Festival of Trees

All I Want for Christmas is...

Recent projects

 I've been having fun using the fabric I bought on eBay.  So far two dresses for the girls.  I can't believe how big the girls are getting, and I see them every day.  I used a woman's pattern for Annalise's dress!  Her dress was going to have gathered sleeves but she decided the elastic would be too uncomfortable.  Hey, anything to get her to wear once it's completed...

I have some fabric set aside for a dress for me but I want to lose a couple pounds before I make it -- so we'll see how long it takes for THAT to get made. 

I did buy some Liberty of London fabric on eBay (and at a great price).  I'm not sure what I want to make with it but I love the feel of the fabric so I know I want to use it for me! 

All I Want for Christmas

She's definitely braver than her parents!  Her front tooth was pretty loose and with a little encouragement from her aunt she pulled it out herself.  The excited look on her face when it came out was priceless (though the grossed out look of her older sister was good too!)  

Did You Know

Did you know that soccer is a rough sport?

Neither did I, but this year between a broken wrist and a black eye my opinion has changed.

It's a good thing she loves it so much.  :)

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween from all of us! 

Draculara from Monster High

Katniss Everdeen from Hunger Games

                                                           

                 Skeleton Soccer Crew

Enjoy your candy!

Time for a Change

This week I decided I was finished with having long hair.  It was getting into things, such as purse straps, car doors, food; plus it was always in a ponytail.  This is the longest I've grown my hair ever.  In the past I would have cut it before it got this long.  Maybe I'm getting more patient in my old age -- nah.

Before:

After:



This was taken just after getting my hair cut.  Amy, my hairdresser, had fun styling it.  If only I had decent hair skills, it would always look this nice. 

It's Autumn-time

It's seems like every year, as much as I would like to avoid it, there's at least one trip to the pumpkin patch.  Last year I got out of it because Robyn went with her kindergarten class.  This year I did not.  Though, it wasn't so bad because this new pumpkin patch had an baby animal area.  Baby animals -- they are just soooo darn cute.

Annalise's favorite animals were the ducklings:

My favorite animal was the baby goat.  He/she (I didn't check) was so adorable.  There was a label attached to the collar saying don't pick me up, but how could you resist.

Robyn's favorite animals were the kittens.  There were four and she liked them all.  She would have taken them home if we would have let her.