LOOK WHO JUST TURNED ONE! wren had so much fun on her first birthday – just look at her with her birthday balloon. tommy stayed home from work and we played all day. i’d say that wren’s highlight of the day was being pushed on the swing by dad. my highlight was seeing her gag on her birthday cupcake. she hated every moment of it. the video of her trying to get rid of it is hilarious. tommy and i spent most of the day reflecting on the first year. we might have gotten a little teary-eyed too. it’s been a wonderful year and i wish we could go back to the very beginning and do it all over again.
I CAN’T GET OVER HOW ADORABLE my brother and sister are in those pictures. look at the expression on my brother’s face…he must have just been busted for something. two of my favorite halloween memories: dressing up as a fairy princess, and as dancer with my sister {huge props to my mom with her creativity on those costumes – and look at our hair!}. another favorite, not even sure there is a picture, is when i was in the 3rd or 4th grade and dressed up as cleopatra – even had my hair cut short with perfectly straight cleo bangs. i won two different costume contests, one prize was a ‘don’t worry, be happy’ t-shirt. classic!
i’d give anything to have those argyle leg warmers right now.
FOLLOWING FRIDAY’S WEDDING extravaganza was the sixth annual pumpkin carving party with our pals. each year the pumpkins get bigger, the guts messier, and somehow the number of kids multiply. this year i managed getting away without having to carve a pumpkin – tommy did all the work while wren and i supervised. he did a great job, my favorite part being mr. pumpybum’s tail.
has it really been a month since i last updated…and christmas is next week? oy! the past month has been a whirlwind. we visited family in iowa for thanksgiving and got our cold weather fix – yeah, the crazy sanchezes love cold weather. our trip did put us back a week in decorating for christmas, a task we take very, very seriously. so serious, that tommy has been in a slump because the christmas lights on the porch are not cooperating {time to buy new lights}. to lift his spirits a little gift was left for him.
holiday gift tags are here – check out the three designs on etsy.
yesterday, i was attacked {in a good way} by the handmademovement.com and made 12 sales. prior to the attack i hadn’t made a single sale on etsy, so it was a boost to my spirits and a motivation to keep going with the online store. i have my work cut out for me and must finish up on packing and shipping out everything by tomorrow. it’s a nice change of pace to switch from delivering my work digitally to a tangible product made with my own child-like hands. yes, i have tiny fingers, perfect for tying ribbon on the tags.
