You have given me a gift this year. You saw a beauty and a wonder to Christmas that can only be seen through the eyes of a toddler. You helped me fall in love with Christmas all over again; this time as an adult, but with the magic of a child.
There are a few things I want to remember forever. Everyday when the Christmas light timer came on, you would stop in your tracks and tell me how beautiful it is.
When asked you tell me Christmas is God’s Birthday and we should make Him a cake.
With complete wonder, you asked me this morning if I thought Santa Clause had come and then waited patiently (in a way I didn’t know was possible for a two year old) while we got Sophie Rose up and took pictures in bed. You also waited until Sophie had found her bear under the Christmas tree to search for your presents.
You want to wear princess dress up every day. all day.
You think you need to wear dress up do to ballet. Which you also do everyday. all day.
And last but not least, this Christmas, we went to an old theater on the Downtown Mall to see White Christmas. It was the first time you went to the movies. White Christmas is my favorite movie of all time. When I was your age I would turn up the VHS volume to full throttle and march around the living room to”Because we love him”. As the song came on, sitting in the theater I saw you march in your seat. Oh Ella.
Thanks lady for being my lady and having a joy that was contagious.
It has been crazy here: Two feet of snow. One day. Snowed-in. I am pretty sure this is the most snow Charlottesville has seen at one time in December. Over the typical snow fall in a year all fell in the past 36 hours.
The view into our front yard.
Joel being a great husband and taking out the trash on his way to dig out the heat pump. You can see how it is covering his knees!
And, yesterday, he ventured to UVA’s lawn with friends
Crazy, right?
Today’s agenda includes:
Continue sewing Ella’s Christmas Present
Addressing Christmas Cards
Continuing Emma, with Amber who has been snowed in with us b/c she lost power and we don’t want her to freeze.
Maybe wrapping presents from Santa
Potentially playing in the snow
Hoping for the plow to come down our road so we can emerge
Oh, yesterday was rainy and dreary and foggy but, if I were being totally honest I must admit I love those days every once in a while. I love them because they are the license to climb into bed with knitting
and Emma
and have the most delightful Sunday afternoon while BOTH GIRLS were sleeping and Joel was watching football!!!!!!
The scarf is a little less than half way done. It was one of Joel’s birthday presents and is yet to be finished. He assures me he doesn’t mind so long as it is done before spring arrives.
I did not know until recently BBC filmed a mini-series of Emma which is to be released on PBS in Mid-January. It is beautifully done and close to the book. With the joy of You-Tube you can watch it now (episode one & episodes two through four) and have a perfect afternoon. Emma was beautiful. Mr. Knightly was perfect. And, tears were brought to my eyes.
Made from a vintage sheet and branches loving cut down and tri-angled together by my talented husband. I hope this find the perfect spot in your home!
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Help Portrait is happening around the world tomorrow. It is “a shift in thinking … a movement of photographers who are using their time, equipment and expertise to give back to those who are less fortunate this holiday season.”
I was thinking this morning as the girls were eating breakfast about how many thousands of pictures Joel takes of the girls. (I take a few – but, he is the mastermind behind all our really good ones!) There are pictures of them in their pjs reading, them after they have gotten dinner all over the cute faces, them in dress-up and, them at special occasions. Day to day they are the moments we want to remember because they are them.
So for tomorrow, I am so glad other people will have their picture taken. I hope they will feel beautiful, they matter, and this moment of their lives, good or bad, is worth recognizing simply because they are worth recognizing.
is hosting Twelve Days of Christmas and Lady Bird will be featured on Friday. I am so excited. Head over to Sew-Fantastic to check out my giveaway and all the other greats gifts.
Thank you Terri for hosting this event and all your hard work. I am honored to be included in the festivities!
I used Dana’s tutorial to make a plaid shirt dress for Lady. I am wildly crushing on plaid for the fall. Since I wanted her to wear it through the winter, I opted for the Madame Librarian sleeves instead of the ones pictured in the tutorial. I did need some help for the sleeves , but all in all this project was a huge sewing confidence builder. I am gaining more confidence in my ability to think through a project That is a very good feeling. The tutorial was great, and this may be one of my favorite finished projects to date.
Most importantly, Lady loves the dress and was very anxious for her photo shoot. Last week on a beautiful sunny October day, we had a girl’s day out. We went to get Lady a hair cut, solve a knitting problem, visit Daddy, and model her dress. She kept moving her face, feet and hands in different poses as I was taking pictures. We may have a budding model on our hands if her singing career doesn’t take off =)
And, inadvertently Lady and I now have the same haircut. I needed a change so I cut off many inches, and we had to even up the ends of her “crazy hair” as she was calling it.
Used Candace’s Ruffle Sleeve Top Tutorial to make sweet bird a ruffle top. I plan on making more! Great tutorial!
I was shrinking the original measurements to fit Sophia, eight months; I think I shrunk it a little too much. I took it down to about 21 inches, I believe (it was several weeks ago when I made it – and then forgot to put up the pics). It goes over her head, but I think she would enjoy it to be a tad larger. Next time, I will add a couple more inches to the fabric width and I think it will be perfect!
We had a crazy busy, crazy good month of September. We traveled three out of the four weeks. We saw old friends and both sets of grandparents. It was good! I finally feel like I am settling into some semblance of a routine. I was working on some sewing while I was home here and there, but definitely did not getting around to posting.
In September, we
went hiking (bought an ergo carrier – and I LOVE it!)
ate my first ever real philly cheese steak.
played spades with my favorite spade playing people
Used 
