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Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Friday, December 6, 2013
Dolls For Downs
I bought the bear cub a doll from Dolls for Downs. It's a doll that is similar to the American Girl doll line, but the doll is supposed to have the features of Down syndrome. I chose Hannah because of the brown hair and eyes.
Here she is in the box.
I placed the box as is in front of the bear cub.
She figured out that we needed to undo the laces to get her coll out before I did.
"No, Darth Baby, she is mine!"
"And I am going to love her."
Maybe we'll be safer here.
Did you see her cute shoes, Mom?
Here comes Darth Baby. We need to move again.
You can't tell but she is kissing her here as she looks around.
Behind this ottoman looks safer.
I'll brush your hair.
Let me get you safe in the stroller.
And we'll go for a walk.
We'll scoot around Darth Baby and her doll.
The bear cub and her doll are currently in my bed playing under my covers. She is the only one of my girls that plays with dolls and stuffed animals like babies and I wasn't sure that Hannah would be so well received, but she obviously took right to her.
Friday, November 29, 2013
Ottobre 6-2011-3 Version 7 (The Dress)
I made another version of Ottobre 6-2011-3. This one is a dress. There were quite a few changes for this one. It started out as a 92, but I have added 9 inches in length (originally 12, but I lopped 3 off despite the nerdlet wanting to keep them), 3 inches to the sleeve length, and 1 inch to the sleeve width and to the front and back). This knit is from a quilting store that had it clearanced and it is quite thick so I didn't line it.
I don't know if you can tell, but the nerdlet loves it. She says it is super comfortable; and she was only supposed to try it on, but now she is refusing to take it off.
Today, I am especially grateful for kids that are grateful that I sew for them. All three of the girls love when I make them something and I only hope that they don't outgrow that any time soon. Their enthusiasm for the clothing I make really fills me with happiness.
I don't know if you can tell, but the nerdlet loves it. She says it is super comfortable; and she was only supposed to try it on, but now she is refusing to take it off.
Today, I am especially grateful for kids that are grateful that I sew for them. All three of the girls love when I make them something and I only hope that they don't outgrow that any time soon. Their enthusiasm for the clothing I make really fills me with happiness.
Thursday, November 28, 2013
Thanksgiving
Happy Thanksgiving!
Another list of the massive amount of things I have to be grateful for.
I am grateful for kids that get being grateful. They have always been good with the words, but we did a Thanksgiving gratitude tree and they were eager to offer the things they were thankful for to put on the tree and came up with a lot of ideas and quickly.
I am grateful for the new traditions that Q and I have added to our little family. We didn't have many traditions growing up and I love that we will have our own to share with our kids. Some of the ones we have added are a separate non-Thanksgiving day Thanksgiving meal with just the immediate family and a few invites with no pressure. Another is wrapping the books to open along with the advent calendar each day in December up until Christmas. We have done both of these for three or four years now and they make the holidays more enjoyable.
I am grateful for crockpots and pressure cookers. I am especially grateful that when my mother bought me a new crockpot because my older one required me to jiggle the cord to get it to work that the two crocks from the prior one fit not perfectly, but well enough, to work in the newer one.
I am grateful for customers that ooze enthusiasm over the quilts I make, especially when it is unexpected or a customer that is normally difficult.
I am grateful once again for the emergency 24-7 clinic near my home and this time I am grateful for shots of antibiotics, pain killers, and steroids because I ended up there once again with strep again, this time seemingly much worse and they took care of me right away and I felt better within 30 minutes.
I am grateful for all the good and kind people in my life that remind me that life is not as bad as it seems to be getting on the news and Internet.
I am grateful for all the people that adopt older children and children with disabilities here and abroad and especially those that continue to allow us to view their lives after the adoption as I feel like I'm missing out when some of them disappear after they bring the child home. I am also grateful for those parents that love their children so much that after realizing that the adopted child would be better off somewhere else make sure that those children go to a home that is better and don't just try to dump them somewhere.
I am grateful for those not in the disability community that accept and welcome our children that do have disabilities and am especially grateful for the parents that bring up their typically developing children with the same attitude.
I am grateful that my daughters all show a love of reading and being read to. I was worried about the nerdlet because she was really resisting learning sight words and to sound words out, but when I go to change her bed sheets, I am still finding a massive amount of books in her bed that I need to remove before I can do so.
I am grateful for a full pantry and refrigerator.
I am grateful that my girls are full of energy. I love to watch them enjoy running and moving. I love that we have regular dancing together and that they really get into it (though mostly the bear cub and Q and I dance while Darth Baby and the nerdlet run and spin). The fact that none of them really stop are probably the reason that I am not 300 pounds or more. I have a low metabolism and am within 10 pounds of what I weighed my first pregnancy and while I am still a big girl, I have never been this close to having a stable weight.
