I think I slept through November

So, I've been procrastinating life. Seriously. I have so much to do- set up my shop, finish developing my new products, sew some inventory, make business cards, transfer things to this new blog, make Jenee's christmas dress, and make christmas presents.

I found 2 things online that helped me figure out what I want to do. I found Currently Crafting via The Crafty Crow - she's making board books for her kiddos this christmas. Then I ordered a ton of books from Bare Books that I found via Soule Mama. I ordered board books and also some other books that I will be making for some of my shop items. You will understand when you see them!

Benji's latest thing is to copy his Ba-pa (grandpa) when he's working. He gets out a calculator, phone, paper and pen and talks on the phone while taking notes. Uses the calculator for both its original purpose an also as a laptop. It is soo adorable! One of these days my rechargable batteries will do as I say and I can use my camera!

So, for christmas I am going to make benji and going to work kit: briefcase, laptop, notebook, pen calculator, phone, phone case, and a headset. I'll make most of the items, but will probably pick up a headset and calculator at DI, and just find an old phone that's not in use anymore.

For Jenee' she just can't get enough of her little lambs, so I'm going to make her several softies, and probably get her a baby doll. Oh, I'm also going to make some shoes/slippers out of fleece and some mittens as well. She never keeps her shoes on, so I'm going to make some that she'll hopefully keep on. However I think I'll have to go find some leather for the bottoms so that she can walk in them. I was just hoping to use the stash I had. I wonder if there's a way to make them non-slippery with the things I have.

We are going to start potty training benji after christmas. I want to get him the potty scotty potty training kit. It comes with a doll, doll undies, 2 bottles (for the doll), a book, and 6 big boy undies. You are supposed to be able to do it in a day and then just do maintainance for a week or so. It sounds really awesome, I just have to cough up $60 for it. So, if any grandparents are out there reading this --- you could get this as a combo present, half for Benji and half for Nick and I. So it's like 3 presents in 1, really, if you think about it.