Monday, January 3, 2011
Gingerbread House
For the second year in a row, I've really enjoyed making our gingerbread house with Elliot. She's 3 now and can do so much more than just a year ago. She has preferences, and let us know just how she'd like to decorate. She knew she wanted peppermint candies as windows and gumdrops as a walkway. She is also a creature of habit and has a crazy memory, so she may have remembered that that is how we had done it the year before, too!
Saturday, January 1, 2011
A New Year!
Well, I resolve to make to make this new year of 2011 a better year! That's my resolution. I don't want to make too many promises.
*I'd like to lose weight
*I'd like to get pregnant
*I'd like to feel better
*I'd like to be less tired
*I'd like to be a better Mom
*I'd like to be a better teacher
*I'd like to be a better wife
*I'd like to travel
Now, see, if these were all resolutions, I'd fail miserably! I just want to be a better me this year. In 2010 I spent too much time at the doctors' offices, I sat around too much, I was miserable. This year...I'll be better and I'll get better. I'm going to take some risks.
*I'd like to lose weight
*I'd like to get pregnant
*I'd like to feel better
*I'd like to be less tired
*I'd like to be a better Mom
*I'd like to be a better teacher
*I'd like to be a better wife
*I'd like to travel
Now, see, if these were all resolutions, I'd fail miserably! I just want to be a better me this year. In 2010 I spent too much time at the doctors' offices, I sat around too much, I was miserable. This year...I'll be better and I'll get better. I'm going to take some risks.
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Elle's Christmas Outfit
After much shopping (Dave might even say "Too much shopping...") I just couldn't find a Christmas outfit that I liked. My great friend Susan's sister-in-law Gin makes special order tutus and shirts, so I decided that that was the route I would take. Elliot likes the outfit so much that she wouldn't take it off or stop dancing. (Check out Gin's shop on Etsy - http://www.etsy.com/shop/GingezShop?ga_search_query=gingezshop&ga_search_type=seller_usernames)
Elle's First Book Signing
I have been out of town for the last four days at Grandma Pabst's funeral. She passed away quickly and peacefully on November 29, 2010. She is already missed.
Dave picked me up from the airport after my return from Ohio and took me straight to the bookstore. Adriana Trigiani was there signing her newest book Don't Sing at the Table, Life Lessons from my Grandmothers. (I found this oddly appropriate since I was returning from my Grandma's funeral.) Elle was there, too, and got her first introduction to a real live author.
Dave picked me up from the airport after my return from Ohio and took me straight to the bookstore. Adriana Trigiani was there signing her newest book Don't Sing at the Table, Life Lessons from my Grandmothers. (I found this oddly appropriate since I was returning from my Grandma's funeral.) Elle was there, too, and got her first introduction to a real live author.
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