Another list of the massive amount of things I have to be grateful for.
I am grateful for kids that get being grateful. They have always been good with the words, but we did a Thanksgiving gratitude tree and they were eager to offer the things they were thankful for to put on the tree and came up with a lot of ideas and quickly.
I am grateful for the new traditions that Q and I have added to our little family. We didn't have many traditions growing up and I love that we will have our own to share with our kids. Some of the ones we have added are a separate non-Thanksgiving day Thanksgiving meal with just the immediate family and a few invites with no pressure. Another is wrapping the books to open along with the advent calendar each day in December up until Christmas. We have done both of these for three or four years now and they make the holidays more enjoyable.
I am grateful for crockpots and pressure cookers. I am especially grateful that when my mother bought me a new crockpot because my older one required me to jiggle the cord to get it to work that the two crocks from the prior one fit not perfectly, but well enough, to work in the newer one.
I am grateful for customers that ooze enthusiasm over the quilts I make, especially when it is unexpected or a customer that is normally difficult.
I am grateful once again for the emergency 24-7 clinic near my home and this time I am grateful for shots of antibiotics, pain killers, and steroids because I ended up there once again with strep again, this time seemingly much worse and they took care of me right away and I felt better within 30 minutes.
I am grateful for all the good and kind people in my life that remind me that life is not as bad as it seems to be getting on the news and Internet.
I am grateful for all the people that adopt older children and children with disabilities here and abroad and especially those that continue to allow us to view their lives after the adoption as I feel like I'm missing out when some of them disappear after they bring the child home. I am also grateful for those parents that love their children so much that after realizing that the adopted child would be better off somewhere else make sure that those children go to a home that is better and don't just try to dump them somewhere.
I am grateful for those not in the disability community that accept and welcome our children that do have disabilities and am especially grateful for the parents that bring up their typically developing children with the same attitude.
I am grateful that my daughters all show a love of reading and being read to. I was worried about the nerdlet because she was really resisting learning sight words and to sound words out, but when I go to change her bed sheets, I am still finding a massive amount of books in her bed that I need to remove before I can do so.
I am grateful for a full pantry and refrigerator.
I am grateful that my girls are full of energy. I love to watch them enjoy running and moving. I love that we have regular dancing together and that they really get into it (though mostly the bear cub and Q and I dance while Darth Baby and the nerdlet run and spin). The fact that none of them really stop are probably the reason that I am not 300 pounds or more. I have a low metabolism and am within 10 pounds of what I weighed my first pregnancy and while I am still a big girl, I have never been this close to having a stable weight.
Friday, November 22, 2013
Quick(ish) Sweater
Today when it is cold and all of the bear cub's sweaters are either in the wash or drying, I am grateful for being able to sew a sweater in a few hours so that she can wear one to school.
Yes, it is another Ottobre 6-2011-3. It's actually a little big for the bear cub as I cut it out to fit the nerdlet. This is actually version 7.
Here is version 6. Version 6 was another one that was made from another sweater so I didn't bother to add cuffs to the arms.
I actually still need to make quite a few as I gave away the smaller 3 that I made last year since they outgrew them.
I actually still need to make quite a few as I gave away the smaller 3 that I made last year since they outgrew them.
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Smart Kids
I am grateful for kids that are clever enough to try to drive me nuts.
Case 1: The nerdlet doesn't like the forced reading of library books so she checks out books with very few to no words when checking books out at school.
Case 2: The bear cub wants to sit in the chair that the nerdlet is currently occupying. She knows that the nerdlet always helps her. She then takes her bouncy horse and shoves its head under the ottoman and then starts complaining about it. When the nerdlet jumps out of the chair to help her, the bear cub jumps in and starts laughing.
Case 3: Darth Baby has gotten very good about quietly opening packages of food in the pantry since she has figured out that noise is usually what gives her away.
There antics never fail to make me smile even when I have to correct their behavior. I love these girls.
Case 1: The nerdlet doesn't like the forced reading of library books so she checks out books with very few to no words when checking books out at school.
Case 2: The bear cub wants to sit in the chair that the nerdlet is currently occupying. She knows that the nerdlet always helps her. She then takes her bouncy horse and shoves its head under the ottoman and then starts complaining about it. When the nerdlet jumps out of the chair to help her, the bear cub jumps in and starts laughing.
Case 3: Darth Baby has gotten very good about quietly opening packages of food in the pantry since she has figured out that noise is usually what gives her away.
There antics never fail to make me smile even when I have to correct their behavior. I love these girls.
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