Thank you Ruby Jean

Ruby Jean posted how to make these sweet skates. She stuffed the tops with goodies. She also made a garland with them......cute, cute, cute. I made little ones and big ones.......think the littles are my favortie. I haven't stuffed mine with goodies yet. I bought more felt to make more, I'm on a roll..........glue, felt, glitter, stuffing and that's it. I made bows on mine but Ruby Jean made pom poms on hers.

Curly Girl after 4 shots. She was hurting by the end of the day. Does she look like a mini adult.

Little Miss
A. was very happy to model the skates.

Updates: I watched 4 darlings over the week-end. Got to sleep with an 18 month old..... whoa that was an experience. Still no snow here just lots of rain. Finished the grandchildren's Christmas.
Not much left now. I think I mentioned this before. Quaint toy shop, no crowds, and they wrap. I went to Barnes and Noble this week-end and had to leave.......the crowds swallow me up. I went to see Santa and Mrs. Clause. Pictures to follow. So far this season has been pretty mellow for me. Hope it stays that way. Hope you are all surviving.

little bit of Christmas

Cindy and I had a challenge to post our decorating today. So here are a few of the pictures. I still need to take some pictures and post in another post.
No special camera or lighting so look past that.
This chair was passed down to my father. It has to be at least 100 years old. The teddy bear was a gift for my anniversary from my hubby 9-12-11. I bought the doll because it looked like my daughter.
The wagon in a favorite of mine. I love it. In the newest PB catalog there was a small glimpse of one like it with Christmas things in it.
These are the little trees that I put out instead of a big tree. It looks kinda jumbled up with the cabinet in the back. But, really it doesn't look like that in person, you have to trust me.

Lots of
Boyd's bears here.

Another view, sorry about the cords. The trees are tucked in the corner to avoid furry babies and little curious people.

I found a little
Brownie. Do you see what it says "Holiday Flash". I was cleaning it up and my husband saw it. He said he had the same camera and told me how it worked. Usually he doesn't get why I have these things but this one brought back memories. How cute is that little angel looking at you. She was a gift from a friend that paints beautiful faces. (I also have the little instruction book that came with the camera. There is a penciled in date of when it was given as a gift....1956.....thanks Murphy for finding that for me at the sale)

A bear from my cousin Jo. So many of my Christmas items came from her. Glad to have the memories. The little desk it is sitting on is supposed to be from CHina and 100 years old.

A new little ME wreath from my sweet friend Genie.

My grandma's hutch and punch bowl. The punch bowl has ornaments in it. There was a bear in the little basket but he is hiding it looks like.

Our old TV fit in the cabinet. I loved being able to close the doors on it. The new one just fit on top. It limits what I can put on it. Has to be low so the controllers work. This had been a favortie place to decorate.

A little musical tree in the kitchen.

More to come later. I am trying to make it simplier every year.

I am headed out to a toy store to see if I can find a little gift for Mabel. She wants a baby carriage for her Calico Critters. It's a fun store that has lots of little stocking stuffer like toys.

Are you getting in the holiday spririt. Sometimes it is hard. I had one of those weeks nut it is time to move on.
Blessings.

My annual candle safety warning

Just a friendly reminder on candle safety.
A couple years ago I went to blow a candle out that had been burning most of the day. There was alot of melted wax in the glass container. Somehow when I blew on the candle the flame went back into the wax and hot wax just exploded burning my face and my eyes and all over the table. Trust me, I looked pretty bad for about a week. I still have some small scars but overall I was lucky. So please be careful blowing out your candles.
This candle experience I cringe even to tell you. I was watching a 3 year old (Doodle) and a baby that just turned 1. I put candles in donuts to celebrate the babies birthday. I lit the candle for the 3 year old but not the baby. That three year old is the one with the long red hair in the picture above. I went to take a picture and the next thing I knew her hair caught on fire. I reacted quickly and clapped it out immediately. In the photo I had just taken there was a wild strand of hair sticking out that must have caught the flame. I am such a careful person and couldn't believe this happened. I tried all day to get up the nerve to tell her parents and I kept getting cold feet. When they both got home from work the dad asked if the mom had told me that she was trimming the dogs ear the night before and cut a big gash out of his ear. So that was my open door. Of course they thought it was funny and every birthday since it always comes up. Those that hadn't heard the story are quite shocked. So the moral of this story is......be really careful when lighting those birthday candles with little girls and long hair. (It was only a strand and it didn't even singe it..... but there was a flame instantly.....I was fast( trust me) to react)

