Another Quiet Book

This is the Christmas present I made for my sweet nephew, Samuel. It's a small quiet book with interactive pages. I designed my own patterns, so please be kind! Each page does something different. The apple hides a small green worm. The orange fish can be pulled out of his little vinyl bowl. The sun has loose ric-rac rays that you can play with, and the tree has taggie grass. I also used a variety of fabrics to get some good textures. The blue rocket is probably my favorite. It moves up and down along the cord. The purple kite's tail is elastic encased in fabric, so it can be pulled and bounced. Overall, it was a little bit of work getting it all done, but I love the way it turned out. I really hope he enjoys playing with it!

Have a sew-tastic day!

Okay you people...

...I know I haven't posted in a while. I have no excuse other than the fact that I normally work on my posts when the kids are asleep, and I've been dealing with evening sickness lately. **Update: as Raina pointed out, I have people who read this that I haven't seen in a while. Yes, the big news is that I'm pregnant. (yay!) I'm due in July. I should have posted that earlier... sorry. Now back to your regularly scheduled blog. ***Anywho, here's a quick recap of our Christmas festivities. I don't have pictures of Caleb's school program yet, but when I get some I'll add them on here.

First up is a shot of Caleb in the Church's Christmas program. His class lined up on the steps and signed a couple of songs. It was very cute. Unfortunately, Caleb fell while playing in the Chic-fil-a play area and (probably) fractured his arm. (The x-ray was inconclusive.) But he soldiered on through the pain and did his signs mostly one-handed.

So here are a few cute shots of the kids opening presents:

Caleb with Buzz Lightyear.

Madeline received a lot of dress-up clothes. Here she has on her new headband, and she's opening the matching tutu. I actually had to make a spot in her closet for all the new fancy dresses and accessories. She loves them, and we play with them every day!

The one and only thing Caleb wanted for Christmas this year was a Hot Wheels Criss-Cross Crash set. It's a motorized cloverleaf track that speeds the cars around until they crash. This was his face when he opened his present from Santa. I bet you can guess what it was. :-)

Here's Madeline Christmas morning at Grammie's house. I think this expression says, "Can I open my presents yet?"

Among other things, the kids each received a pillow pet and sleeping bag from Grammie and Popup. They were a big hit. They're sleeping with their pillow pets every night now, and we play with the sleeping bags constantly. We finally had to make a rule that you can sleep in the sleeping bags for nap time, but not at night.

Well, that catches us up a bit for now. I'm sure I have a lot more to post from December. Oh well, we'll catch up eventually. Maybe.

It's snowing outside right now, so I'll just say:

Have a snow-tastic day!