Adult Christmas Party

Our holiday season started off with a fun annual adult Christmas party complete with games, a white elephant exchange, yummy food, karaoke, and lots of catching up with friends.
One of the games, a "Minute To Win It" game where you had to pick a bag up off the floor using only your teeth and nothing but your feet could touch the ground. I'm pleased to say I got all the bags including the one that was only an inch and a half high!

Another game where I raced Trent and we had to swing a banana tied from our waist to move two oranges from one side of the room across the finish line on the other side of the room. Thanks to my awesome hip action, I totally beat Trent. A little karaoke is always fun!

What we won in the gift exchange, a package of Bump-It's for me and the second season of Alf on dvd--which the girls have already watched and is a new favorite of Mikayla's! Such a fun time at the party!

I Pledd Alleesance To Da Fwag...

Quite a lot of words for such a little thing! I think it's cute that they say the Pledge of Allegiance in Megan's preschool class everyday. Of course she has no idea what the words mean, but hearing her say the word "indivisible" just makes my day!

Happy Thanksgiving to You!

Wow, don't they look excited to be dressed up?! Our three littest pilgrim and Indians.
Chloe with baby Bridget.

That's right, we're hardcore around here. Even dress up for the turkey carving.

And to answer the age-old question of what will I be this year? I went for classic, easy, but cute. Yeah, a simple Indian frock over my clothes. Cop-out? Maybe. But the feathers are legit.

The gang's all here! We were lucky to have Grandma and Grandpa Brown join us this year too! Lots of fun with everyone around.

And for some reason, there's gotta be a silly one!

Tim, Michelle, and Bryson at the dinner table.

IDK.

Just because it makes me smile. Hope your day was grand and full of thanks for all we have been given.

My T-Shirt Refashion

I took a basic v-neck Old Navy shirt of Mikayla's that she'd almost grown out of and cut it from the middle of the v-neck down to the bottom of the shirt. I cut 2 1-inch strips off the bottom of shirt and sewed those together to make one really long 1-inch strip.

Sewed a gathering stitch down the length and well, gathered it.

I pressed and hemmed the bottom of the shirt and the middle. Then I arranged my long ruffle snake around the neck and cascading down the shirt a bit. And then pinned it. A lot.

I really wanted to make sure that ruffle wasn't going anywhere!

Using the same color thread, I merely stitched the thing down along the new neckline and added a hook and eye closure in the front of the new cardigan.
Voila! I think it may just be cuter than before!

Either that or my model just makes it look that way! Now go try this! I made one for me too! It's like the 15-minute shirt-to-cardigan that is super easy and ruffle-y and fun!