Growing Up

For about the last 3 weeks or so, I have taken to singing to Aftyn when I lay her down to sleep at night. I sing her a primary song or songs I heard when I was little. This generally helps if she's upset to be going to bed, or just brings a smile to her little face. Either way it has very pleasing effects.

Also within the last month or so, I acquainted her with the fact that we have a picture of Jesus on our wall in our frontroom. We have talked about and looked at pictures of Jesus many times, but now it seems she has a ready tongue to say his name and a memory that keeps it fresh in her little mind.

Many times in the last few weeks, I have found her looking at this picture and moments later she will announce to me who it is. "Jesus". She gets a little excited when we recognize that she is saying his name.

What do these 2 things share in common?

Today while having some friends of Aftyn over, I decided to entertain them all with a few primary songs played on my guitar. One of the songs happened to be, "Jesus wants me for a sunbeam." In the middle of singing this song for these little girls, Aftyn says "Jesus!" She had recognized his name in the song. And then tonight while putting her to bed, I decided to try it again and see if she would notice and sang the same song for her. Even with a mouth full of binky, I recognized the word "Jesus" as it came out of her little mouth in the middle of my song.

I can't help thinking she still remembers him, can you?

Monday Monday

Pretty much sums up what we'd all like to do, hmm?

Put our arms over our eyes and go back to sleep. :)

Some of my finished projects from this month

Here at long last is that picture of my headboard attached to my bed as it should be.

We have had it up for awhile, and I have to say it's nice to have.

Makes the whole room look a lot more "together".

Here is part of my kitchen window over my sink.

I have had the flowery part of the curtain up for a long time, but felt it needed something more. I found some really nice already sewn curtains at the DI a few weeks back and they came with this fabulous piece of cloth that matched that I sewed into this gathered stripey curtain.

The pre-made curtains will go over my back door, so all the matching fabrics will be in the same room.

Looks nice!

I fussed and fidgeted with these curtains, and now the gathering looks more even and the curtain fills out the whole window on the sides.

Projects for next month? I think it's time to start preparing for Christmas, and that means I won't be sharing most of my projects on here. :) It will just have to wait for Christmas!

Do You Think She Liked It?

It's In My Blood

I married into a family with sugarbeet history. And so occasionally I like to sing this song from my childhood for my husband, who didn't really believe it existed. '>.

I apologize in advance for the amount of time you might continue singing this song. :)

Can I Borrow A Cup of . . . . . Nicotine Sticks?

I strive to be that neighbor that you can borrow things from, especially if I know you.

Sugar, butter, milk, eggs

No Problem.

But today, I actually had to turn a person down.

Because my elderly neighbor wanted to know if I could spare a few cigarettes.

I never saw that one coming !

Making Great Strides

Remember when she was this small and cute?

Aftyn has been doing so many new things lately, I knew I needed to document some of the big changes she's been making.

Now that she's a week away from turning 16 months, here's what she's been up to:

-Finally gaining enough weight to go into a new carseat. Yay!

- Started feeding herself with a spoon this week, she is so proud of herself and likes doing it so much she even tries new foods on her own just because she likes putting the spoon in her mouth .

- When asked, she can say the sounds for a horse, a cow, a dog , and a cat! Normally, we look at pictures and she can do their sounds, so I was completely blown away when she did it without pictures.

- She loves it when she can do new things on her own, such as feeding herself with a spoon.

- She tells on herself when she's getting into something she shouldn't. She says "no no" as she is just about to do what she's not supposed to do. Pretty funny.

- She just got her first molar in last week.

- Some of the words she says actually make sense with what she's doing. This morning, while feeding herself oatmeal, she said "yummy".

I'm sure there's lots and lots more things that I am not thinking of because I see it all the time. She is so fun to be around, except when she's teething. She is a happy little thing, and is so entertaining. We sure do love our Aftyn girl.

Sorry about no new pictures, but I can't remember where our camera is. I better go find it.