Merry Christmas everyone! We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. We got to enjoy some quiet time at home all together. Logan was able to take a bit of time off work, which is a rarer thing these days. (He has been helping his boss build a house after hours for the last several months.) I was able to try out the embroidery functions on my new sewing machine, and make our girl a Christmas dress, that I totally love and am way excited for all the cute options modern sewing technology offers. Of course my girl was upset that I had chosen the options for this dress, but once she tried it on, she agreed that it was a good swirling dress and has asked to wear it almost every week. Hooray!!!
Then it was my birthday. It is advantageous that in the year my girl turned four, I also had a birthday with a four in the number. So this next year, since she turned 5, I will also turn an age with a 5. This is convenient because we can use the same candle for my birthday that we have used for hers earlier in the year. The fun story from this year is that Logan took my girl to the store and had her help figure out some fun gifts. My girl picked some interesting pairs of fuzzy socks, which of course she wants to borrow (the funniest are the knee high red and white stripes). And she decided that I really needed a notebook and pencils for drawing. She had me unwrap them, and of course wanted to immediately sit down and draw together. She even offered to let me borrow her notebook and pencils for drawing. And of course if I was using hers, she would go ahead and borrow mine, so they were both getting used. Then everyday she asked if I wanted to draw in our notebooks, or if I wanted to let her draw me a picture in my notebook. What a great friend she is!!!
And I finally got a picture of my girl wearing the cowboy costume my mom made for her. Back in April of last year, my mom and sister got me a skirt and suit coat for an Easter surprise. The skirt was black with brownish flowers and the suit coat was a way soft brown. When I pulled it out of the box and put it on, my girl exclaimed excitedly, "Mama! You're a cowboy!!!! You have a cowboy costume!" I had not foreseen that response to this particular outfit. So, my mom decided to make my girl her own cowboy outfit, of course in brown. She has now gotten quite a collection of costumes and accessories in our dress up box, and I don't always remember to get pictures of her as she sometimes changes costumes quite quickly. Nevertheless, she makes a great cowgirl!
And the holiday was loads of fun! Merry Christmas to everyone!
