Caitlin being my model.
Cora's Birthday is tomorrow and I just had to share one of the many dress ups that the girl is getting tomorrow. This is the only one that I personally made. And I about had a heart attack over it until the internet saved me. If you notice it is made out of a material I call liquid sequins. And FYI sewing machines don't like liquid sequins. Therefore my cape was not sewing together. I was up til midnight the first night trying to figure it out. A one hour cape ended up unfinished after 3 hours. So I asked a friend, whose mother has sewn on the stuff, she said to sew it by hand. Um thanks, but that's not going to happen. I was almost consigned to do it until I googled my problem, I LOVE GOOGLE. I quickly found a forum talking about liquid sequin material. #1 tip; Pin wax paper to the fabric and sew over the paper. Simple enough right? Well I tried it last night and I was so giddy it worked I was practically singing. Who'd a thunk that would have worked? What's the difference you ask, it's just paper? Well, the wax paper prevents your needle from picking up the glue from the sequins, therefore you can keep sewing. Yea!!! Anyway, super cute. I am going to make a mask to go with it, just to add a little flare!
Cait has become a pro at hula hooping. She just needed the right hoop and she has taken off. Right now even, she is trying to walk while spinning it. Doing great too!
The kids have played in the snow alot. Cait loves it, Cora wishes she loved it and Dawson can handle it.
We also made sugar cookies. I have been trying to use my cute advent calendar as an activity calendar too and do fun Christmasy things a few days a week. The kids loved it and I am pretty sure that cookies was all they had for dinner that day.
We went to my old roommates house for a Christmas party. There are now more children than adults when we get together these days. We are kind of excited for the day when the kids can stay home and we can all go to Park City or Vegas for a weekend.
We played Santa and his reindeer today. The kiddos made reindeer faces and hats in school so that helped with the role play. They loved it of course.
And last but not least, Cait and I made an adorable set for Cora for Christmas. We made a TUTU and a Crown. I think they turned out great. Cait was excited to help and designed the crown all by herself. It was fun to make something super cute with Cait.
