Tissue paper wreaths, ponies advent and more knitting

Today Sweetie Belle got her wings.  The girls pointed out that she is a unicorn.  Shows how much I paid attention.  Oops!  Brenna said it would be nice to see her try them out.  Sorry, but I don't want a little pony flying around my house causing more chaos.  The wings would be clipped!

After the girls lessons today, they started to work on their tissue paper wreaths.  Rolling all the bits of paper into balls did not go over well so I had to help to make that part go faster.  Brenna just liked having her fingers stick together from the glue.  4 year olds!  It's a good project to keep them busy for awhile as I sit at the table to supervise and start on the second wrist warmer.
Not that I needed any more projects to add to my gift list, BUT when I went to the store yesterday for a wreath I also found the cutest colors for a couple of little hats for some little people I know.  Yes, I am absolutely CRAZY.  I have never denied that.  So I better get busy.  There are definitely some late nights in my future till Christmas.  :}

First snow, more knitting and ponies advent

The ponies received a package, Christmas cards and pictures today from their friends!  How nice!  The girls thought it was funny that all the items were teeny tiny.  It reminds me that I still have to write my cards out!  EEK!

Well, today we woke up to a light dusting of snow on the ground.  Yippee!  To bad we didn't get more.  the mountains were suppose to have gotten 6" or more.  I hope that we get a good amount while Mom is here for Christmas.  It's been a while since she has had snow for Christmas.  When she was little, growing up in Germany, she of course had snow every year.  Oh the memories!  I love hearing about the simple times of when she grew up.  Too bad we live in a fast paced, gimme gimme world.  I'm really trying to teach the kids within the last few years that presents aren't everything.  I'm definitely asking Mom about the many things they did for Christmas and writing them down for us to remember and carry on.  I finally made an advent wreath to put on the table with four candles to start the tradition with our family just as Mom did when she was growing up.  Below is our beloved Idaho Christmas Moose and his pal Mr. Jiggles.  At night they stand in front of their pond of lights among the beautiful glow of Christmas lights.  I'll try to get a good picture of it and post it soon.  We are partial to moose around here, even though there are none in our valley.  Too far south.
Also, on Saturday, Dec 6th, Saint Nicks Night, I am happy to report that everyone got treats left for them and no one received switches or coal.  I'm thinking Saint Nick was a bit lenient.  Some little people's behavior was getting a bit "iffy" a few days before.  But I guess that is why I'm not Saint Nick.  I'm tough.  :)  Back to knitting!  Gifts to finish!  I've got to get busy, busy, busy!!  5 days till Oma gets here!  

Knit night, Christmas trees and pony advent

I'm about half way done with one wrist warmer.  This is what it looks like so far.  If you try this pattern just make sure it is when no one is causing any commotion around you so that you can keep track of where you are on the pattern.  It is easy, but "everyone" seems to like to ask a lot of questions when concentration is needed.  I'm happy with it so far.

We are enjoying all of our decorations we put up.  The girls are making more paper snowflakes to add to what we already have.  Pretty soon we may be living in a blizzard around here.  This a picture of our tree in the living room in all it's 9 foot glory.  The boys don't like seeing it come out of it's box.  There are alot of handmade things on it which we like.  The garland took me a week to make one year when Em was nearly 1.  But it was worth it.  It is my favorite thing on the tree along with my Old World Christmas ornaments.  And of course I have to have the tinsel on it, which drives everyone nuts.  I just like the things from memories of the past.
Here is the tree in the family room downstairs.  We have not used this tree in years.  The poor thing has been in it's box in the garage all by its self.  Glenn finally mentioned that we should use it to add to the decorations that we put in the family room.  I really like it.  The tree is as old as Brendon, even the ornaments.  Yes, I kept those too.  The only things new on it are the star and the "melty" bead ornaments the girls made.  I call it our "cheesy" tree because it reminds me of all the older decorations from the 60's and 70's.  I still love that look.  We still use the big fat lights when decorating the outside of the house too.  I could not find a nice looking tree skirt so I used a Christmas table cloth for one instead.  It looks pretty good.  Brendon says he likes this tree better just because it is easier to decorate than the one upstairs.  He doesn't need a ladder to get to the top.  And I won't get on the ladder.  It reminds me of the kind of tree my Dad would love to sit and look at when we were little.  He would admire the ornaments and remember each one's story.  So awesome.  Good Times!
Pinky Pie has a new friend, Sweetie Belle.  She is trying on the purple shoes today to see how they fit.  It's nice to have friends around for Christmas, isn't it!  Have a great day to you all.  And thanks for stopping by!