Thanksgiving

We had a nice Thanksgiving day. We ate our huge meal in our basement. I'm very thankful that we have that. It's such a nice place to have parties. Anyway all the food was great and as always it's nice to visit with family and have them all together. It happened to be Shay's birthday, so we had birthday pie, AND birthday cake. The best of both worlds. Shay is Maria's husband in case you didn't know. I baked an apple pie, and thanks to Jenny Chamberlain's blog, had the courage to try a lattice top. It was easier than I thought, but I think the consistency of my pie dough was not quite right. Oh well, it turned out pretty good, because I had a slice. Thanks to Carolyn, Rich, Melissa, Maria, and myself for making our food. Also thanks to Kevin for helping me set up and watching Hattie while I did my thing. So today I get to go down and clean up the odds and ends which shouldn't take too long. Have a nice weekend.

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Sleep in your own bed child. Please

Is it just a phase? Is it because she is teething? Is it because I am too lazy to take her back to her own bed and now she is use to it? Is it because she needs to be with me smothering either myself or Kevin while she sleeps? Whatever it is, I am frustrated NOW, at this very moment in time. I don't think I can stand her crying herself to sleep because she starts coughing and gagging herself. Do I wait until she is older to fight this battle? Maybe I'll just sleep on the couch until I can handle going back to bed without hurting my child.

Projects

This post is in backwards order because I am to lazy to fix it.

Hattie has taken to playing with her pool floaty. She lays in it, stands in it, wears it like a hat, and as you can see puts it on and runs around. She likes to roll it along the floor like you push a tire. We think she is pretty cute.

These are some of the projects I have been working on and finished. This is one of two dresses I had cute out and prepared to sew for her in June. This was the dress I wanted her to wear for Maria's Wedding. Oh well, I'm glad that it still fits her. She wore it to church today.

This is a preview of Hattie's Halloween costume. She is a candy corn in case you couldn't tell. I had fun making this costume. Then the other day I found some awesome candy corn socks for her to wear with it. I'm happy because she likes to wear the hat and her dress. When I was first starting it, she wanted to wear so I was happy that we wouldn't be having any fights about keeping it on. Halloween Party here we come!

Last weekend I went to All State Choir with the High School kids. There were 8 of them that ended up going. We had fun even though it was a long weekend. This is a picture of the huge auditorium that they practiced in. There were about 700 high school kids in the choir from all over the state. They sounded great. They practiced for two and a half days and preformed in the Tabernacle on Temple Square. The conductor for this year was James Jordan, and as always I learned some things. It was a good experience, and I'm glad that I got to go. Thank you Kevin for being willing to watch Hattie for the whole weekend. What a great husband and father you are.

Birthday Cake

Aunt Susan, this is for you! Thanks for the help and tips.

My niece Clara Catherine's Birthday was a couple of weeks ago. They were down here visiting and we had a party for her. She turned 2 years old. She is very cute and funny. I told Linda, her mother, that I would make the cake and borrowed a cake mold kit from my mother in law to do this fun Doll Cake. I think is turned out great, and also tasted good to from the comments I got. It was fun to do and I learned some new things while I was doing it, which is usual for me because I end up making a lot of mistakes along the way.

Rice Krispies®

That is all.

Toddler Bed

Hattie has an interesting quirk.

Most babies/toddlers cry when they wake up. Hattie doesn't. She wakes up, and without a sound, sits up and waits patiently for somebody to discover her. She could be sitting there for an hour for all we know (she sleeps with the door closed).

Lori decided it was time to change her crib into a toddler bed. That way she can hop out and find one of us after she wakes up.

Hattie climbed in and out of bed a few times and likes it. The trial run is tonight (door open, of course).