DIY Sunday

This weekend was a very busy one. For Dan it involved raking/bagging large quantities of leaves, dinner, and a local college hockey game with his nephews, and his nephew's Christening.

For Kipu it included a trip to visit Auntie Bayleigh, and saving our family from the large leaf piles that Dan hadn't had a chance to bag before leaving for the Christening.  Oh, the barking Kipu had to do to protect us.  Not just barking, like tail between the legs as far as it would go barking. 

For Ry it included shopping with Momma, dinner with her cousin's, grocery shopping, and her little cousin's Christening.

For Momma it included a mix of the above, and my first attempts at some DIY projects.  Like I said before, while we were in Joann's we picked up some materials for a Mommy project.  Well here it is Ry's first Christmas Tutu!

Turn's out tutu's are super easy, and a great stress reliever.  Also turns out next time I should use less tulle since Ry looks like she is being attacked by killer tulle.  I had nightmares about killer tulle before my wedding. My Mom was obsessed with tulle.  Turns out I am too.  Sorry Ry.

My other project this weekend was to make some treats for Ry to bring into school for Thanksgiving.  Dan will probably make some sort of comment about me "going overboard".  He usually does this for any/all entertaining I do.  Another trait I picked up from my Mom.  Unlike the killer tulle, I don't think this is a bad trait.  Here is my first attempt at the treat for Ry to bring to school:

While I had intended on making some for Ry to share with her older cousin's on Thanksgiving, Dan pointed out that we should bring all the leftover "material's" with us to his parents house and let the kids make their own. This works out because 1, I don't have to make as many, and 2, I will consume much fewer calories once the "materials" leave our house!  After all the materials were purchased I found a much healthier alternative using pears/apples/oranges.  Guess I'll just have to save that one for next year. 

Now here is where Dan will probably make his overboard comments.  On top of the Oreo Turkeys, I want to make marshmallow/shortbread Pilgrim hats.  We'll see how my motivation is at 9p tonight, after Ry goes to bed.