WE HAD A WONDERFUL COUPLE WEEKS OFF FROM SCHOOL TO CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS. THE GIRLS LOVED HAVING "SLEEPOVERS" IN EACH OTHER'S ROOM. THEY CHOSE AMAZING GIFTS FOR ONE ANOTHER - LISTENING TO IDEAS FROM THE RECIPIENT TO BE ABLE TO CHOOSE SOMETHING THEY WOULD L-O-V-E! I LIKE TO GET OUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING DONE BEFORE DECEMBER...THAT WAY WE CAN ENJOY ALL THE FESTIVITIES THAT COME OUR WAY...CONCERTS, PARTIES & GET-TOGETHERS, CHURCH ACTIVITIES, DANCE RECITAL, (& WHILE THE GIRLS ARE YOUNG) THE T.V. SPECIALS, ETC. EACH YEAR I LIKE TO MAKE SOMETHING FOR THE GIRLS...THIS YEAR IT WAS JUMBO "BUTTON PILLOWS". AND THE REACTION FROM THE GIRLS? TOTALLY WORTH MY TIME AT THE SEWING MACHINE FOR SURE!
WREN IS GOING THROUGH A "LIZARD" PHASE. SHE DID ASK SANTA FOR A REAL ONE, BUT MOMMA EXPLAINED THAT SANTA WILL NOT BRING A REAL PET WITHOUT GETTING PERMISSION FROM THE PARENTS. WREN'S PARENTS (ERRR, MOSTLY MOMMA) SAID, "NO!". WE REMINDED HER THAT HAVING A FURBALL CAT AND A POOCH WERE PLENTY FOR OUR HOME. SHE WAS OKAY. BUT SHE DID GET VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT WHAT KIND OF STUFFY LIZARD SHE WANTED: A BLUE, GIRL LIZARD - NOT A CHAMELEON, BUT A LIZARD...AND SOME FAKE FLIES SO THE LIZARD HAS FOOD. LUCKILY, NEA & I DID SOME SURFIN' O' THE NET AND WERE ABLE TO FIND:
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| CHICKEN, THE LIZARD, WAS A GRAND PRESENT FROM LIL SISTER |
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| JUNIOR - THE NEWEST LIZARD |
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| CHICKEN, THE LIZARD & JUNIOR |
AND WREN LOVED THE LIZARD FROM SISTER! NOT SURE WHERE THE NAME "CHICKEN" CAME FROM, BUT IT FITS. ADDING IN "JUNIOR" A COUPLE WEEKENDS AGO AND THEY MAKE AN AWFULLY CUTE GROUP, EH?!
AND HERE ARE THE "READING CORNERS" IN EACH GIRLS' ROOM. THESE JUMBO BUTTON PILLOWS ARE SUPER COMFY...I MIGHT NEED TO MAKE A COUPLE FOR THE BASEMENT, TOO! A BIG HIT WITH THE GIRLS...THEY GET COMFY COZY AND DO SOME "ALONE READING"...OR TUCK IN A BUDDY OR TWO AT BEDTIME...AND IT HELPS THE GIRLS REALIZE THAT WHILE SHOPPING AND BUYING IS FUN, NOT EVERYTHING HAS TO BE BOUGHT...BEING RESOURCEFUL & CRAFTY ARE GOOD TRAITS TO HAVE.
I THINK WREN MIGHT HAVE PUT IT BEST:
"THESE ARE BETTER THAN STORE BOUGHT BECAUSE MOMMA SEWED IN SOME OF HER LOVE INSIDE!"
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| NEA'S READING AREA |
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| WREN'S READING AREA |
OH, AND WHILE I HAD A FEW MOMENTS OVER THE WEEKEND...I GOT THE PORCH A LITTLE "VALENTINED"!
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| $1.49 GARISH WREATH, 15 MINUTES, SCRAPS OF PAPER & SOME HOT GLUE CAN BE PERFECT FOR THE VALENTINE'S SEASON ON OUR FRONT DOOR |
So are you going to post a pattern for these Miss Jodie? Those are the bomb - and I love Wren's take on them !
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