ALL THE ANIMALS

Violet has been playing with her animals continuously for a couple of weeks now. We have a bucket of animals of all sizes. In the bucket there is a small hippo and a big hippo. Violet has pointed to the small hippo and said baby and pointed to the big hippo and said mama. She's also gets very concerned when she can't find the two hippos. She'll also say hippo. I have finally realized that she knows more than I think she does.

The hyena is a 'woof woof'.

CROWN

Finished adding the details to Violet's crown. I just need to add some elastic for a strap. Now here's hoping she keeps it on her head. We might have to do some practicing before we get our pictures take.

CHILLY WEATHER

Time to get the Halloween jammies out. I didn't know these glowed in the dark till last night

Pointing to my boney elbow.

NEW DRESS

Violet is modeling her new dress I made for her Saturday. I made her a plaid Halloween one and decided it fit so well to make another. I think I'm going to make a few more. I used Simplicity pattern 2574. This pattern also has a pattern for a dress with a pleated skirt, which I'll be using to make her xmas dress out of. I got some cute patterned corduroy for that.

HALLOWEEN CAULDRON

Finished painting a cauldron for Halloween.

FLASH(WAY)BACK FRIDAYS

Chris's Gr.Gr.Gr. Grandfather Albert Webb 1860?

YOU MISSED A SPOT

Teaching Violet to clean the kitchen. Next task...the bathrooms.

I DON'T THINK SO

Luckily she's not a climber inside. But she's obsessed with climbing the ladder and the rock wall. So far she hasn't really figure out the rock wall.

QUEEN OF HEARTS

I had a very productive weekend. I finished Violet's Halloween costume today also. All I have to do is add the zipper. I'm waiting till we go to have pictures taken before I add it. My luck I'd put it in and in the next 4 weeks she'd go through some crazy growth spurt. Click here to see more pics of the costume.

CHOCOLATE & SUGAR COOKIES

DING. Cookies are done. Sugar cookies measure 2 1/4" across and the chocolate cookies measure 3" across. For now this is the last of the felt food. Need to get back to Halloween stuff.

FEEDING TIME

Cows like Goldfish...

And horses like milk.

FLASH(WAY)BACK FRIDAYS

Rose (Gr. Grandma), Helen, & Elsie Walter 1910

PAT THEM GENTLY

Pics of Violet and John. Violet is trying to give Mini a hug or as we call it 'pat them gently'. This is also the name of a book about pets that we have read over and over since she was about 6 months old. I'd have to say I think reading this book has helped with learning to not grab at the dogs. She barely touches them when she pets them, it's pretty cute.

ANOTHER BATCH OF TASTEY

So I pretty much have breakfast, lunch, and dinner covered. I've also got a pile of veggies and a pile of fruit. I think I'm pretty much done. I do plan on making some cookies and make a cookie sheet out of thin ply wood painted silver. I thought the cookies would go great with the little tea set she'll be getting for xmas.

Sandwich with 2 slices of bread, lettuce (2), slice of cheese, 2 tomatoes, and what I'm calling salami or mystery lunch meet. Bread made out of fleece, everything else made from wool felt.

2 apples, 2 pears, 2 oranges, 1 banana, 1 lime, and 1 lemon. All made from fleece except the stems, leaves, and banana peel which are made from wool felt.

Pizza that fits together like a puzzle. Peppers, pepperonis, and mushrooms are wool felt. The rest is made from fleece.

Turkey! Drumsticks are attached with velcro. I've got a wood dowel rod inside the bone of the leg for stability. All made of fleece.

VIOLET & JACKSON

I have some more videos to post. It took a while to get this one up because I had to reformat the file. Hope to post the rest soon.