Christmas Outfits

The McCulloughs came over last night and we enjoyed a nice meal of Indian food together. They had Christmas gifts for the kids that we opened after dinner. The big kids desperately needed new clothes (they've both grown about 3 inches in the last 3 months) and the gifts were perfect!

Audrey's jacket is furry and she loves it. It took her about 12 hours to decide she loves it, but she now thinks it's wonderful. It has a hood, a crown zipper pull with a rhinestone, and it's the exact same color as her eyes. I told her it made her eyes sparkle - she stood in front of the mirror for quite a while admiring herself this morning. Caleb instantly loved his blue and green outfit, especially since it came with a t-shirt. He thinks sets are cool. So do I.

Julie got 2 Dora books. Perfect since she ADORES Dora. Plus she has more clothes than the other 2 kids put together

I've almost finished Julie's 2-year-old portrait dress. I just have 3 more steps to complete - hand stitching the straps to the waistband, doing buttonholes & buttons, and hemming it. I got the pattern in the mail yesterday for the Cabbage Patch Doll dresses I want to make to match Julie's almost-completed dress and Audrey's to-be-made dress. I have enough fabric, I might as well use it.

There are no more exciting things going on here. I'm re-listening to the Harry Potter books and am on book 4. "Goblet of Fire." The Quiddich World Cup game has just started. Interesting things you pick up. Like the fact that Rowling mentioned the Lovegoods in this book as living near the Weasleys and the Diggorys. I had not noticed that before. Interesting. I'm looking forward to hearing more of those little hints dropped here and there now that I know the whole story.

I'm going to scoot now and start working on a roast for dinner.