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  • Merry Christmas…. Er… Happy Halloween!

    Phew, I pulled it off, barely! Nothing like starting a few days before Halloween! Bj cut cardboard for the sleigh, and we got high gloss red house paint to paint it. We ended up having to zip tie the sides on. It was nice for our little elf to ride in when she got tired/cold. Tuesday decided right after Halloween last year that she wanted to be Santa Clause… I kept thinking she’d change her mind, but nope! I got these beautiful boots a wee bit big because they’re great for prairie girl stuff too. I…

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  • Halloween

    Oh these silly girls. And silly mama; I just can’t help myself sometimes. Halloween is one of those times! I decided at the last minute (10 o’clock the night before) that Bennet needed a coat to complete her gnome costume (and make it a bit different from my god daughter’s, since I was recycling most of the outfit). And her hat turned out a little pope-esque. Oops. I blame it on the fact that I had no pattern and was knitting under the table at jury duty without looking (because apparently knitting needles are banned there.…

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  • Our little Mail Carrier

    This is actually NOT a halloween costume, but I’m putting up the pictures now in case you have a little one who wants a postal carrier/mailman outfit. Tuesday has been super into mail and notes for a long time. I need to do a post about how we utilize that for learning, and her cool notebook she uses to send her own mail. But for now I want to show you this amazing mail carrier outfit. It was a collaboration between her nana and me. If by collaboration you understand that I bought the fabric (at…

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