The apron and the pants are both homemade by me. I am not naturally talented at sewing like my mother and sister. I have to rip seams up, hate, don't like, can't follow patterns, jam up my sewing machine, and use "inappropriate words" while sewing. But when I am in the mood, sewing is fun and it relaxes me. I haven't made Celia pants since before I started working, meaning summer 2008. So I found this great corduroy fabric on sale and I made her some pants. They are okay. The pattern accomodates a diaper, which she doesn't wear, so the crotch and butt are quite baggy. I like projects like this though because I can make them in about an hour. The apron has been in progress for a long time. I have worked on it every so often. I actualy started it this summer, just really would work on it for a few minutes here and there. I didn't intend on finishing it for Christmas but I got in the mood last night and voila there it is. Celia was curious so I gave it to her right there. She was so excited to try cooking in it that we rushed upstairs to get out her play stuff and then she took it off and said "I'm all done, I don't like it anymore" and that was that. I hung my head and fought back the tears. I tied it onto the back of one of her little chairs and it now has a spoon and little rake in it. At least she modeled for the picture.
She is getting a homemade blanket from me. She needs a bigger blanket for her bed, not an adult sized one, just a "big girl' size one. So we will see if she likes that. I made it so that she can use it as a sleeping bag type blanket, or she can just lay underneath it. It is funky looking and pink, she loves pink.
This morning I hope that I started a tradition with Celia, I hope to do it next year. I bundled her up and we went over to Wegmans to get some ingredients for my cherry cheesecake that I making for Christmas. I also wanted to buy an ornament with her. Wegmans didn't have a huge selection, but I knew they also deeply discount them around this time. We found a delicate angel with red wings that look like leaves, it is pretty. Celia chose it. We decided it was a gift for Jesus's birthday. She does associate Christmas with his birthday, primarily because of her methodist daycare. In anycase, these ornaments that I hope to pick out every Christmas eve are going to be her ornaments. They will be the ones that she gets when she is grown. Next year I am not so sure it will be a Wegmans trip. The store was crazy- it was 8 am!! I hope to expand it to breakfast with Mom too. Breakfast with a two yearold is not all that relaxing, 3 will be better, right???
Celia is actualy over at my neighbors right now playing. It isn't often that I don't have her and am not at work, it feels strange. She was excited though!!
Tonight we have our church's childrens service at 6pm and then may be going over to our neighbor's afterward. I wish that the service was at 5. 6:00 is just dinner time to me! But I am looking forward to dressing Ms. Celia in her christmas dress and seeing her have fun with all the songs. Our children's service is extremly kid oriented, it is very cute.
Merry Christmas!
Celia got her flu shot booster and her first h1n1 shot two thursdays ago. She received a sticker for her bravery. I really had a hard time with this as we do an alternative vaccine schedule and I don't like all of the aluminum that has gone in her little body. That said, she goes to daycare and she catches everything. The death rate of H1N1 in her age group is higher then I like, especialy since I am not sure what her RSV did to her lungs last year.
It looks just like we draped a blanket of snow over the bushes, doesn't it??
