Thanksgiving and the Weekend

I was actually off 4 days straight for Thanksgiving this year.  That NEVER happens, but since Christmas falls on Saturday this year, everyone got to choose what day to use their Christmas holiday.  2 of us chose the Friday after Thanksgiving, which was great!

Thanksgiving day we.........

looked cute as could be,

we gave thanks,

we ate {thankfully not off of Anna Claire's menu} : )

and we went to see Tangled at the theater in Tullahoma.

MeMe made sure Anna Claire had all the Rapunzel accessories that she needed for the movie.  I only let her wear the dress to the movies and Moms, if you are considering buying the Rapunzel hair, DON'T DO IT!!  It is a full wig and sheds like crazy!!  I've had Rapunzel hair on my clothes, wrapped around my feet, in my mouth, you name it!!  We won't talk about what a knotted up mess the wig gets in!

Over the weekend we shopped,

we put up a Christmas tree,

  or two.

Daddy hung the outdoor lights and then went to work.

Anna Claire got in trouble and then went to sleep on the couch, which was probably the best thing for her.  : )

............and Sunday morning before Church, Anna Claire starred every so patiently at the Christmas tree waiting for one of the gifts to jump in her arms.  She didn't care that they are all teachers gifts.

More Bells

It takes me about a week to the paint bells, so if you are interested in one, please let me know as soon as you can.  I can only work on them in the evenings and on the weekends, when we don't have family things to do.  It takes about 8 coats, on just one letter, of white paint to cover the red bell and then I usually end up putting about 8 or 9 coats of clear coat on the entire bell, so it's a time consuming process.  I enjoy making them for the most part.  LOL!!  I did consider tossing one out the kitchen window last night because I just knew it wasn't going to look like I wanted it too.  Here are the 3 I finished last night.  The first one is the one that I considered tossing out the window, but once I was finished with it I was glad I didn't.  : )  It has green and white polka dots on it.

 The purple bell has white, bright green, and bright pink polka dots on it.  The leopard ribbon was the only request.

 

 This bell has red, green, gold, and silver polka dots on it.  The ribbon I used reminds me of Santa.  : ) 

Jingle Bells Jingle Bells

The past few weeks all I have done, other than my normal stuff, is make bows and paint bells.  I am grateful to be so busy and I love it when people trust me enough to order before they even see it!!  I am done Christmas shopping for Anna Claire, so that is a plus.  Now I just have to finish everyone else!!  Kerry put the lights up on the house yesterday, but I have to go buy more because we didn't have enough.  I thought 4 boxes would go across the front of the house, but I was wrong.  I'm looking forward to my 4 day weekend {that never happens where I work, but 2 of us took our Christmas holiday this Friday}  Thursday we will eat and then we plan to take Anna Claire to see Rapunzel.  I plan to shop Friday and Saturday We I plan to put the tree up.  

Here are a few of the bells.  I'm hoping to finish up a few more tonight.

And here a couple of things that Anna Claire did at school last week.

Click on the Menu, to see a bigger picture, and let me know if you would like to join her for Thanksgiving Dinner.  : )

Dance, Halloween and Fall School Pictures

 Big Daddy came to watch her dance performance on the square for Halloween.

 Jessie the Cowgirl giving the peace sign.  LOL!!

 Anna Claire and her friend Jaycie

Fall school picture.  I promise the colors look normal in person.  This is a picture of a picture under fluorescent lights. Blue Moon always does a great job with Anna Claire and can always get a real smile out of her.

Something New for Christmas

I can do just about anything you can imagine on the bells.  They are easier to decorate as far as having options on colors, ribbon, flowers, etc..............  They are like the pumpkins as far as being forgiving when you make a mistake.  If you make a mistake you better fix it quickly or you can hang it up.  This is why the "P" bell above has to P's on it, even though you would have never known had I not told you.  : )  It's my bell, so it's OK.  That's why I always do a P and a C first.  The "C" turned out much better.  {"P" for us and the "C" for Momma}

I would only recommend a single letter on these because they are taller than they are wide.  I am going to attempt to put three initials on one for Anna Claire to see how that goes.  I'll post pics when it's completed.  I plan on using Anna Claire's bell as a tree topper for the Christmas tree that goes in her room. 

The Newest Hair Bow Additions

 Bouquet ordered for a baby shower.

 I added holly leaves to the snowman's hat.

This matches the Gymboree line Alpine Sweetie.

SuPeR gIrL

The title says it all.

 This is Super Girl flying through the air and..................

this is Super Girl's mean face.  : )
{note:  this was not her Halloween costume, it's just an average night with Anna Claire}

The Weekend

Make sure you scroll down because there are some more new posts.  : )

Friday Anna Claire had her Fall party at COF.  Saturday Anna Claire had her 2nd dance performance for Halloween, then we finished trick-or-treating around the square. After nap time we went to Wal-Mart, so she could spend her Halloween money.  She bought Rapunz, as she calls her.  Sunday we rested until time to trick or treat.

She LOVED the spider web tights.

Jessie, the rootinest tootinest, Cowgirl and her feckles.  : )