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3.25.11

"When I'm 18, I'm going to spend my spring break with you" Zacari Clay Salsibury (my nephew) 13 years old

I had to start my blog off with this quote for a couple reasons.

1. It melted this aunts heart

2. I plan to hold Zac to it! lol

I figure by the time Zac is 18 there will be some cutie girl in his life and good ol' aunt Serena will be chop liver and last years news.

Spending time with my nieces and nephews are something I truly cherish! It doesn't happen as much as I like but when it does we have a blast!

It used to be tradition that about every spring break my niece and nephew Zac, Zoe and Zalie would come to our house to spend the week. We would always find fun stuff to do. Unfortunately, the last couple years we have not been able to keep this tradition. The kids go to school in Bluffton Indiana and they have their spring break a whole two weeks before we do. :(

This year was a little bit different since I'm only working a few days a week. I was able to go get the kids for a few days!

The girls and I decided that we wanted to have a "spa" day. There was only one problem. What would poor Zac do? I decided that there was only one way to fix this. We picked Carter up from school at noon! Carter had no clue he was having half a skip day. Needless to say he was pretty excited when we picked him up.

Before we picked up Carter or even could start our spa day I told the kids that I really needed to get some wash done. I thought this would be a great time to keep the girls busy so I pulled out the markers and paper and told them that we needed to name our "spa" and would need some signs. The girls went to work right away and this bought me some work time!

The girls also made signs for our "bakery" as well.

We picked up Carter from school at noon so Zac and Carter could have some guy time. (sadly enough, I don't have any pics)

After having a quick lunch it was FINALLY "spa" time!

I told my "clients" to wait upstairs. While they were waiting I ran some warm water in the tub with lavender salts, lit some candles and had Nature's Way radio playing on Pandora.

Zoe choose to soak her feet first.

While Zoe soaked her feet. Zalie relaxed with a facial and cukes on the eyes. She kept laughing because the cukes kept slipping off her eyes.

I gave both the girls arm,hand,leg and feet massages. I also gave them mani's and pedi's with the new polish they picked out.......Bubble Gum Pink of coarse! :)

I would say they look pretty relaxed!

After "spa" time we starting working in the Glittery Cupcake Bakery.

Today's special? Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Cupcakes! YUM-o!!! After all, what would girls day be without chocolate! :)

The only thing I would change about this recipe is the frosting. It was very hard to spread and I had 2 disappointed girls who wanted to decorate pretty cupcakes. At least they tasted good!!!