2016 - Isabelle Christmas Ornament

2016 - Smith Family Christmas Ornament

Christmas Tree Waffles

Isabelle loved making green waffles with sprinkles for Christmas this year!!

2016 - Christmas Craft Ornaments

This year, Isabelle made Christmas Tree ornaments with thumb prints to hang on our tree and give as gifts for Christmas.

We made salt dough with green food coloring, 

and dipped her finger in red paint to make the  ornaments.

She loved putting them in the Christmas tree!!

Gingerbread Houses

Isabelle made her first gingerbread house today at the Waukesha Public Library.  They read a story, sang a few Christmas songs, and then everyone got to make their own gingerbread houses with milk cartons.  She loved decorating the outside and eating marshmallows!!

Christmas Cookies at Grandma's

This year, Isabelle helped make Christmas cookies at Grandma & Gido's house.  She loved frosting the cookies and, of course, eating as many as she could.  We loved watching her mixing and waiting for the cookies to bake.  I have become much less of a perfectionist when it comes to cookie decorating over the last few years!!

Coloring Time

 Isabelle loves coloring lately and is starting to learn some of the colors.  We colored lots of pictures for our Christmas cards this year.

Here is one of our favorites hanging on the fridge:

Halloween Cards

Isabelle has been busy this month making Halloween cards with Grandma Carla.

She made 13 cards to send to family and friends for Halloween.  Her favorite part was coloring the front and putting stickers on the inside.  She even signed all of them herself!

Tiedami Model

Baby Blanket for Cousin Clara

Made with Cotton Candy Bernat Baby Coordinates Yarn + White (H Hook)

Baby Blanket for Ava Quinn

Isabelle had lots of fun meeting baby Ava at our house!!  And we found them matching jammies :)

Baby Blanket for Cooper Lisicki

Decorating Easter Eggs at Grandma & Gido's House

Isabelle's Second Easter

Owen's Marshmallow Peep

Grandma Carla made Isabelle an Easter basket using things found in the board book "Owen's Marshmallow Peep" by Kevin Henkes!

Cross-Stitch Sampler for Baby Ava Quinn

 Isabelle helping me work on the cross-stitch sampler for Baby Ava!  She loved pulling the needle up - with lots of help, of course.  Here we are working on the border:

We made the same one that my mom made me when I was born (now hanging up in Isabelle's room!)

Monkey Quilt

Here is Isabelle's monkey quilt that was given to her when she was born by our neighbors in Germantown, Lori Schultz and Colleen Terry:

We used it for lots of pictures this last year!!!