Bracelets, necklaces, more bracelets, and more necklaces

Last week Karina went on a beading binge.  She spent all of her time making bracelets and necklaces.  She can't tie the ends and it would frustrate her as she would put some beads on one end and then some beads would fall off the other end.  She called out to me one day and said, "Linda, can I borrow your hands?"  She used up every one of her beads and I counted 40 bracelets and necklaces.  Guess where she put them?  In the church purse, of course.

The Frog

To celebrate Dan's birthday we had some friends over for dinner.  Karina was sitting next to Dan as he opened his presents.  As he opened one Karina burst into spontaneous laughter.  It was the above frog and she laughed and laughed and couldn't stop and soon had the whole room laughing.  My friend that was there shared the term "joy rising" with me and it fits that moment. We now  tease her about her new boyfriend.