For My Mom

 

I got the ears in!  I'm hoping the blueberries bloom for Christmas.

 

Or December.

 

When part of your heart belongs to a place,

it's handy to bring some of that place home with you.

Then what to do with it?!

Make a Terrarium.

 

Thanksgiving making has begun.

Last night it was the beginning of pie making.

 

 

"Mowg, this is how you trim the edges."

 

"See?!"

 

Babywan finds a seat

Random Pictures that make me smile

 

Uncles are the best

 

 

Maybe....what is that thing on your face?

 

At the end of the day no one will do but Mom.

Even if Mom insists on taking a picture with Grandpa.

 

Earlier in the day there was a dance with Granny

 

A little elf do you think?

 

Something wonderful about Geraniums in Winter

 

It's Halloween! Yesterday.

 

Meet Tonto

(No he didn't get to carry that Tomahawk ANYWHERE.  But how can you resist it for the photo?!)

 

And His Mummies

(If you ever need Halloween cupcakes--these are so great!  Two M&M's for eyes, a ribbon decorating tip and layers of lines.   Often I start something like this and think "What was I thinking!".  This time it turned out!  Two little notes for my reference: 

Cutting the corner off a Ziploc bag does not work--the lines of icing are too thick.

1/2 butter and 1/2 Crisco, some powder sugar and milk make sweet icing, but it works. Why does it work?  Because the saran wrap doesn't stick to them after they've had a chance "dry".)

 

Tonto in 1/2 makeup for school

With the feather and silver medallion on the breastplate.

Both fell off by the time he left school (don't use beading thread next time!)

 

 

The Princess at school

(though I confess to wanting to call her La Princessa)

 

One tiny butterfly/bug

 

She worked at taking off her antennae constantly,

until we went outside.  It was cold! 

 

The Princess in full (self applied with some guidance from a pamphlet)

makeup.

 

Tonto in full makeup

 

The "Pooks"

 

Babywan really hates her antennae.  She did have to get in on the face paint though.

Now a crown--that's much better!

 

 

Two more because for some reason this Babywan loves the phone

 

 

She's even figured out how to make

 the answer machine play back through the phone.

(Yes, upside down.)  She just laughs and laughs. 

I wish she'd teach me how to do it. 

Maybe when she learns a few more words.