A tradition in the making

Last Friday (Black Friday) Matt and I had a Date Day (we are far to exhausted to have Date Nights for now lol) so we went and saw Harry Potter 7.1 (which was great btw, loved how they kept in a lot of the little details!) and got gifts for Cassie to make for her grandparents for Christmas.

Then we went to Pottery Place to make a birthday cake plate for Cassie!

We had a good time making it though we spent almost two hours doing it :). It will be fun to be able to pull it out every year on her birthday for her cake, even if it is just for a little family thing and we have a big cake for her party I still think it will be something to make the day just a little more special.

The more I look at the pictures, the more I wish we had put something more on it, it seems a little plain to me...but then I remember oh yeah, there is gong to be a tasty cake on there every year that's the whole point :) plus it is going to look a lot different when we go pick it up on Friday since they glaze it and the colors get a lot richer and darker after they fire it. Can't wait to see what the finished product looks like!

Painting was a bit of a challenge since both of us are lefties :)

Apparently the paint has to be completely dry between layers...don't remember that tip when doing this in school, maybe that's why my works of pottery art are so abstract :)

Spectacular sponging job if I do say so my self (though Matt is the one who perfected it :) )

Trying to be the perfectionist turned out completely wrong :) ah well at least it looks hand made!

Friday Firsts - Thanksgiving!

So this year (like every year) we had so so much to be thankful for, first and foremost being our wonderful, smart, healthy little girl, the fact that Daddy has a good job that allows me to stay home with our little girl (and soon BV2 as well), the fact that we are moving into a home in a much better area with land for our babies to run and grow, the fact that Grandma Handy is moving in with us to help us out, the list just goes on and on. We are very very lucky people.

This Thanksgiving was super special since it was Cassie's first one ever :), since we are in the middle of moving and had no idea where we would be (or what state the house would be in) we decided that going out for Turkey would be the best bet.

Cassie had her first taste of Turkey and Gravy and Stuffing and Cranberry Sauce. Since we have been giving her portions of whatever we have to eat we decided to order her a Child size version of the Turkey dinner... The picture below is that portion...HUGE and messy :) perfect.

Not so interested in the Turkey...

But the RED cranberry sauce was quite a hit with her :) I think it was her favorite part of the meal since she kept going back to it. The mashed potatoes were okay, and the stuffing was too.

Then on to Dessert at Grandma Peggy's house. And even though Cassie LOVES raw apples she didn't seem to thrilled with the cooked spiced version.

Though the crust with Cool Whip on it was pretty okay.

But the PUMPKIN PIE now that was super awesome, I think she ate most of Daddy's slice :)

wordless Wednesday

So on top of things!

I feel so on top of things! It's not even thanksgiving yet and I have our Christmas Cards ordered! Another thing checked off of that never ending to do list. And thanks to Shutterfly they were free, a grand total saving of $104.50 :) can't beat that at all :) Now can't wait to get Cassie's cake smashing pictures done tonight so we can order her invitations!

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Friday Firsts - Our little walker - video

Here are the videos that should have accompanied the Friday Firsts post below.

But before we get going with the videos I just want to say please, please ignore the messes in the background, we are in the process of packing up and moving out while Grandma Handy and Uncle Joe are moving in with us so this place is quite the mess right now (can't wait till its allllll over!)

And just a warning, a couple of these are pretty long :) so you can stop watching when ever you want.

Yay! A pretty good one of Cassie's cute little toddling steps!

And one of her Climbing up the stairs (this has become a night time ritual to do when we go up to get her ready for bed)

And one of her playing in her little rocking chair...she just adores this!

Friday Firsts - Our little walker!

Well I was going to post a video (or two...) of our little walker, but she has decided to take a hiatus from those wonderful nice long naps she used to take since exploring her little world is just so much more interesting :) so I will have to post the video later when she has gone to bed

But for now I will say that she is getting very, very good at the whole walking thing, she will take about 5 or 6 steps all by herself (when she wants to :) ) or she will push her little walker toy thingy across the living room :) so so adorable watching her take these first steps (and so hard to catch it happening on video!). I can't believe this is happening already.

Another thing that she is getting very good at is climbing! Given the chance she will climb all the way up to the top of our stairs, however owing to the danger in that little adventure we quickly put up a gate. Now she tries her hand at climbing anything else she can, right now her favorite item to climb on is her little rocking chair (that once belonged to her Great Great Great Aunt, her Nana, her Grandma and her mommy :) ). She can now not only get up in it, but turn herself around and sit in it too. Just so precious.

Party Planning...Just to keep me sane...

Check one off, add three...yep that's how I role :)

Date/Time: Done

Theme: Done - Cupcakes!

Guest list: Done (though not everyone we would like :( )

Invites: TBD - will probably be 98% facebook

Decorations: TBD - will probably be handmade

Cake/Cupcakes :) : TBD

Food: Going classy with this one...pizza and wings since it will be almost all big people

Cake Smash Pictures: TBD (to be taken this weekend if I can get daddy's help)

Sort through Cassie's pictures pick out favs: TBD

Make Video of fav pics and videos: TBD