAGAN!" yells I.  "You were playing with this just last month!  Are you sure you want to give your teddy bear away?"

She assured me she did.  She is going into sixth grade, and that's too old to play with toys.  Boo Hoo Hoo.  I remember where she got every last one of these, and I am having a hard time parting ways with them, as they are mementos of my baby's childhood. 

"You're way too sentimental mom" she tells me.  All the time.  I know I am, but... do you have to give away everything????  Like... everything???  I snuck a few out of the bags and am saving them for my future grandkids.  I can't go cold turkey like that, even if she can.

Dang you, time, and your relentless march forward!  I'm not ready!  I keep having flashbacks of "Toy Story 2". 

Macaroons

Reagan has been begging and begging to make macaroons, so today, she just DID IT.  The first batch turned out a bit flat, but the second puffed up perfectly, and turned out just as they should - a bit of crunch on the outside, and light and airy on the inside!  WOW, little girl!  Those are not easy to do, and you did a fabulous job!  All those hours watching baking shows are paying off!

Her First Job

After using her quarantine time to take the Red Cross online babysitting course, Reagan landed her first babysitting gig this afternoon!  She did a fabulous job, and the little guy had a great time building with her.  Mom was along for the ride this time, but I think Reagan's ready to go solo in the very near future.  Good job, sister!  She bought a purse with the proceeds from today, in the hopes of filling it with more moola :)

The Sculptress

Reagan made this little guy out of Fimo clay, and then painted it.  I think he is absolutely adorable, with his cozy scarf and mug o' joe.  She's got talent, that one!

Her Writing Prompt

This made me laugh, so had to share.  Reagan had to write a letter home to me, pretending that she was at Camp Greenlake, from the novel Holes, which is basically a juvenile detention camp for kids.  This is what she came up with.

May 6, 2020

Dear Mom,

Reporting to you from Camp Green Lake.  I’m here because I saw that this
hamburger that was just laying there in a glass box.  I was hungry, so I ate it. 
Turned out to be the world’s oldest burger without mold on it.  The stomach ache
was worse for me than getting caught.  I admit, I did eat it, but why do I have to
go to Camp Greenlake for it?  It’s just a burger!

Camp is living in a dessert and having no fun, and you’re always in pain. 
All we do is dig holes all day and, if you’re slow, all night, too.
And may I remind you, this is in the middle of the dessert.  It’s hot.  Even in April.  
On the 26th of April, my muscles didn’t even work.  I couldn’t even walk. 
I had to slug out of my bed, if you could call it that, and had to throw my shovel
over my shoulder, and slugged my way to my hole.  All the other people here are
not excited also.  They were moaning and groaning and all the sounds you think a
human could make.  It’s not fun.   I heard that my whole 5th grade class is also here
and writing letters.  I think they’re pretty okay people, you know.  I think my teacher is
up to no good.  I think she framed us all so we could experience the book in real life. 
She’s a no good, dirty rotten, pig-stealing teacher.

My friends at camp are Pinky (Evelyn) and Ms. Thooth (Maria).  I think that they’ve
changed a bit since being at camp.  Before camp, Evelyn was as hyper as if she had
15 cups of coffee.  Now she’s a slug and can’t even get out of bed anymore.  Maria,
she’s turned a little bit on the annoying side.  If I say anything a little wrong, she will nag
me all day, and never give me any rest.  That no good, dirty rotten, pig-stealing teacher
framed us all.  Evelyn was just walking down the street when she found this puppy. 
It was so cute, you don’t even know how cute it was.  So she picked it up and brought
it home.  But you know why that puppy was so special?  Because the puppy had super
powers and made everybody think it was the cutest puppy of all time.  Maria, she found
a coupon that said that she could get so many Robucks for free, and apparently, Robucks
were cursed so she had bad luck forever.  

I think I’m a pretty good person, so I won’t exactly escape, but if I was more of the rebel type,
I think I would send a letter to you and ask you to pick up a car and take me away to the
Bahamas or Hawaii or any extravagant location.  I think I will have to sadly say that I have
to stay here longer, and go through torture every single second of my life.  See you in five
years!

Your child, 

Reagan

Yeah. More Art. Because... what else we gonna do?

Sure, there's online school.  That takes the girl a few hours on Monday to complete, and then she's done for the week.  The rest of the time, she's crafting.  Luckily, I think that the County Fair is, at this time, still a go, and Reagan will be able to have ALOT of entries.  She's super creative, and I am thoroughly impressed with what she comes up with!  Take a gander!

More Art

Reagan has a lot of free time to express her creative side these days.  I'm super impressed with the things she is creating!