What do I want to remember from Christmas Eve? One is that I got to play with the Wii. Have you ever played with the Wii? It is so much fun! Alan said I hogged it. Why yes, YES I did, but only for a little bit. I was boxing, diving to hit tennis balls, lassoing, and shooting carrot juice at bunnies. The next day my arms were soooo sore. Then Alan tells me I didn’t have to play all crazy.

I could have sat there sedately and gave tiny jabs and hits. Yeah…why didn’t he tell me that while I was playing all crazy. In one of the dives I actually bruised my shoulder banging against a nightstand and then in another dive I landed weird and now my left ankle clicks when I rotate my foot. Should I be worried?

And what was Isabelle doing?

Having a great old time with her cousins, playing, running around, crying over being hugged, and trying to share her Curious George.

Oh and this moment, must not forget this one.

Another video?! So soon? It’s unheard of!
Well that’s because the other day, when I put the dinosaur post up, I was watching this ice-cream video on the same tape. I’ve been meaning to put it up for a while. So seeing how I was already downloading I just kept going. Smart thinking…finally.

So here it is, the Isabelle NOT sharing ice-cream video. I love how she doesn’t like messes and is wanting to be cleaned up. It’s so funny because she is such a messy baby.

So remember I mentioned the other Christmas present that was never made. Well this was the idea I had in my head, a dress.

It worked out mostly how I imagined it. Except of course the finishing before Christmas part. Oh and giving it to someone other then Isabelle. Oh and the sash part. It looks just how I imagined it but the construction of it is where it all went wrong.

Originally I was thinking a whole piece for the sash. Then I could make a different color and change it if I was in the mood (that’s because at first I couldn’t decide on a color.) But then I changed my mind, wishy washy aren’t I? I actually tied a test sash on Isabelle. She squirmed and fought it and then when I finally got it on her, she managed to get her hands under it so she was all tied up. That would have been a hilarious picture but Alan freed her before I could grab the camera.

So the sash ended up being purely decorative and doesn’t tie at all. It sounded so easy in my head. But then I couldn’t line it up evenly on the side seams because of the way I made the folds and it was just waaaaay harder than it needed to be.

With the sash trouble it took longer than expected to make but I finished it in time for the last get together of the year.

Hmmm…I didn’t expect her to be wearing so many different colors when I took a picture of the dress. A little crazy, no?

But you can see it fits! Finally!! Something that fits, just like I imagined!