Christmas Party #1

This weekend was the kid's Christmas party that they throw for anyone in the company with children/siblings/grandkids etc. It's the first year we've gone and I can't say enough good things about it. 

Santa comes and brings presents for each child. There was balloon animals, face painting, bouncy houses, gingerbread men decorating and food. 

The kids absolutely loved it. 

Chloe got a pink balloon kitty, then painted her face as a pink butterfly. As she always says, pink is her favorite color. 

Madi got her face painted as a kitty and got a giraffe balloon animal. 

They got to meet Minnie, Mickey, Daisy Duck, and Super Mario. Madi was insanely excited about Minnie Mouse. She followed some of them around. Tried to dance with them. She dragged me over to see them too. It was adorable.

Overall, a ton of fun. 

I love Christmas! 

Chloe's Third Birthday

We had a party in a meeting room at the hotel Eric and I work(ed) at. 

This was back at the end of September, the Sunday before her birthday. 

My sister and cousin came, along with my cousin's son. 

Eric's two sisters came, along with his nephew. 

My friend Sarah came. 

Madi was there. 

Overall, I think Chloe had a blast. 

It was a Frozen-themed party. 

There was a big sparkly #3 that I made. Cupcakes with blue frosting. Frozen cookies. 

For her birthday she got:

- Baby Anna Doll

- Fairy dress-up outfit

- Coloring book and crayons

- Bubble Guppies floor puzzle

- Frozen movies

- A back pack

- Snow White Dwarf house

- And a pack of all the dwarfs! 

Plus some other odds an ends I'm probably forgetting. 

Lots of fun. I'm already looking forward to her next party. 

Things I've Done Lately

1. Almost 3 weeks ago, we went to a craft fair to sell our bead creations. We did better than expected, but not much to show for it. No new Christmas orders and no new Facebook likes. That was a little disappointing but at least we made enough money to re-stock some of our supplies and buy a couple of handmade Christmas presents while we were there. 

2. I had one of my wisdom teeth out back in October. It was some of the worst pain of my life. I thought it was never going to get better. Then finally one day, about a week and a half to two weeks later it finally did get better. I would wish that on my worst enemy. 

3. Chloe's been big on helping me cook. She has a Dora the Explorer apron that I got at the dollar store. She called it a 'nagonic' yesterday, which was basically hilarious. I bought her a new 'nagonic' for Christmas, since the Dora one is way too big at the neck. 

4. I almost finished Christmas shopping. Usually Christmas shopping is a bit stressful. This year, it's a million times as bad. It's all going on the credit card. I'm trying to sell possessions left and right (stuff we don't need/use) to put back on the credit card. The wedding might take a few cuts. I just don't know where we will come up with the money. 

5. Eric got a second job. 

An updated on Wedding Planning

I've been doing a lot of wedding planning this week. 

I think we officially decided to just do our ceremony indoors to save money and worry about the weather. 

We've discussed the guest list. 

After discussing the guest list, I finally ordered my invitations. 

I ordered the bridesmaids dresses. They were not cheap. We're paying the shipping, and the girls are paying us back for the dressing. Shipping alone was $70 so hopefully we love the dresses. 

I looked around town for shoes and couldn't find any. I looked online for shoes, found a pair I thought I was going to order, but it was suddenly 'not available' and they automatically took it out of my shopping cart as I was about to pay. That made the decision easier. 

Still so much to do, and feels like so little time. 

This Weekend

This is my weekend off. The one where I don't have to work and get to spend two days with Chloe. Some weekends there's a lot of whining and fighting. Then some weekends are like this one - basically perfect. We cuddled, we coloured, we cooked together, we laughed a lot. We went to a craft fair and she got her toes and fingers painted. She got a stuffed blue hippo that she treats like her baby. A hairbow and a sparkly hairbow that she thinks is a bow tie for her neck.

Our first snowfall was two days ago and all day yesterday she just wanted to make footprints in the snow.

She loves her one-piece footed pjs. She loves to zip them all by herself.

When we got up in the morning and it was time to take off her overnight diaper, I asked if she wanted help. She told me no. "Because I'm a big girl." She said. She won't let me call her my baby anymore.

She talks in full paragraphs. Cute little run-on sentences.

It's been a great weekend with my best friend. And we still have a whole day left together.