3 posts from November 2008

Feeling crafty...

Nov 21, 2008
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I have been doing a lot of crafting lately. I'll have to get some pictures online to show what I've done lately (cute little mini pinatas, and some super-easy fleece ballet slippers). But here are things I have in mind for Christmas. As an alternative to a gingerbread house:

Cardboard Display House by Rosemary Travale.

It's based on the cardboard template here: http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2007/07/diy_minicomic_stand.html

I hope to make a version big enough for the girls to play with their barbies in it. They've agreed to help me decorate it for Christmas (the girls, not the barbies, LOL).

For gifts, I'm thinking of making three of these for the kids:

Balance beam far away

I like that they're small enough to be able to put away, they can be played with in a bunch of different ways either all together or separately, and they should be pretty easy to make. And I get to go hide in the workshop to get them done.

Why I'm going crazy...

Nov 6, 2008
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Here's how my day goes-- {T} heads for the DVD player with a DVD chosen at random. I say "no movies" and he answers, adorably, "but I WUV movies" and continues on his way. Eventually he figures out that I'm not going to let it happen, and he heads for his candy bucket, and we go through it all again. And then cookies. And while all of this is going on, {B} is singing "Allouette" to herself OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN, and {A} obviously needs desparately to go to the bathroom, but is apparently waiting till she needs to sprint.

Ah, motherhood.

Alouette

Halloween 2008

Nov 2, 2008
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Readyforcandy

Another Halloween has come and gone. As far as the kids are concerned, I think Halloween is second only ot Christmas-- {B} has been counting down to Halloween since about mid September, and the girls have chosen costumes and then reconsidered several times. {B} spent the 30th wishing the day away, so Halloween would finally arrive. Eventually it was time to head out for candy-- {T} was Sully from Monsters Inc, {B} was a witch, and {A} was her cat.

Cat

This was {T}'s first year trick or treating-- he wasn't sure about the first house, but after he'd been to a couple, and they kept giving him candy, he was hooked. He was very good about saying "Hank oo" (often reminding his sisters), and as we left each door, he would say "one more house". But before long their pumpkins were full, and it was time to go home and admire their haul: