Pie Anyone?

It has been unreasonably warm here for December in Texas, so Hannah and I have been enjoying some outside time. Last week she decided she wanted to make some "Chocolate Pie."

I thought I would share her own personal recipe.

First, gather your favorite flowers, or those that have not died yet from the multiple freezes.

Try and avoid any Pansies or recently planted flowers.

Then place them in a half full watering can

Add some rocks, sticks and mulch as desired.

Stir until combined.

Then enjoy!!

That was one yummy Chocolate Pie I am never going to try!

Christmas Cookies

Hannah and I decided to make Christmas cut-out cookies today.

I am so loving that she is actually a good helper in the kitchen. We have been practicing weekly (at least) with making muffins from a box and she has memorized the recipe. Cookies from scratch was a lot more involved for her, but fun too!

Early Christmas

I need to be a little better at hiding Hannah's presents....

She found this lovely Dora guitar in the car and assumed it was hers to have immediately. With her new "Big Girl" attitude I was too stressed/exhausted/defeated to say no.

She does love it though. Pappy added the blue strap so it is even more special to her now.

I have some pretty good video of her playing it too if I can remember how to make the video work with blogger. :)

Halloween?

So...I know that we are already in the "Christmas" Season, even though it is still November. But, I just realized that I have not posted about Halloween!

I had a minor finger injury a few days before Halloween and had to go into emergency surgery on October 27th, so with recovering and running a sewing/embroidery business it has been a busy month!

Here are some of my Favorite picts from Halloween day! First we went to the Pumpkin Patch, then to Grandaddy's for a quick visit, then off to my Parents house for their annual family Halloween cookout.

Climbing

From one side....

.....to the other.

Pumpkin Patch

Pumpkin Patch Photos!

We had our family pictures taken at the Pumpkin Patch last week by Jessica Boysen. She is amazingly talented! Here are some of my favorites!

You can view all of the photos by clicking the camera on the right.

Nap time?

Maybe it's time for a nap?

I found Hannah Jo like this last week.

Don't worry she is not really asleep but she did make the "bed" all by herself.

Hannah the Pirate

Hannah is being a pirate, running in circles around our kitchen island.

She is saying "Arr Matey, Arr Dizzy, and I go dizzy". The more she goes, the more dizzies there are.

Princess

Being a Princess is tough.

First Day of School

Today was Hannah's first day at YCW!
She is in the 2's class and has a new room and new teachers, Ms. Andrea and Ms Nikki























Here is an adorable picture of her posing for her "first day" pose.























and here is what she really looked like on her way to school, notice the preferred "almost" matching headband instead of the bow. She gets the colors right but doesn't worry too much about mixing patters.


here are some outtakes.....

Hannah as a Lion...






















Hannah making a fish face.



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and one of the first decent Hannah with Mommy.
I hope everyone had a great first day too!

Swimming

Hannah loves swimming and is now swimming by herself (with a life jacket and water wings)!

Kitchen Re-do

I know this blog is supposed to be about Hannah but I just don't have enough time to manage a separate blog about me. So I am going to start posting some of my favorite things!

My newest favorite is my "new" back splash.

I moved into my house a month before Hannah was born and I have loved it but thought it was a little "builder". I got to pick out all the finishes but those design centers are seriously lacking.
I have wanting a new back splash since we moved in but ripping out tile is not my favorite activity. Not to mention back-buttering, grouting and then cleaning all the excess grout.
I also didn't want to pay for the back splash of my dreams so I came up with this idea.

I put wall decals on my back splash tile!

It took me about 2 hours and $35.00 to decorate 50 tiles.
I think it is pretty amazing!

Now and Then

Here are some comparisons of Hannah at our neighborhood playground this July and last July

I sure did love her then....


















..but I love her more now!!!

Working from Home

Lately it feels like I have been working a lot. I mean almost all the time. Every free naptime moment, when Preston gets home from work on the weekends you name it. My Little Pumpkin is thriving and it is wonderful, but sometimes it is hard to juggle working from home while watching a toddler.
Here are some ways Hannah makes the most out of Mommy working from home.

1. Working on her colors

2. Working on hand, eye coordination.

3. Refining her penmanship

4. And getting caught on mommies desk

My Little Pumpkin

Getting back to work!
Check out some of our new items at My Little Pumpkin Designs or
donnajohagar's etsy shop

Mowing

"Man, daddy really needs to mow."

"Let me think...how does this mower work?"

"Trust me, it is way harder than it looks!"

Happy Fourth of July!