Dollhouse, Barn and Other Things

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Today I 've been thinking about how we are going to decorated the dollhouse and do other things with the barn. I want to have separate times with Katie and Ana. I went online looking for dollhouse wallpaper and found a site with many different links. My dad also told me about a store not to far away from here. This will be very good for Katie because she doesn't play with toys much. But, she loves this house. I'm not sure if we should fix the roof first or work on the inside. At least the roof won't leak! We also have to decide if we want to just keep popping the windows in or glue them.

I was looking at horse "stuff" and I would like us to get creative. Ana and I can look for some cheap material, probably at the thrift store, for horse blankets. These projects should be a lot of fun.

I would also like to make a folding play board for the fairies. I have some ideas already. :)

This week I will try and get lapbooking stuff together.

One more thing. My son Tom (12), has handed me $20 from his Christmas money and told me to use it for food or whatever. He won't take it back. How thoughtful is that??

I'm going to go sit with Ed now. I think he needs some company. :)

I'll write again soon.
Margarete

Sunday

Have a wonderful Sunday! I'm enjoying every moment of Christmas. I didn't want to get up today...I actually think I was snoring! The girls are enjoying their gifts. Aunt Cathy and Uncle Bobby visited yesterday bringing a "terrific" game. It is "Whack A Mole". Katie was whacking that thing forever last night and then started this morning. Ohhh.............
Off to church. Enjoy this beautiful day!
Margarete

Photos

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These are the fairies I made and colored for Katie and Ana.
I decorated the lids of the photo boxes with scrapbooking paper and letters. Laminated these onto the lid and then put each flower on with a flower brad. I covered the inside of the lid with a plain color piece of paper so they can't take them apart.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

I'm sitting here waiting for Ed, Jon, Katie, Ana, and their Bangi (Grandmom) to wake up. Who would have ever thought that the girl's would sleep in on Christmas! Becca and Ben can't wait for the younger kids to open their presents. I'll be taking pictures. Merry Christmas Everyone!!

Snow, Snow, Snow!!

We got about 8 inches. Our parents who are around 1 + 1/2 hours away got close to 2 feet (Mom, let me know if I was wrong). Our son Eddie who is about 1/2 hour away, got 1+ 1/2 feet. That's ok. 8 inches is enough to go sledding.

Ben, Becca, and Tom are on their way to shovel the cars out at the senior home. They never ask for a certain amount of money. They will take what ever the people give them...even if it is nothing. This has not happened though.

Jon is on his way to work at the Eagles game. Praying he makes it safely there and back again.

Just now, I saw on the news that they are calling for a wintry mix on Christmas. I'm hoping that forecast changes to all snow!

I have a mouse in the house. This is not good. If I see the thing, My heart will feel like it will explode. If I have hamsters or see someone holding a mouse type thing that's ok...they don't run around or climb on my counter, I'm usually the one in control....~smile~

I have to get myself moving. I just made breakfast so now it's my turn to get dressed and get the 2 little ones ready to go out and play. I can't wait to take more pictures of them. They have so much fun. If you noticed our pictures I posted last night, the dog even loves to be out in the snow. Sometimes we have to pull him back into the house.

Bye!!
Margarete
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Christmas Season

Waiting For The Snow

We woke up to it snowing but it has now stopped. We have a coating. That is not good. It is getting rather dark outside. I hope it comes down in buckets! Can't wait to go sledding with the kids. My camera is ready.
Right now I'm getting ready to make gingerbread cookies with Katie. I'm hoping this is the recipe I used last year. I had changed it to gluten/casein free and it was delicious.
Have a great day and I'll write later.

Margarete

Another Busy Day

First, I needed a break from cleaning...so, I decided to post real fast.
Poor Tom. Ben took him to choir, he got to the door and it was locked. I either forgot they had no meeting today OR, they had a concert. Oh well, sometimes mistakes are made.
I've been cleaning up the homeschool room. What a mess. I had papers and books all over the place. My kids have a zillion books to read and so much coloring/crafting paper it's amazing. I'm hoping to take Monday or Tuesday of next week and just have fun crafting.
Tomorrow we have a cookie exchange to attend. I have some dough made so later I will be baking.
I can't wait for Christmas. I also can't wait to show you what the two girls will have. Ed went on Craigs List and found a large wooden barn and a smaller barn with fencing for $50. It is gorgeous. It wouldn't surprise me if this had cost $100 or way more than that. We also found on C.L. a wooden farm doll house for Katie. It is almost 3 feet long....that was $40.00! It needs the windows and doors put in (included and easy to do). We will also repaint the outside. The inside will be left alone for now. Katie can decorate it with our help as the days go on. She will have a lot of fun.
I'm also finishing the fairies. The boxes turned out so pretty and I have a few fairies left and I'm done. They took quite a while to do. I have been staying up to about 1 am working on these things. Granted, I couldn't do anything until the girls fell asleep.
I was trying to think of a box for Tom. I'm not sure If I will tackle that right now. Unless....I put some type of soldiers on the lid. Hmmm..... He could store his revolutionary, civil war, and other paper soldiers, in his box. I know he is 12 now but he still enjoys playing and I don't blame him. Kids are growing up to fast.
Gotta go. My mess is still here.
~smile~
Margarete

UGH!

I put up our Christmas picture for the header on this blog. Ugh! I look so fat. It's those pants. Seriously!! I'm asking for new clothes. Yuck!
Unfortunately, Bob and Bethany were not there for the picture. :(