Pay it Forward

So my friend is doing this pay it forward thing. This is how it works..... The first 3 people to leave a comment on this post will receive a hand made gift from me during this year. When and what will be a surprise. BUT, in order for you to leave a comment on my blog, you have to post this on your blog first. (That means that sometime during this year you will send a gift to 3 people as well.) Get it? So, the first 3 people to comment on this post will be the lucky ones! Good Luck!

Princess Mania and Fall Fun

Wow, I've been on a blogging roll lately...

At a family gathering over Conference weekend, my girls received the gift of a lifetime: their older cousin Hannah gave them all of her old princess dresses/costumes.

This is them within minutes of arriving home:

The looks on their faces say it all. Thank you Hannah (and Katie) for the wonderful gift!

We made these little guys yesterday.
I thought they turned out pretty cute. It was easy and fun. I always feel crafty when I whip out my glue gun. :)

Also, I'll record a funny thing that just happened as I was putting the girls to bed. I was singing "Love at Home" to them when all of the sudden, Elizabeth says, "There's no love in this house!"

Luckily she was kidding and proceeded to say that she loved Daddy, Mommy and Natalie.

That kid cracks me up.

Christmas, etc.

We got our Christmas decorations up on Monday and then that night went and picked out a tree. There wasn't a lot of great ones to choose from but we're happy with the one we found. This was the best picture I could get to show it lit up.

I also finally finished our stockings. So...here they are. Some of the little pictures didn't turn out as cute as I would have liked but at least they're done and that's one less thing weighing over my head. Warning: they are much less cute when you enlarge the picture. Do so at your own risk :). Halfway through the lettering I also started wondering why on earth we picked such long names for our kids. So, that's something for you expecting mothers to consider. :)

My poor deprived child didn't get to play in the snow until today. She has been asking ever since it snowed and after she got over her cold I didn't really have an excuse. I wasn't sure how to handle it with Natalie so we just went out when she was sleeping. The snow was all hard and crunchy and she didn't last very long but I think she had fun and we got to try out her new snow clothes.


I'm hesitant to mention it so as to jinx myself in some way but we are currently in the process of potty training Elizabeth and things are going fairly well. She has still had accidents but not too many. We are implementing a carefully regimented program of candy bribery. Hopefully her teeth won't be rotten by the end of this. What I've been impressed with is that we've gone out the last couple of days and she has stayed dry and gone potty wherever we've been. Her hardest time seems to be in the evening so we'll have to work on that. Today we went to the McDonald's playland and she stopped playing and went while we were there so to reward her we picked up "Ratatouille" from the red box. As much as I've dreaded potty training, I suppose I'll make it out of this alive and hopefully mentally intact. :)

Christmas is Coming

I am officially getting into the Christmas spirit (hence the Christmas songs in our playlist). This is probably because I've been working on making our stockings. Yes, I'm finally doing it. My mom made our stockings when I was growing up. They were pretty simple and made out of felt and I loved them. Since it's what I grew up on, in my mind they are just what stockings should be. So, I am creating some homemade felt stockings for our family. You probably never thought you'd hear my name and the word "homemade" in the same sentence :). I will post pictures when they're finished (as long as they turn out somewhat cute). Wish me luck! Also, there were people wondering about how to post a comment without a Google account and I've finally changed the settings so this should be possible.

I'll add a quick funny Elizabeth story, too. Yesterday, we all went to DI while running errands and as we were entering the store Joe was talking about how great DI is and how when we were in Stockton over the summer the thrift stores there weren't very good (he had been looking for clothes for his African trip). He said "they were terrible". Elizabeth heard this and proceeded to yell out "these clothes are terrible!" in the middle of DI. We both shushed her and then looked at each other and burst out laughing. Never a dull moment with a 2 year old! As a side note, I found some cute shiny-black mary janes for Elizabeth in great condition for $2!