Just a few

The stockings are hung...yes I made them, yes to match each child's quilt....yes I am that big of a quilt nerd.

Paper plate angels the top one I made when I was like 4...she lives at the top.  Now 3 of my 4 children have made a version of the same thing, they all go near the top.

Gifts to wrap for my children & husband...yep that is the whole stack.  Add a new pair of pjs and stocking stuffers and that's it!

Gifts to wrap for each set of parents (except for my dad's which well is not even started let alone finished yet!), all the nieces, and both godbabies and their siblings!  Still need to wrap this pile, and no the wand is not part of the gifts it was just on the floor as well.

Bag of goodies from JoAnns that includes miles of tulle for 4 tutus I will be making.  Ok miles is a bit of a stretch, but literally it is like 25 years so it seems like miles!  

Today I finished a tee shirt for my 2 year old to match her brothers'.  They have their initial and a Santa hat perched on it.  I also made her a really cute little ruffle skirt to go with it.  This they can all wear for Santa pictures and for Christmas day at my husband's parents'.  That way they look nice in pictures but I don't really have to worry too much about it and they are still in something comfortable.  

I still have tutus and tee shirts, cookies and teacher dinners and a whole rag quilt to make....plus Christmas cards to send and kids are only at school 2 days next week.  

I have continued to work on yoyos, while I make my own personal hole in the ozone layer as I go through 10 miles worth of gas sitting in a parking lot waiting for busses to arrive picking up or dropping off for school.  Yes I am a bit bitter about it, but it is what it is...and part of that is a BIG waste for me!  Have a great one, I will do m best to post a bit more in the next week and much more as of the 26th!

First art project

This is the first art project Andrew brought home from art class....and I am deflated!  I know he can do better work, that is not the point.  Point being using white crayon on manilla paper...seriously!  and to encourage the kids to just trace leaf outlines and then fill in to make snowflakes!  There is so much here that could have been....A dark paper, snowflakes that are individual!  This is why I am jealous when I see what some of my art teacher friends do with kindergarteners.  This is also why I try to do more at home.  

I am working on Vega's quilt.  I made 3 yoyos today.  Next is the rush to finish Christmas projects....cards, ornaments, baking and finalizing gifts.  Tomorrow I am helping to teach second graders to add double digits....time to break out my teacher voice!  Have a great night!

That's SO tinsel!

SOme new yoyo pictures....one week over 3/4 of the way through the first half of the year.  Soon you will get the number of how close we are to the 90 half way mark.  I am sure that I am well past that, but we will see where we are at the semester.

The middle picture is my holiday decorations, mostly ornaments that need to be put up this week.  That is what I have spent most of the day doing today.  $300 in OnLine shopping, 2 hours worth of fluffing the tree, stockings hung, Santa letters written by children and just a bit of quilting done.  

Now I am watching Prep and Landing....which the first one is my all time favorite kids Christmas show!  I have much to do, and it will all get done before I manage to go to sleep on Christmas Eve....and it will all be worth it! 

I am thinking about making an ornament for each kid...it is something I have wanted to start, but when would there be a better time?  Actually I think I will figure out how to do that for my kids this year and then add nieces and friends' kids next year!  Way to go, lay it out there now so I really have to do it!  I still have to make the 3 projects that I promised to have done this year on New Year's DAy!  Oh well....have a great night all. I will try to manage to post a bit more as we get closer.