Boutique

The association I live in was hosting a Santa and shopping event, and being inspired by other mommy friends who sell their creations, I decided to sign up. I have never sold my crafts, and have never even been to a boutique, so I was a bit nervous (very, actually). Luckily, Lindsey and Megan agreed to accompany me on Saturday and sale their wares as well. They were my "security blanket" and my intro into craft fairs. It was definitely a learning experience. I feel like I could do it on my own now. But why, when having friends along is so much better.

Living in Loma Linda, I learned from and was impressed with the ways so many stay at home moms found to bring in a little extra income using the skills, hobbies and talents they had. Thanks for the lessons, ladies.

Batissa

Larissa loves superheros. Her favorite is spiderman (and knows he is really Peter Parker--heard her telling a boy that the other day), but batman is good too. This past week I needed to go to Walmart, so I asked her to find something to wear. She insisted on wearing her christmas dress. "Yea!" I'm thinking, " she wants to wear a dress." Then she puts on her brown tennies and her batman mask. I let her know the pieces don't go together--she doesn't care. So we headed out, and she walked around Walmart wearing her christmas dress, batman mask, and tennis shoes. It was so Larissa! And I love her for being her. (I left my phone at home, so no pic. but I used another photo I had available.)

Wyatt's Birthday Party

My friend, Laurali, had a party for her son's birthday at the Irvine Park Railroad. It was a lot of fun. Being Christmas time, there were booths set up with activities, lights on the trees, and a train ride to see Santa himself. My girls did amazingly well waiting in line both for the train, and to visit with Santa. It helped that Sandy and her son Paul were along to distract them. I had a hard time keeping Kaleb away from the Candy Canes. And, yes, these masterful pictures were taken with my ever available camera phone.

It would make a fun family outing. You can check it out at www.irvineparkrr.com

Milestones

Kaleb is growing up. Last month I set Kaleb in his crib and left to do something. When I came back a minute later, he was sitting up in bed, happy as could be. A week after that, he pulled himself up to standing on a basket. I thought it was a fluke, until I went to the market one day. After running errands all morning, he was tired of sitting in the basket and Larissa was just tired. So I put Larissa in the seat and carried Kaleb. I had to put him down for a minute, and when I turned around, he was standing! Other milestones -- He scoots, his third tooth came in, he took a bath without crying, he says "mama" &" hi" (while raising arm). I'm don't think he really knows what he's saying, but being a proud mommy, I'll claim them as words.