Happy Thanksgiving!

Guess what this is...

Can you guess what is pictured here?

It kept my two oldest girls entertained for quite a while...

I saw the idea somewhere online,

and thought it was brilliant

(both literally and figuratively)

Simple, but so much fun!

Even before they started playing, they asked if they could do it another time!

Anyway, this is what you are looking at:

Glowsticks in the bathtub = lots of fun!!!

Baby gift

I found this cute dress for a friend of mine who had a baby girl.

I love the color combination, and decided it needed something to go with it.

So I made her a couple of hair clips in colors that match the dress.

I cut some felt into flower shapes, using my Big Shot.

Glued them on alligator clips with my glue gun, and added a rhinestone.

And a matching card.

21 things I love about you

This is the last day of the "31-for-21 challenge", and I am glad I 'made' it, posting every day.
It was kind of hard, so I sort of 'cheated' here and there by keeping it short and just posting a picture. 
It takes a lot of time, and besides that, I am not one to easily share my feelings with 'the world'.

But I hope my posts have been interesting, and maybe even encouraging to someone out there that is going through similar experiences. Thanks to everyone who has been reading these posts! 

Since our baby girl has an extra copy of the 21st chromosome (Trisomy 21=Down syndrome), 

I thought I'd create a list of 21 things I love about her as my final post for the "31-for-21" challenge.

(In random order)

21 things I love about you

1. Your big blue eyes - almond shaped and all
2. The way you stare at your hands, you think they are amazing
3. Your smiles, grins and giggles
4. The way you talk, cute noises
5. The way you gaze in our eyes as you're talking to us
6. How you like to look at your big sisters when they are playing
7. How you like to smile at your big sisters
8. How you are usually sleeping between midnight and 7 - thank you, little girl!
9. Your long, dark eyelashes
10. Your chubby cheeks
11. Seeing you kick your little legs happily when you spot one of us
12. Your sweet baby smell - except for the diapers ;)
13. How you are enjoying your baths
14. The way you grab our fingers
15. The cute long 'tail' of hair on top of your head
16. Your chubby hands and feet
17. The cute little sandal gap between your big toe and the next one
18. How you like to suck your thumbs, either one is fine
19. The way you stretch and try to roll over when you see a favorite toy or something interesting
20. How you've taught us that perfection comes in different forms
21. How you have shown us that having a baby with Down syndrome is not a bad thing - actually we're very lucky to have YOU

Love you, baby girl!

Happy Halloween

We've been busy with Halloween preparations:

carving our pumpkins, 

toasting pumpkin seeds,

making treats for school,

decorating the house with some cute pumpkin and candy corn lights 

(that I got for VERY cheap some time in November last year).

I even got the treats ready, since I'm usually surprised how early the first trick-or-treaters are coming, 

and then I am running around like crazy to get candy ready, the kids dressed up, etc.

So I guess we're ready for Halloween :)

A beautiful day at the park

This weekend we went to the park to take some pictures.

The weather was so nice.

Loving all the fall colors!

These girls were excited to find a squirrel.

And the squirrel didn't seem to mind them so close, he was just looking at them.

Little sister was content to hang out in her stroller, taking it all in...

Favorite toy!

This little cat is Little Miss N's favorite toy.

Whenever she spots it, she HAS to get it!

So we use it a lot to get her to roll over, reach for things, etc.

It's nice to have something that 'motivates' her to move, 

so we use it during Physical Therapy, too.

It's so cute to see her 'play' with it :)