I have a new nephew!

Last Monday at around 11:15 pm, my sister-in-law gave birth to the newest member of our family - 6 lb. 3 oz. Matthew Lyle Frost.

Congratulations Larrry and Kaylene on your beautiful son, and to Mira and Aspynn on their new little brother!

Capes and Crowns

This is the first Christmas of my life that I have had nieces and nephews. This is also the first year that I have had a sewing machine, a talented sister in law and a modicum of crafty ability.

Thus, said sister-in-law and I made capes and crowns for the nieces and nephews, thereby securing our places as favorites for all time.

For the crowns we cut out a stiff fabric facing, ironed it onto grey felt, hot glued little sparkly gems all over and then glued in some wide elastic across the back. Voila!

For the capes we took two left over rectangles of red fabric, cut them to cape shape, sewed up the seems, added some elastic around the neck and painted lighting bolts in gold fabric paint.

Aunt of the YEAR!

Personalized Memory Game

This looks like such a fun idea. Not to mention that I think it might be within my crafting skill range. I want to try it out and make games for my nieces and nephews. Of course, my ulterior motive is that they'll start to remember my name...

Hey, Aunt Nic! Want to do this with me next week? We could make one for the Woods and one for the Frosts... And one for Grandma's house, just for good measure. AND we can front load it with pictures of you and me so that we can continue to vie for favorite aunt.