Come join me on the Sew Mama Sew! today. I designed a pattern for Molly a month back and decided to make it available as a freebie to you all exclusively on their blog.
The pattern includes full instructions and a free pdf download to make your own tooth fairy doll.
Also, since as you can see, Molly already has her own doll, I’ve decided to giveaway the one I sewed up for the tutorial! Head over to Sew Mama Sew! to get the pattern, and be sure to comment to be entered to win the random draw. Good luck, and happy sewing!
I thought it would be fun for the kids to learn about biomes. It’s only February and we are well on our way to discovering them first hand.
In January we visited the Coniferous Forest of Crested Butte, CO and partook in the snowy fun of sledding.
The kids {and Thom} had such a blast on this trip, that we thought why not explore another biome? So we packed up the car and headed to the desert. Joshua Tree National Park to be exact.
This time, I made up some nomenclature cards about desert life. {Which you can download in pdf form in 4 parts here: Part1, Part2, Part3, and Part4}
We brought them along with us on our hike of Hidden Valley Trail while the kids photographed them with their iPods.
I brought along my camera too and managed to get a couple shots…
…as did Thom.
The kids hiked the whole mile without a complaint and many a climbing opportunity detour.
Molly even discovered where the fairies live in the desert, and happily showed me.
Well, that’s two down and so many more to explore… who knows where life will take us next? All I know is that this girl is up for the adventure.
We left food for the reindeer outside again this year. The kids got bold and braved it without even a shoe, never mind a jacket.
They each had their own technique too. Thomas carefully sprinkled, while Molly tried to, but lasted only a second before turning her bag upside down and dumping the entire contents onto the ground.
Back inside, she was bright eyed in her Santa prep.
Pouring the milk, as Thomas readied the carrots.
Happy Christmas! And Happy New Year!!
The elves today started a slinky race.
Complete with Elva’s best ChaCha impression. 
Slinkys are fun.
The elves noticed that it’s the day before Christmas Eve and we haven’t baked a single cookie!!
We quickly fixed that and made several batches for good measure.
Well, it was inevitable that this post would come. In case you were waiting for it, a christmas tree bokeh was made just for you. If not? Well, enjoy it anyway.
Speaking of enjoying, we saw Scrooge the Musical last night. The kids really had fun with it.
In trying to make Thomas not fake pose smile at me, I sang him a little “I Hate People“…
Which resulted in a couple awesome Scrooge inspired faces. lol…
Happy almost Christmas! Three days to go!!
…oh and in case you were wondering?
ELF-PONG!!
The elves brought a gift of twister to the kids today. Marcus was the most excited about it, and was actually quite good at contorting his little body in all the twist moves. “Look mommy! I a pretzel!”
The elves broke out the glitter in a last chance effort of making christmas extra magical. I’m happy to report it worked and fun was had by all.
This morning we awoke to sweet treats of candy and music. Thomas happily immersed himself in learning a new song while Marcus happily partook in candy consumption. Molly just danced along.
