"We're famous!"

I've already told you about the lemonade stand that the girls decided to do to raise money for the Susan G. Komen foundation, right?  Well, my mom was so touched by their efforts, that she matched their earnings!  When I went online to donate the $47 ($22 from the lemonade stand + $25 from Grandma Mary) I accidently clicked on the wrong button and the donation did not appear on my personal fundraising page.  I was a little sad because I wanted the girls to see their efforts on the scroll of donations on my fundraising page.  So, I decided to email the foundation and ask if my donation could somehow be transferred to show up on my personal page.  I explained that my girls had conducted a lemonade stand to fundraise and I wanted them to see their "name" on the scroll.  To my surprise, a nice lady at the foundation helped me out and transferred the money to my personal page.  She even called me on the phone to find out what name I wanted to show up on the scroll.  I decided that it should read, "Gaschler Girls Lemonade Stand".  I was so happy with the help and service that this lady provided to me, that I sent her an email thanking her and I attached a copy of a picture of the girls running their lemonade stand.  She immediately emailed me back and told me that she thought the picture was awesome and that she was going to forward it to their "communications" person.  Shortly after that, the "communications" person sent me an email and asked for my permission to use the picture in her email to all of this year's race participants (I'm guessing around 30,000+ people!) to hopefully inspire them to fundraise.  Of course I gave my permission and today I received the email that went out to everyone.  There was a whole section on fundraising and how to fundraise.  Here is a snippet of that email:  (you may need to click on it to enlarge it to read the text)

I think this is TOTALLY AWESOME.  Have I mentioned that I'm a proud mama?  When I told Macey the story behind this email she shouted, "We're famous!".

A little girl and her frog...and her Prince Charming

Emmy found a toad in the neighbor's yard last week and decided that she wanted to keep him.  She put him in our butterfly habitat and fed him lightning bugs.  She would even take him out and let him jump around the backyard and swim around, too!  She was very attached to "Froggy" and would even let him ride around on her shoulder.  After a few days, Froggy was looking a little skinny, so I mentioned to Emmy that it was probably time to set him free so he could fatten up on bugs and find his family again.  She was very hesitant, but knew it was the right thing to do.  She reluctantly took him to the front yard and put him down in the grass to set him free.  However, Froggy didn't jump away, so Emmy scooped him back up and continued to carry him around...they were buddies.  This routine went on a few more times, but finally Froggy decided it was time to hop away.  Once he did, Emmy looked at me with a very sad face, then came running and had a good cry on my lap.  It's hard to say goodbye to a good friend.

Out with the frog and in with Prince Charming...
The girls and I rented Justin Bieber's documentary about a week ago, and ever since then, Emmy has been infatuated with him.  "I love EVERYTHING about him!" she says.  She likes to watch his videos on YouTube, too!  The other day, she came to me and said, "Mom, I want Justin Bieber for my birthday.  Do you think he has a phone?  Can we call him and ask him to come to my party?".  Well, I wish it were that easy, Dear.  Lucky for her, Grandpa Leon was here for the weekend and wanted to take her shopping for an early birthday present.  So, what do you think she bought?  Yep, Justin Bieber!

Here she is in her bed, snuggling with her blanky, her bunny....and Justin Bieber.