Exciting weekend in the cul-de-sac..............

I became the mother of a teenager, Lord give me strength!!!!

But let me tell you, I am one lucky mama! This one is a keeper!! Sure, we have our moments (actually a lot of them lately), she is after all 13 and what the heck does a 44 year old mother know??? Not much, I tell you. But this is one special girl and I can't wait to see what is in her future!

I know I've mentioned before what a creative spirit she is. She actually asked for duct tape for her birthday and she got a lot of it. Apparently so she could do a project like this....

This was a boring, old unfinished shelf that we never got around to painting. She transformed it with a roll of zebra duct tape. She actually ran out of tape. So when we restock, she is going to finish the inside. I think it looks amazing and something I would never have thought to do.  

She is also quite the photographer. All these images came from her camera and I put them in a collage frame for a Christmas present.

This girl has big plans and I'm just along for the ride! I can't wait to see where we go!