Making Christmas gifts

We've decided to get Stasa one big gift for Christmas and have all of the smaller gifts be part of that, so she'll be getting a play kitchen as her big gift and food, pots, pans, and other kitchenware as the smaller ones. I think I'm pretty set on getting this kitchen for her. I love that it's wood and a little shorter and it's just so cute.





We bought a few things of plastic food from the $1 section at Target and I'm busy making a bunch of felt food now. So far I've finished a lime, a kiwi, an orange & slices, carrots, potatoes, and an onion. I'm using these patterns that my friend sent me and they're fairly easy to follow. I've modified a couple to make the vegetables a bit larger, but for the most part I'm using the patterns as is.









I'm also going to make her a couple of toddler-sized aprons and maybe some tiny dishtowels. I think she's going to love playing house in her new kitchen and am so excited for Christmas now!

Generosity

Most of you know I spend a lot of time on this one pregnancy board, TheBump.com. I've met some really great moms (in real life, too) and have learned A TON about pregnancy, childbirth and babies from them. Recently one of the moms was giving away a box of baby girl clothes and since I was the first to respond, the clothes came to me (free of charge and shipping!). The clothes arrived today - let me say I was AMAZED. I expected a normal sized box with a month's worth of clothes. Boy, was I wrong. I have clothes that Stasa will be wearing until she's 18 months. Here's the aftermath of me unpacking the box.