McKenzi is a TEENAGER!

Well it's official. My baby has entered into the realm of the teenager on March 6th. I tell ya, having 2 grandbabies, your own baby a teenager now, and finding a few gray hairs all in the same year can tend to put the whole "age thing" into perspective. This was McKenzi all dolled up in her new shirt and a tiera ready for school. Her birthday actually fell on a Friday this year so she wanted to have a sleep-over. We usually let them have big "friends" parties only only for certain birthdays. This happened to be an "off" year, but since her birthday actually fell on a Friday we let her have a few friends over for a low key party.

She didn't want to have a big cake, she wanted to have homemade oreos. So I made a whole bunch of them. They were so easy to make. All they were made of was a cake mix, butter, and an egg. The filling was cream cheese and powdered sugar. Sooo easy, sooo yummy! They were a hit. By the end of the night they had consumed the entire plate full!

They had fun doing homemade egg white and lemon juice facials. While the goop was drying on their faces, they all sat around and gabbed and ate junkfood.

Then they all gave themselves pedicures.

After all of that and a bout of "ding-dong-ditching" in the neighborhood, they finally wore themselves out!

The next morning they got up and had pancakes for breakfast. Then they all did each other's hair and makeup...since this happens to be the "all-inportant" age of finally being able to wear makeup. What teenager doesn't like getting dolled up and experimenting with makeup.

A couple days later Cali and Jeremiah came over to give McKenzi a birthday present. Cali had learned how to knit just a couple of months ago and made McKenzi a purse. It turned out so amazingly cute!