Thanksgiving

3 days, 3 turkey dinners, lots of family, and 3 very tired people. (or 2 tired adults and 1 tired toddler)
The usual busy, crazy travelling all over the place weekend began with the Rockton fair Friday night and the tour ended at the Millers for dinner last night. Thrown in were 2 opening shifts, oh wait, add another today, so 3.
3 seems to be the number.
It was good though. I didn't have to cook any turkeys, just carved one. I did make these wonderful pumpkin cupcakes that are exactly two ingredients. How you ask, that will be another post. Also made some great pumpkin snickerdoodles. Mmmmm....

Thanksgiving is always a time to count blessings. I have many in my life and can't complain. Have a job, don't love it everyday, but that's why it's called work and not fun right? I have hobbies that I love and help relieve stress and the long days sometimes. I have a wonderful person by my side, who loves me , helps me, is my rock, is a wonderful person and fantastic dad. And my monkey, it's crazy how much I love you. A mother's love, that ain't no expression, its so true. Each day I am so thankful for both of you. Neither of my loves read this, but they know how much I love them, and how thankful I am that this is my life!
Happy gobble gobble.

Rockton Fair

We only got to one fair this year. As opposed to three last year. Ah, the joys of mat leave.

Thought we'd stay close to home and visit the Rockton fair.

It's small enough, but still has lots to see and do. Audra, of course, was in heaven with all the real animals. She loved the moo-cows, and making baaa noises to the sheep. Had to watch that no hands went into the various chicken and duck cages. The big turkeys did scare her though, and she backed up pretty quick in seeing the peacocks. Much prefers the smaller birds.
This was the only animal picture I got where you can see the animal and not a little blurry miss jumping around. She was very excited to see the animals. It was so cute.

And all kids love the corn sand box. It is filled with corn kernels that act as the "sand" in the sand box. Audra loved it. Pretty much no kernels made it to the bucket with the shovel, so she decided to use her hands. She's a riot!
I love being able to take her to see the animals. It's great to see how she knows what they are even though she's only see some of them in pictures.

Turkey Shirt

A turkey shirt for my little turkey!
I couldn't resist making one. I have seen so many floating around in blog land, thought I'd try to make my own. Really, just a few shapes in various fabrics sewn on to a onesie. I left the turkey faceless and legless, just wanted to keep him simple. Or maybe her. She does have pink in her tail feathers.
We did mange to get two turkey dinners out of the shirt, not bad for a messy little girl most of the time.

Snack/treat bag

A new little snack bag, made with a pattern from my sewing with oilcloth book. I believe that this is laminated cotton, not oilcloth. And I thought in trying to keep it kid-friendly, I would line it with cotton.

Big strip of velrco keeps it closed and there is plenty of room for lots of goldfish and puffs and little jelly toddler (yucky) snacks that Audra loves!
Love the idea of using reusable bags, no plastic for snacks, and can be used over and over. Think I may need to make some for myself!

On a side note, we have all those stupid plastic hinges/locks on the cupboards so she can't get it in. Well they open a small bit so you can actually unlock them, and someones little hand is just big enough to slide into the cupboard where those jellies are kept. Might have to move those now! lol. At least she hasn't figured out how to open the plastic packaging!

New Books

I find that my little sewing obsession has lead to not only buying wonderful fabric but coveting some very amazing books. Thankfully, my great brothers supplied me with some Chapters gift cards for my birthday, that went to great use.

I did buy the Game of Throne series for my Kobo, as they were a fantastic price. Hoping to get the second one finished before it comes out next year on HBO. We'll see what happens.

Also bought:
I love this book! (Who am I kidding? I love them all) But the patterns in this book are so cute. There is a mix of everything, clothes, bags, and everything sweet for little guys! It is already covered in post it notes!
The oilcloth book is fantastic and the other one caught my eye, filled with neat clothes, and great style.
Now to get sewing!

And because I have dragged my sister into my sewing world, we split on a few great books too,
Oooooo.....not enough time in the day for all these great books!