No "A" in my name

I'm not sure why, but Brayden insists that there is no "A" in his name. There is no convincing him. I found this craft that he did the other day. I confirmed my suspicions with Elania. She told me, "The "A" is for the Christmas tree because Brayden doesn't want it in his name." Maybe by the time he starts school, he will be accepting of how his name is really spelled.

Christmas Sewing Projects

I don't really sew... but every time we have a kid, I make a stocking for them. I've done the actual sewing, but my mom had to help me figure out how to make them. Four years ago, my mom helped me with two of the stockings. She helped me again two years ago, with another two stockings. Now Teren needs a stocking to match the rest of our stockings. So it has been 2 years since I have sewed anything. I felt brave and attempted to make the stocking on my own this year. I have to admit - I am really proud of myself! Yes, I had to make a few adjustments but who doesn't right? So here is my finished product. I still have to put Teren's name on it, but that will have to wait until a later date. Thanks so much Amelia for letting me borrow your sewing machine!!



I also saw a cute apron that Rhonda Steed made for her girl, Lucy. Check it out on her blog here. So again, being ambitious, I decided to try and copy "The Lucy Apron" to make two aprons for my kids for Christmas presents. One apron for Elania and one apron for Brayden. Brayden LOVES helping out in the kitchen so I'm excited for him to get one too. I'm really pleased with how they turned out.



Now that those projects are done, I can start scrapbooking again!