Our Simple Hamdmade Advent Calender

   I made a really big,beautiful Christmas Banner Countdown out of felt,complete with daily Bible lessons,but it is way above the girls this year so we put it away and I made a small one out of a dollar tree cookie sheet,craft paper,and mini tree ornaments.It is perfect for the girls this year and they love it!

More Christmas Sewing

   So,I have been sewing a good part of the day...First I made 3 stockings for my sister,her hubby and baby.They picked a bright array of Christmas fabrics to begin their newChristmas tradition.

   Then I sewed the first(of 2) Snowmen Christmas dresses for the girls.I tried making the pillowcase dresses for the first time,they are really cute but I need to find a new wider red ribbon for the shoulders cuz what I bought was just too thin.I trimmed Daisys with red Ric Rac trim and then a cream colored ruffle with light blue trim.I only have Daisys completed so far and Lillys is cut out,ready to sew :)I LOVE the snowmen!

   Then I made my 11 month old nephew Remington a white fleece hat with appliqued horses (left overs from his dads stocking),it turned out really cute,lol we'll see if it fits him,it fits Lilly perfectly.

Still Alot to do Before Christmas

   I'm doing my best to keep up with my blog,the girls,sewing,making presents,etc but still it seems there are never quite enough hours in my day to do everything I want to do!
   Daisy spent the night with Grandma and Papa last night giving me a most welcome break!So I did something we have never done before!I took Lilly and went to the gym,she went upstairs to the day class for 2 hours and I worked out,it was alot of fun and I am hoping to do it often!My membership just went thru and the girls are welcome in the day class for 2 hours every day except Sunday when we can all go swimming.We definitely plan to make the best of our membership!I'm hoping to lose all my baby weight and get back into shape so maybe I can feel better physically and hopefully lessen my migraines and seizures into nonexistence so I can stop feeling like this all the time

   So,I have been doing alot of sewing and gotten 3 rice bags done,snack bags for my nephew,and am getting ready to do the girls Christmas dresses.They will be sooo cute with the Snowman fabric we got!I cant wait to get them finished!
   I also bought felt to make pretend food sets for my little sister and my girls,I plan on only making cookies and tea bags.I will post pictures when they are done.
   Alot of baking in the plans for next couple weeks,mostly to give away as gifts to family and friends,because after this mornings workout I realized exactly how much work it takes to work off those calories!

   Well,I need to sign off for now,its off to the Trading Post to see if we can buy Lilly some new wool slippers for Christmas,she has become  very picky and refuses to wear shoes now and will only wear a certain kind of slippers lol
   I am like totally obsessed with snowmen this year and have decided to sign off each post with a new snowman pic.have a great day!

The Holidays are Rapidly Approaching!

   WOW!I so cannot believe it has been nearly 3 weeks since I wrote last!

   OK,so where do I even start?A couple weeks back we were in the Emergency Room with Daisy struggling with croup and not being able to breathe.after nebulizer treatments not helping we decided to just take her in,after a dose of Decadron we were on our way out of there in less than an hour and she rapidly improved,until about a week later when she stood up and fell out of a Shopping cart in the Safeway parking lot directly on her head!She immediately began throwing up resulting in another rushed trip to the ER and diagnosed with a concussion and released again within an hour!I was thinking wow,we actually made like world record in and out twice in a week in under and hour each!

   Then on Friday night(Dec 3rd) Lilly got croup and truly could not breathe hardly at all,So once again we jumped and ran to the Emergency room and began immediate treatments of Epinepherin,Decadron and Tylenol (she was also on Motrin from home) she did not respond to treatment very well and this time we stayed for 5 hours and I was thankful they had not sent her home any sooner because she really was struggling,but when she finally fell asleep she was able to breathe easier.

   I haven't had much time for sewing up til now but my lonely sewing machine is calling my name telling me I have many gifts to get done still!I have a list wrote up of everything I need to get done within the next 2 weeks and its almost daunting to think of how hard I'm gonna have to push myself with the girls being sick.

   I also plan on doing allot of baking for the holidays and giving away allot of cookies and candies as gifts...lol better get busy!

   The girls and I did however take the time to sit down and decorate their gingerbread house a few nights ago.Daisy was thrilled with how it turned out and she had so much fun.Its not nearly perfect but knowing she did allot of it makes it perfect for me :)

   We also sat down and made allot of baked Christmas tree ornaments to hang on our first-ever Christmas tree!The girls love it and Daisy always tells me how perfect our tree is.They had allot of fun and Lilly painted herself more than her ornaments but was happy so I just let her enjoy her time :)

   Well,gonna sign off and get back to making our pumpkin muffins,have company coming over later and still have some other work to finish.

Christmas Crafts

 Last night the girls were pretty antsy so I got out some craft projects that were just waiting for an evening like last night!We made foam Christmas picture frames for the girls to send to their grandparents and great grandparents this year.We had alot of fun!