Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas!!!

We left the snow & cold of Sparks & are enjoying the sunshine & warmth of San Diego. There's nothing better than being surrounded by family & lot's of yummy things to eat. To say we are having a blast would be an understatement. So far the girls have only opened Santa gifts. It's been nice to stagger the gift opening.

Last night Zoe lost her first tooth! We would have put it under the pillow for the tooth fairy but she accidentally swallowed it. Only Zoe would swallow her tooth, lol. All the kids feel asleep right away except Zoe. She was so excited about the Tooth Fairy & Santa coming to visit that could hardly handle it all. Thankfully the Tooth Fairy is one smart cookie & she knows when you've lost a tooth (even if you've swallowed it).

The only thing that would make this Christmas picture perfect is if I could see all my family in Florida. I miss them all so much. Hope you all have a wonderful & beautiful Merry Christmas. Hugs to you all!

3 Days......

Blanket for Zoe

Blanket & pillow for Zoe doll (per her request)

Blanket for Aris

I've always wanted to try this project and for some reason hadn't. It will now be my baby shower staple. So if you invite me to your shower you'll be getting a homemade taggie. They were so simple to make and I have enough ribbon to make at least 100 more. Wish I was joking about the ribbon thing but I'm not.

Here they are in a neat little pile. I can't even tell you how happy this pile of blankets make me. I don't know if I'm more excited about giving them away or the fact that I finished a whole bunch of projects from start to finish. Maybe it's a combination of both.

I started one more project two nights ago & I will be sharing pictures of it tomorrow. Now back to my illustration I've been working on. How about you, any last minute projects to finish? Hope you all are enjoying your Christmas week!

Once There Was A Snowman

There has been a whole lot of this going on.

The girls begged Dean to build some snowmen with them.

So he did what any good dad would do.

They built one snowman & didn't want it to be lonely.

So they made him a friend.

We dressed them up in spiffy hats.

It was so funny to watch the girls roll their own snowballs.

There you have it, our snowman family!

Eleven

Because this time next year she'll be eleven.......

& probably won't want something as silly as a peanut butter & jelly blankie. How could I resist her begging me to make this? This might be one of the last years she asks for kid stuff. I sure hope not.

13 Days

Because one blanket is never enough this is the second in the set for little Makenzie. If I had more time I'd make her a dozen. I still need to make her a blankie to snuggle & my girls their blankets so 2 will have to do. Perhaps she will get another one on her birthday. We'll see if she likes these first.