Crafty

Hello! Did you miss me? I'm up to my elbows in Christmas craftiness around here so things might be a little light for awhile...

...but while I'm in the artsy groove I thought I'd throw in a much overdue facelift around here. Enjoy!

Update: What on earth was I thinking? Where did all my "stuff" go? Would you all please please do me a favor? If I used to have a link to your blog over there on the right could you please send me its web address? I don't know any of them...I just click my links. My links that aren't there!!!

Reminiscing

This is a little clip from our wedding 3+ years ago. Our flower girl and ring bearer were two kiddos that were very special to me because I nannied for them for about two years before we got married. As you will see, Alexander was less than thrilled about standing through all that boring ceremony stuff. The kid's Dad, John, has been talking about posting this on You Tube or submitting it for America's Funniest Home Videos for awhile now...looks like the Thanksgiving weekend was just what he needed!

Wheels Turning

This video just cracks me up. Watch as Sofie, in a matter of seconds, comes up with six different ideas regarding how to climb out of Baby Nona's cradle and then, upon planting her feet firmly back on solid ground, treats herself to a little victory dance!

Body Parts

My camera, though it is quite a dinosaur, has a pretty neat flipping screen feature. You can flip the screen out from the back and swivel it around to the front. I suppose it's so that you can perfect your arm's length self portrait but conveniently it can also keep a toddler distracted long enough to snap a picture. My budding narcissist is a big fan of watching herself on the screen and today I took a whole video while she stood still!

Bye Bye Baby Hairs

Sofie got her first haircut this past Sunday. I've been working on getting Daddy to agree to a haircut for a month or two. He has, in turn, been moaning things like, "You can't cut her baby hairs off!" I finally convinced him that I suspected that if Sofie were aware of that well-known fashion trend called the mullet she'd be pretty upset that we continued to inflict it on her. So Sunday afternoon he finally caved in and, although I had envisioned taking Sofie to a salon for her first haircut, I decided to seize the opportunity for fear that he would change his mind at any moment.

While it certainly isn't perfect (Good grief is it ever difficult to cut a straight line when your client finds it necessary to wiggle every other second or so!) I think we can all breathe a sigh of relief that the mullet has seen it's last days. And while that is a very good thing I have to admit that I'm really missing her baby hairs!

Mischief

So, all you parents out there, I know you can relate to this scenario. Every once in a great while your house becomes mysteriously quiet and you know that somewhere there is a mischievous little elf who is up to no good. Imagine, if you will, that when you went to spy on this little elf you found...not a pot of soil dumped out onto the carpet or a roll of toilet paper unraveled and soaking up something vaguely soap-like streaked across the bathroom floor, but instead this:

That's right, Little Miss Undergarment has struck again. She has very very quietly draped three choice pairs of underpants around her neck and is now, without a word, filling up an unguarded Rubbermaid container with the contents of daddy's sock drawer. I just wonder what she's got planned for all of those rogue socks?! Any guesses...?

Oompa Loompa

You'll need some warm snow boots, thick snow pants, a fuzzy hat and mitten set, and a cozy coat with a furry hood to weather a winter like the ones we brew up in Oh-hiya. And if all that gear makes you waddle...oh well! I guess that's just the price you have to pay to be close to this little snow angel!