Raising Money for Cancer and...Ghostbusters

The girls, along with the neighbor kids, had a lemonade and art sale yesterday to benefit the James and Cancer Research.  I am so proud of them.  Laura first cooked up the idea of an art sale.  As usual, she draws and creates pieces feverishly and non-stop.  Laura would rather draw than do anything else.  Sometimes we have to stop her to have her do other things, like read or play outside.  So, it's not a surprise that she wanted to come up with a way to sell her artwork.  She also has the entreprenurial  spririt of her father.  She talked to her friend, Aidan, about it, and she talked to Matt about it.  I'm not sure how the conversations went, but eventually they decided that they would host a lemonade sale with the art sale.  Of course Laura and Aidan's sibs were included, and they all did a fantastic job.  They soared above my expectations!  Anyone who knows me, knows it would have had lemonade, a few pieces of art and would have been short and sweet.  These things are not my cup of tea.  So I give all credit to Matt, our neighbor (who's also a Matt), and the kids!

Enjoy the pictures.

Even E got in on the creation action.

The whole gang

Of course, Mom, got to purchase a piece and pose with the artist.

The kids had a big weekend.  In addition to the art and lemonade sale, they went to movie night at the Keith's.  This is the second time the Keith's have hosted this event.  They had some activities in the early evening, and then when it got dark, they projected a movie.  Last year they projected The Wizard of Oz.  This year it was the original, Ghostbusters.  I didn't go this year, since I just had surgery a little over a week ago.  The kids had a great time!  Apparently, they were a little scared during certain parts of the movie.  But the next morning, they wanted to watch it again.  So they weren't too scared!    

The next morning, Emma kept singing the song, and it sounded like a Russian singing it!  It was hilarious.  "When their something's strange in your neighbor-hoood, who are you going to call?  Ghostabusters!"  It's funny.  She just doesn't use the slang words like "gonna".   Matt and I were cracking up!

Who ya gonna call?