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Here's the living room/dining room in question

Which picture over the piano? Wide?

Or tall?

Which combination in the dining area?

Nickisms

Nick’s been full of funny lately…

“When I was a dad,I poured orange juice on my cereal. It was bleeeeah”

“I like the song Aleez Mommydod because it has Mommy in it.”Nick,age 4

Megan’s been talking about what she might name her American Girl doll that she’s getting for Christmas. She has NO idea. I told her I had a suggestion. She got all excited and asked what it was. I said Adam. You can imagine how that went over. Later we’re picking Nick up from the b-day party he was at and she tells him about it. He deadpans “Adam is a terrible name for a doll. You should name her Shrek.”

American Girl sewing

When we were out in NJ for Thanksgiving,Adam’s parents said they’d like to get Megan an American Girl doll for Christmas. Megan’s beyond thrilled and the wheels in my head started turning,imagining all the things I could sew and knit for her. It’s been a busy two weeks and I’ve had a blast. Here’s what I’ve accomplished in my spare time.

These have now been finished but I haven't gotten around to taking a finished picture. Still a little nervous about the size. I hope they fit!

My fastest/easiest project

Pattern for sewn skirts is here. I love them and they’re super fast to make!

All of the sewn skirts are reversible

I'm hoping that trimming the shirt with pink thread will give it a chance in my pink girl's eyes.

This one didn't come together quite as I imagined,but I'm keeping it anyway. May have to find a different shirt because while the leaves match the shirt,I think it looks awful together.

I think this one is my favorite!

Sparkly skirt,plain shirt. I still hope to make some sort of shawl/wrap out of the same yarn to go with this.

Another one I don't love... but Meg will.

Still don't love it.

Sundress pattern is here. I have started knitting a green cape to go with this. I think it will be adorable!

I LOVE the Christmas dress!

I need a couple t-shirts to go with these pants. I just haven't made them yet.

Thanksgiving

We went to New Jersey for Thanksgiving this year. It’s something we’ve talked about for years and we were finally able to make it happen this year. What a blast we had! We drove all the way there (15.5 hours –the kids did great!) on Monday and came home again on Friday (14.5 hours –the kids did greater than great!). While there,we went into New York City and went to the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. The kids had a front row seat for the whole thing and they loved it! The parade was an amazing thing to watch and I’m so glad we were able to make it there to see it.