Side note. Today I picked up China Girl at pre-school. She refused to hold my hand and was running to the car. She wiped out falling flat on her back in the mud. I was right behind her and tripped but was able to jump over her and not fall. Surprising if you know how unbalanced I always am. She was covered with mud. I had a towel in the car and just told her to sit on it til we got home. She never cried which helped alot. So me and my Motley Crew headed for home in the VW Bug.
Not all that happened today.......I didn't yield in the cross walk and I always do. I didn't see a friend of mine crossing. I was already through when I saw her on the other side of the cross walk. I stopped and yelled that I was sorry and we laughed. Then someone almost sidewacked me a little later. I said outloud, "What the heck are you doing".....except I didn't say heck. Ooops, sorry Olivia I hope you won't tell your mom........but then I told her anyway. I am glad this day is over.
There is SNOW in the forecast, yippee.
Cindy and I are in a challenge to get our decorating done and posted by Thursday. Don't tell her but I had most of it done before she challenged me........she was out of state and I was home all week-end.
Okay I will move on for now. I didn't mean to be so wordy.........but please be careful out there with those candles.

Decorating for Christmas

Is everyone decorating for the holidays? I am. Every year I saw I want to simplify. Then I see all my goodies and want to put everything out. This photo I borrowed last year. I love it.
All I would need is a small tree and a teddy bear and I would be fun. When I am finished I will show you my little trees.
Happy Holidays my friends. Let the fun begin.

Holiday Humor (Hang in til the end for the funny)

Wednesday I baked pies for Thanksgiving at my son and DIL's house the next day. I picked the girls up from school as same son and DIL were Christmas shopping all day (Wed.) How do you do that the day before you have Thanksgiving. They are so organized all the time. This was their first time to host. My DIL said she didn't want to stress like her mom does. She felt that we were the perfect trial run because we aren't fussy.
All we care about is getting together.
So when I picked up the girls they decided to dress Piper up.
As you can see he is less than pleased but he's such a good sport, he will do anything. He loves them so much.

Froggy Boy.

Giraffee/Doggie??????

Not to pleased to be a flower boy.

Blurry but had to post.

Here are the guilty ones that dressed Piper up. (Hubby's ugly chair that soon will be curb side)

Where was Izzy........avoiding the dressup time. Really blurry as she was trying to get away. See Piper in the background. He is so jealous of her getting any attention.

Thanksgiving was alot of fun. Those two cute little girls kept us all entertained. They had Lipton's noodles and peas and they didn't even eat that. They are so picky. With two celiac people and one vegetarian our menu was mixed but oh so good.

Okay, are you sitting down........here is the funny part......

Goose walked out into the kitchen when her daddy was dressing the turkey. She said, OMG (the letters not the words) THAT IS TOTALLY INAPPROPRIATE AND I AM NOT EATING ANY OF THAT TURKEY. She is five.

So funny.

Foot notes:

Am I shopping today, no way. Even if I had $ I wouldn't be. Thinking of shutting off the TV as the ads are driving me crazy. Hubby has to work today so I am going to start decorating for Christmas, going to clean carpets (yuck) and let the dogs in and out all day long. Don't you envy me, he he.

Have a good week-end my friends.

Happy Thanksgiving

However you choose to celebrate this holiday, may it be full of blessings. When things look dim let the light shine through. We have so much to be thankful for. God bless each one of you. Thank you for your kind words and prayers they mean so much to me as always.

Sad ending

I need to post this so I can move on. I need to be posting positive, thankful things this time of year. Thank you all for the prayers for "my people." Sometimes so much piles up I have to put it out there before I explode. While most of "my people" are doing better, I am so sad to tell you the recent news on the person that was missing. My adopted son's sister's father (by adoption) has been found. His body was found.
Now they are trying to figure out what happened. Just terrible. Then his sister's dog got hit by a car yesterday and was killed. The puppy was only a year old. My son and his sister have just found each other by facebook this year. The conversations had stopped in the past few months. He called me yesterday to say he was talking to her on FB as he spoke to me. I think she reached out to him. I hope it helps her to heal. I posted this picture because this was the age the two of them were when they were no longer allowed to see each other. My son never got over it. His sister was told that he died. There is always a bond there for a brother and a sister. So give your sib or sibs a ((((((HUG)))))) this holiday season. Even if they drive you a little crazy........