Trends and Traditions

A Good Day

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Heather Peterson

Yesterday was a good day.

I had my quilting friends over for a relaxing night of hand sewing.

That means my house is clean – which always makes me happy.

That means I got to make a dessert – which also makes me happy.

This is SO my kind of group – there is always desert and they like to serve chocolate hors d’oeuvers before dessert. It’s usually in the form of a Dove chocolate, a truffle or a yummy snack mix. (There are only certain groups that understand that chocolate hors d’oeuvers before dessert is very important.) Good food and good fellowship make for such a sweet evening!

(This is my tiramisu recipe that I have been fiddling with. It’s different from most, in that it has a caramel-chocolate ganache. Click here to print off my recipe.)

I also got to finish up a little project – These booties . I read they are supposed to stay on those tiny feet.

To top it all off – my Summer House sample yardage arrived at my doorstep yesterday.

So, guess what I am doing this weekend?

Looking forward to sewing, a cup of good coffee and some of that leftover tiramisu.

I hope you have something sweet planned for this weekend too!

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5 Month Photos

Posted on November 26, 2012 by Heather Peterson

Hi Everyone!

I hope you all had a good Thanksgiving. We have so many things to be grateful for! My sister did a really fun a fun craft with her little kids this year that I thought was just perfect for the Thanksgiving holiday. I love that baby Carter made the tree for both of her kids. If I made a tree, it would have lots of baby Carter leaves on it, along with a few of the other really important things they are thankful for too – like cookies and coffee creamer.

Isn’t that just too cute? I might be a little old to make one for myself, but it is good to make a “mental” thankful tree.

Before I get talking too much about Carter, I need to announce the winners of the apron kits from the blog hop last week. The four randomly selected winners are:

Candie (Alaska Bernina Girl), who commented on 11/15 at 10:44 am

Tina McNamara, who commented on 11/15 at 10: 42 am

Chris (our10kids), who commented on 11/15 at 7:15 pm

Sandi of crazyboutquilts.blogspot.com who commented on 11/15 at 12:18 pm

Please e-mail your shipping addresses to hmulder@wecnet.com. You can specify which color combination that you would like. Click here to see them again.

Now, on to those 5 month pictures of Carter. It feels like a lot has happened with him this month.

He has grown into 9 month size clothes now, even a few 12 month size.

He had his first Halloween

He has gotten much better at tummy time – thanks to his favorite app. I think it’s called Baby Touch and Hear and it’s the best 99 cents that I have ever spent! It has lots of pictures of animals with their sounds, which keeps him entertained for quite a while.

He is sitting up now – with supervision, of course.

He still tumbles over, then looks surprised and gives a big grin.

He is enjoying the jumper now – which we love too. It helps keep him happy while I make supper, etc, etc.

He tried cereal for the first time and did really well with it. He also likes applesauce and sweet potatoes. Now you can’t have a spoon around him without him opening his mouth and making a move for your spoon.

He has discovered his toes.

Now, when he starts to get crabby near bedtime, I just take his clothes off and he’s happy for another half hour or hour (otherwise he seems to want to go to bed so early that he wakes up at 4:30 in the morning. Mom and Dad aren’t big fans of getting up that early!)