She's Got the Moves

Penelope has always had some unique dance moves and they just get more and more interesting every day. She doesn't get it from me so . . . .

Sew Fun

The girls and I went to Cokeville for about 10 days while Aaron was in Georgia for some training. We had a great time with Grandma and Angela and her kids. We also went over to Logan to see my siblings who live there. We spent some time at Amanda and Trent's house and the girls really enjoyed playing with Adrianne's toys. We stayed with Stephanie for a couple of days and we went out to Penny and Jeff's house. Penelope and Eleanor loved playing with Isabelle and Katy and it was a nice break for me because from the time we got to Penny's house Isabelle and Katy just took over and played with the girls the whole time. It is so nice to have nieces old enough to watch my girls and not worry about them.

While in Cokeville, I had the opportunity to try out my Mom's embroidery machine and do a little sewing. I made the girls hooded towels, 2 nightgowns for Penelope and 2 pajama pants for Eleanor. The embroidery machine was so cool and I really wanted to find another reason to use it. I'll have to think something up so when I visit this summer I will have an excuse to use it again.

Penelope loves her nightgowns. She would wear them every night if they never had to be washed. It is like wearing a dress to bed, and she loves dresses.Eleanor's pj pants

Can you see the little embroidered bees on the strawberry print? They are so cute!

Projects

Aaron cringes every time I say the words "I have an idea." No wonder really, because it means work for him. :)

I have been trying to figure out how best to store the girls' dress-ups and make them easily accessible without having to pull them all out of the drawer to find one. Well, I was in the garage the other day and saw all of the cans that we had saved from Eleanor's formula days. (Yep, my strangeness knows no bounds.) Anyway, we had all of these cans and a few from scout's popcorn, so we attached them to the wall in the toy closet and they are now the dress-up holders. Check it out! It works great. One dress for every can. Now I just wish we had more cans. :)

Brrrrr

It is -26 degrees this morning but absolutely gorgeous looking out my window. The sky is clear and the sun is shining and the frost on the trees is amazingly beautiful. We have had a lot of snow the last few days and Aaron is so very pleased to have the snowblower. Penelope likes it too. She loves to get all bundled up and follow Daddy as he is pushing the snowblower. I asked Eleanor if she wanted to go play in the snow and she shook her head "no" very emphatically. She was perfectly content to watch from the window, as was I.

Eleanor Zoolander

Does this remind you of Zoolander? Love the look on her face!

Eleanor has just discovered the joy of dress-ups. So very cute.