Felt Food Feast

This is part of Addison's Christmas present. I'm not too fond of pretend plastic food and decided to try my hand at making some of my own out of felt. The loaf of bread (kind of hidden in the basket) needs some practice, but I'm pretty happy with the way everything else turned out. I'm sure I'll be making some more!

Waffle cones. Fruit, veggies, and a loaf of bread. Sandwich (BLT)

More Aprons

Here are some pictures of a few more aprons I've completed.

The Chairs are done!

I don't know how many of you remember, but I started a project about a year and a half ago to refinish my kitchen chairs. They are finally done! I made myself finish them this month and it is very nice to have them completed. My dining room can be put back together now. :) AND I won't have to worry about getting them done after the baby comes. Now, on to my other projects . . . :)

Apron Project

For Christmas this year, James and I have his older sister Becky's family and I decided to make aprons for all of them. This is how the aprons for the two girls turned out. I'll be busy sewing this holiday season!

Dish Duty

Addison LOVES to help with the dishes. She seems to have a sixth sense when you start them because she will come running in and pull a chair over. I'm sure she enjoys the quality time, but the thing she enjoys the most are the bubbles. :)

Washing her hands. Anything to get the water turned on! I'm so glad we have a faucet that is not easy for a child to turn on. Otherwise I'd be keeping her out of the water all day long!

A close inspection of the bubbles.

Birthday Girl!

Playing in the balloons Aunt Ali gave her!Picking the candy corn off the cake right after blowing out the candles. I think she's wondering if she's going to get in trouble. :)

Digging in! She really didn't touch the cake at all, just the ice cream; but, I suppose that's no big shocker!

We had a small birthday celebration with just our family for Addison's birthday this year. I thought about throwing a little party for her and inviting her friends, but I just don't have the energy lately! Addison and I enjoyed the day by playing with balloons, ice cream, and making/decorating a Sunshine cake! She's been talking about her "Happy Birthday Cake" all week.

I'm posting a video clip of Addison playing. If you listen closely you'll hear her say that she's two-years-old. Her typical first answer to that question is her name - "I'm Addie" she'll say. Age is not a concept that little minds understand too well at this point!

Trick or Treat

I love this face of Addison's. Such a classic "cheese" face.

Walking around downtown Provo as bumblebees (Addison and I) and Dad!

A close-up of the bumblebee.

Sitting in pretty leaves near the end of trick-or-treating experience.

More leaves for the bee.

The City of Provo does an early trick-or-treat with the local businesses that we decided to take Addison to. She had a lot of fun with it. The concept of not being able to eat the candy all at once was hard to grasp for a two-year-old, but once she understood she was able to handle it better. :)
After the local trick-or-treating we went to Salem to visit James' mom (Richard was out of town) and Great Grandma Harward. Addison decided she wanted to be Piglet for the second half of the night. She thoroughly enjoyed both of her costumes! We enjoyed our time visiting and Addison enjoyed her loot. She's already mentioned to me that she wants to go trick-or-treating again!