Harper has been teething for *months* and yesterday her first little tooth popped through on the bottom left. I keep trying to get a picture but she’s not a huge fan of me shoving my finger in her mouth and pulling down her lip – go figure 
I was totally a sucker at Kroger yesterday for these adorable Santa Huggies. How CUTE are they?? Seriously. I can hardly take it.
I decided a few months ago that we needed a good couch quilt. I wanted something light, cheery, and fun. I dug through my Moda layer cakes and picked out some favorites for the top. I love mixing and matching fabric lines. Anyway, here is the end product {based on the snowball quilt in Oh Fransson!’s first book, The Practical Guide to Patchwork}.
The ever-so-fabulous Natalia quilted it for me and I *love* it. She does amazing work.
I used leftover jelly roll strips from various lines for the binding. I also got to try out my new labels. I just love the little bumble bee.
Yay for actually crafting something Woo hoo!
Jenny
Happy Halloween 2011 from Rapunzel, Abby Cadabby, and baby Fairy!
My boyfriend and I decided to dress up this year too for some fun parties.
His pants are really something, huh? I wouldn’t be surprised if they glow in the dark
Harper wasn’t feeling much like trick-or-treating, so she rode along for fun.
This picture cracks me up. For some reason it makes me think “Marsha! Marsha! Marsha” every time I look at it.
Abby Cadabby was ALL about the spooky decorations and loved looking at everyone’s costumes.
Kate ran into her friend who had the same costume. I think it was the year-0-Tangled!
And after… happy girls with tons of loot.
Hope you had a happy Halloween too!
Jenny
I’m still around I have NO idea how a month and a half has flown by since my last blog post. The days are fast, furious, joyful, and exhausting! I don’t see any sign of life slowing down but that’s okay. It’s a busy season and I’m embracing it.
Here are a few family updates off the top of my head…
Harper (6.5 months) is just starting to sit up and is pure bliss to be around. This is her favorite face and she makes the cutest snorting sound at the same time…
Sara Paige, our little firecracker, continues to crack us up. On this particular day, she insisted we call her “Fashion Girl.” Normally she wants to be called “Baby” or “Princess.” Sara Paige loves preschool, playing with her friends (especially her bestie Avery), and snuggling with Mommy.
Kate is really adjusting to kindergarten. Her teacher says that she listens well, tries her best, and is always sweet to others. Kate is working really hard to read and loves math. She has a tender little heart and gets her feelings hurt so easily. Kindergarten is full of life lessons.
Brad has been traveling a bunch lately so we took an opportunity to do something fun as a family last week. We ventured to the Texas State Fair and it was so much fun! We hadn’t been since Kate was a baby.
Kate rode her first roller coaster with Brad and thought it was the best thing since sliced bread.
I had the genius idea of putting Kate and Sara Paige on the kid swings. I thought for SURE Sara Paige would love it, seeing as she’s so adventurous and adores Dora. Well… I was wrong. Dead wrong.
Poor thing! She recovered quickly by playing games, eating a corn dog, and going to the petting zoo. Every once in a while, she’ll tell me “I dunh like doz sings (swings), Mommy” out of the blue. Ha! I don’t think we caused any permanent psychological damage. I’ll let you know in 10 years.
Harper was quite entertained at the fair and spent most of the time people watching.
What have you been up to? I’ll be sure to post about Halloween next week.
Thanks for reading
Jenny
