A Miraculous Journey, Sept. 2012

 Thank You Brooke, Ellie, and Cambry for choosing such an excellent book to kick off the school year!  It really was a "Miraculous Journey"

 Lillie Beth, Natalie, Lauren, and Sydney enjoying treats!

 Brooke and Ellie...We loved the book girls!

 Girls making a fun Bunny craft to remember Edward Tulane!

 What a very fun group...it was great hearing all of the girls share their favorite parts of the book!

Back to School Swim Party 2012!

All of our Beautiful Belles starting the new school year with a Splash!

Sara :)

Chloe :)

What Fun Moms!!

Really Rad Ramona Reading!

 Sara, Elizabeth, Chloe, and Gloria at our Ramona Book club meeting!

 What an amazing Mother-Daughter team!  Thank You Elizabeth and Margo....we loved the book!

 We loved making popcycle-stick frames!

 Looks AWESOME Chloe!

A Super read to Start the Summer!

A BIG Thank You to Elizabeth and Margo for hosting our next Belles and Books meeting!  Elizabeth picked the Book, "Ramona Quimby Age 8" by Beverly Cleary.  This will be a fun read to finish our school year!  See y'all in June!!

Our Cherry Blossom Adventure!

 Lauren with her Beautiful Cherry Blossom craft!  Thanks for picking such a fun book for us to read!

Lauren and Elizabeth

These were awesome!  Rice Krispies Sushi with fruit-by-the foot outsides and gummy worm insides....how creative!

What fun girls!!

Sara and Melanie making their cherry blossom

Great Job Chloe and Leila!

We learned at our meeting that Japan gave thousands of Cherry blossom trees to the U.S.A as a gift!  They are admired by many today in Washington DC.

A Mysterious Adventure!

Elizabeth and Lauren are hosting our next meeting, and Lauren has chosen the book, "Thea Stilton and the Cherry Blossom Adventure" by the author Geronimo Stilton! It will be a very fun read!
Book Description: "Geronimo's adventurous sister Thea is taking the publishing world by storm in this fabumouse tale packed with action, mystery, and friendship.
In this exciting adventure, the Thea Sisters are off to Japan on a cultural exchange program. While they're busy exploring Kyoto and admiring the beautiful cherry blossoms, a valuable doll is stolen from a wealthy Japanese collector. Will the five mice be able to track down the doll and catch the thief? Readers will love following the clues to help the Thea Sisters solve the mystery" (from Amazon.com).
We can't wait to get started....thank you Lauren!

Belles and Books in Full Bloom!

Here are all of our beautiful Belles with their daisy chains! What a great bunch!


Dear Libby and Debra,
We loved having y'all in our book club, and we will miss both of you dearly! Best of luck in Connecticut. So happy to hear that y'all will be starting your own Belles and Books! Keep in touch :)


Lauren has such a fun personality and very pretty smile! Thanks for picking our next book :)


Brook with her two beautiful girls: Cambri and Ellie!


Leila and Chloe hosted such a wonderful book club meeting at the library! It was fun hearing all of the girl's favorite characters in our book, "Heidi." I think that the this book inspired all of us! After our discussion, the girls got to make beautiful daisy chains, and eat some Swiss Chocolate! Thanks you two!


Jamie and Abby are new additions to Belles and Books!
Great to have y'all in the club....Your daisy chain looks awesome!

Our Belles are the best!

Time to Announce our new book for March!! Leila and Chloe are hosting our March meeting, and have chosen "Heidi" as our next read! We are all very excited to be reunited with this timeless classic! What a perfect book as we welcome spring time...thank you!


The girls got to make their own animal picture frames with a personal note of confidence on the back! This craft went along perfectly with our book that encouraged building confidence!

These girls are the BEST!! They loved making their picture frame craft....love those smiles. Thank you Debra, great idea!

Elizabeth and Lauren making the panda frame :) Lauren, your new glasses are so cute on you!

Libby and Gloria enjoying the yummy treats!