TOTALLY loving this song right now

This is an AMAZING cover of Somebody That I Used To Know done by Walk Off The Earth. I think it is awesome how they got 5 people to play 1 guitar at the same time. Very creative.

I love the original, too, it is by Goyte - Somebody That I used to Know (feat. Kimbra)

She said WHAT?

This was a quick email I typed to Daniel earlier this week:

So, Charlotte kept asking the lady at the bank if she had whiskers. I'm not sure the lady heard her of could understand... But I was mortified! I wanted to say " no she doesn't " but the truth was the lady kinda did and I thought C might protest by saying, "yes she does. See? Those are whiskers!". Eek! I did my best to distract C and get her on a different topic... But still... The guileless truth from a toddler... :)

Parent's what would YOU have done? Do you have any similar stories of children saying things that were horribly offensive or awkward?

Homemaker Extraordinaire!

I made my own Paneer (Indian Cheese) for an Indian feast I made. This was my first time making cheese and afterwards I felt proud of myself for taking part of an age-old process. Everyone should make their own cheese at least once! :)

Oh, it tasted especially good sliced into little cubes, pan fried and served with kale. YUM!

Blast from the past

The little boy sitting on the floor is my dad! Then going from left to right is my Aunt Becky, Great Grandma and Grandpa Stice, and Grandma Darlene. What an amazing photo! I love the glasses, Aunt Becky! Grandma, I want to raid your closet - you have amazing style!

Dress Up

Most days, the first thing Charlotte wants to do is put on her ballerina/princess/tutu costumes. She is in and out of these cloths all day long as she plays make believe. She puts on little dance recitals for us and sings little songs while in costume. It is so much fun having a girly-girl in the house!

"I'm Doctor Ballerina. I am going to make you feel beh-tow!"

Look what I can do!

A few months ago I made these pillows for our sofas. (I don't usually have ALL of them on the one, it was just staged for the photo).

I didn't know how I was going to do it, so I looked on YouTube for a tutorial on how to sew pillows with piping and found some that were very helpful. I also wanted pillow cases that I could remove and wash (remember, I have a 2 year old, everything must be washable!), but I didn't want to use zippers, so I closed them with Velcro and it works great!

Christmas Day

This was our first Christmas in our own home. Of course there was a part of me that missed seeing my own family on Christmas day, but I have to admit that it was kind of fun to start our own family traditions for the holiday. I enjoyed merging the things that we had both grown up with to create our own unique family traditions. A little of this and a little of that. Our breakfast included lox and bagels (from the Norwegian side) and monkey bread (from the Crosby side). We got a family picture in front of the tree (a Farnsworth tradition). We each took turns opening our presents so we could make the morning last (both of our families did this). It was a great Christmas!

Christmas morning... you can see from the picture above that it was still dark when our Christmas morning began. We had agreed the night before to wait until whenever Charlotte woke up... but Daniel confessed to me later that he purposefully woke Charlotte up because he was too excited. :) He is still such a kid sometimes!

Santa came!

Auntie Kirsten made this beautiful yellow tutu for our little ballerina - it is her favorite color and she LOVES prancing around in it.

Charlotte has gotten increasingly expressive with her dancing and will close her eyes to create a more emotional dance. It is such a crack up.

Daniel got me the painting I talked about a few posts ago. This was an especially sentimental and meaningful gift for our family this year. I love it. Thank you, Sweetheart. :)

Charlotte has twins! Not knowing what the other was giving Charlotte, both Lola and Beste got her the American Girl Itty Bitty Baby dolls! Great minds (and grandmas) think alike! She LOVES to play mommy and now there is more for her to love!

I love it when the house is all decorated for Christmas. It is so warm and cozy. I just had to document how our home looked this Christmas.