Molly decided tonight that she wanted to sing into my microphone, so we found a song and she gave a performance. The foot-tapping thing is new, and often accompanied by a hand on the hip.
This week, Molly and I embarked on Operation Cookie Bake. I volunteered to bake cookies for both our MOMS Club Valentine's party and Molly's preschool Valentine's celebration - 6 dozen in total! I decorated half of them, and found inspiration here, here and here. I had a great time creating all my mini masterpieces!
Molly recently taught Leah to play ring-around-the-rosie.
Leah's favorite part is the falling down. She's been walking around since saying, "ashees, ashees, dall dall down!"
While Molly may be a big fan of modern touch devices like the iPad and iPhone, she has started occasionally doing some old school computing with my laptop. Here she is playing Mickey Mouse Clubhouse games on the Playhouse Disney website.
February 3rd was Elmo's birthday. That evening I brought dinner to my friend, Emily, who recently had a sweet baby girl. I decided to make them a fun dessert in honor of the furry guy. They were a hit with the 3 year old big brother!
And don't worry, I did make cupcakes for my own 3 year old, just not quite as fancy. Though she loved them just as much!
On Monday, we had friends over to make a thaumatrope. It's an optical illusion created with two spinning pictures.
Leah is coloring one side - a snowman.
Rachel is coloring the other side - a hat, scarf and gloves.
And here is what happens when you spin the images - a snowman dressed with his hat, scarf and gloves!
Leah and I had fun playing with her blocks yesterday. This is just half a second after she just knocked down a tower.
The tower of blocks comes tumbling down.
Or, you can knock the blocks down one at a time.
In her kitchen, cooking food to eat,
Rocking her baby dolls to sleep,
Tea time is very sweet,
All of these make her day complete!
Today, our sweet niece turns 2. Happy Birthday Emmie!
We couldn't make it down for the party, but I made another superhero cape and matching felt crown for her. Watch out Birmingham, here comes Super Emmie!
I was finally able to complete a project for myself! A new laptop sleeve from the new handmade. Maybe it'll make taking minutes at church meetings a more exciting task!
I volunteered to be a pattern tester for the Scientific Seamstress's latest pattern. It's a reversible romper in sizes NB to 5T. There's also a "girlie" option to add ruffles on the bottom. I decided to make the romper for Leah and it turned out really cute and fits her well. Look for the pattern to launch next week.
In explaining to Chad what a pattern tester was, I described it in software terms, "It's like beta testing for patterns." He got it.
Edit: It's here! Go buy it now!
Now that my "12 Days of Christmas {crafts}" is complete, I'm back to my regularly scheduled crafting posts!
Molly was invited to her friend Julia's 4th birthday, so I made the birthday girl a felt crown. Molly has already requested a crown for her birthday party. A red one to be exact.
