Spud turned FIVE on Christmas Eve. Thanks to some good bargain hunting (and calling around to half a dozen Shopko stores when the item was on sale), he got some fun birthday gifts. The big one was a Hot Wheels Raceway. It's nothing super fancy, but you can race 4 cars at a time and it does tell you which car won, so that's fun.
Christmas was a lot of fun. We opened gifts here in the morning and then headed down to David's folks house. After opening gifts, hanging out and lunching there, we forewent (is that the past tense of "forego"?) the traditional Christmas movie (as we didn't want to take Leif to a theater) and went to my sister Melody's house. My brother Dave and his girlfriend showed up there a bit later, and we had a nice time playing games and just hanging out. I liked seeing my family, too. Even though there are quite a number of us around here (Dave up in Salt Lake county, and Melody and Jeff & I all around here with our families) we don't get together that frequently unless Mom & Dad are in town. I think I'll try and make more of a point of getting together with them on holidays when possible. It was fun.
With a lot of hard work, I finished all the kids' dolls before Christmas. Noodle is in love with her doll. She has been taking her everywhere. Spud likes his, too, mostly because he can play with Noodle. Sprout's doll is up on a shelf for now. He'd happily play with it, but I figure we'll save it for when he's older.
As for the New Year, I'm working on finalizing my resolutions. I'm giving myself the first 10 days to get it all sorted out. Don't want to be too hasty, you know!
8 comments:
Those dolls are amazing! Way to go!
Seriously I am soooooooooo impressed with those dolls!!!! I wish I was talented. Good JOB!!!!
I love the dolls. Well done!!!
I'm in love with your dolls, too! Sooo darling.
Thanks all! I made one for my mom, too. A "mini-Me," to keep her company. :o) When my sewing burnout has subsided, I'll be finishing one for my sister. I also have one for me to finish. They were really fun to make, though they did take a crazy amount of time. Oh, and they have HEARTS embroidered on them. Is that beyond cute or what?
The dolls are super impressive! It's so cute to make them look like the kids!
Sooooo cute! I'm impressed with your domesticity!
I loved that Noodle brought hers to the house. She was so proud of it and I just thought about how one day she will treasure that doll even more when she realizes how much love her mother put into every stitch.
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