Pies, Star Wars and More!

Bella has been fighting a bug...running anywhere from 99.1 to 101 temp.  Hopefully this will clear up quickly. Tylenol lowers it, but it sneaks back up!  It just takes longer for her to shake a virus then most people. (We can thank CF for that....GRRRRRR!!!)  

Well..Bella watched "Star Wars"...the original version...and she LOVED it!  We all knew she would. I had to dig out my old VHS tapes so she could see the non-revised editions! She has talked about the movie all day...we have acted out all the scenes (of course!!).  Papa has to be "the old guy" (Obi Wan), and I have to be Han, Luke and of course "Dark Nadar"!  LOL!  She has played with her make-shift lightsabers and fought Storm Troopers and trash monsters all day! We have flown around the house in our "spaceship" and sped through the desert in our "flying cars"!  She has such an amazing imagination and loves acting! And she is such a joy to be around!

Today was our day to bake pies for Thanksgiving.  It is our annual tradition now.  She made chocolate mini pies, a cherry pie (especially for her Papa), apple tarts, a pumpkin pie and a sweet potato pie!  Yesterday we make oatmeal chocolate chip cookies (her Daddy's favorite).  I love this time of year...although my hips don't! LOL!  Tomorrow will be the big family gathering for food, friendship and laughter and enjoying time together.

Mictoria

Bella and I had a couple of projects this week. We baked a cake and built the new little manger for the counter-top Nativity scene!  The rest of the time we were vampires! LOL!

  

Yummy frosting

This week Bella was totally all about "Twilight"!  She was Jane, Bella Swan,
"Mictoria" (Victoria), Bree and sometimes Alice!  I was Jacob, Edward and "that mean boy that made vampires"(Riley)!  We re-enacted so many scenes that I lost track.  When she woke up Thursday morning I told her "Good morning, Sunshine!"....she said "Good Morning, Edward!  Where did PaPa go?" I couldn't help but laugh!  When the Sun would shine through a window she would stand and comment on how she sparkled! Sometimes she had red eyes and I had to be careful because she would be a mean vampire..sometimes she would have red eyes but be a good vampire..it did make for a slightly confusing moment or two!

She helped me in the office..taking papers from the fax machine and bringing them to me..stuffing envelopes with checks..she put stamps on envelopes...I told her she was my "Office Helper Girl"...paid her a dollar (she thought that was pretty cool!)

She cracked me up when I was sweeping up some dirt downstairs....."Grammy what are you doing?" (Just sweeping up some dirt Papa tracked in.)...coming over to me and taking my hand .."Grammy..he didn't mean to bring in dirt. He is just a boy and boy's don't think about those things. He did it by accident!" (I'm sure he didn't mean to. I'm just cleaning it up!) "Well..just don't be angry..boy's forget to check their shoes!"  Okay!! Silly goose!

"Look Grammy...I sparkle in the sunlight!

Next week is Thanksgiving.  Bella and I will be baking pies on Wednesday. I can't believe that the end of the year is just around the corner! Time needs to slow down just a little!

Meow!

This week our schedule was a little wonky but we still managed to get a full two days in!!

Bella has done so well with school.  We probably aren't as consistent as we should be, but she is usually very open to doing work and learning new things!  I've tried doing something a little differently. She LOVES notes.."writing" her own or receiving one.  So I leave her little notes now..a couple at her house and I leave some at our house.  She tries very hard to read them and I add site words that she knows. So far she is liking it!

Now what could this possibly
make?  

We worked very hard on Jessica's birthday present yesterday and finished it as well as her card!  Bella is very excited to give her Momma her present!

Well..the house is totally decked out inside for Christmas. I'll leave outside decorating to Tony!  Of course Bella does like to rearrange things so things change constantly! Makes life interesting!!

This week I have been Batman and she was Catwoman...(Michelle Pfeiffer Catwoman). I received "meow" as a response to several inquiries!  She does dive headlong into her roles!  Love my little Catwoman!

I actually do have a picture of Bella and me together but my phone is being stubborn! So once I can get it working again I will add it.

Finally got the phone to download the pic.

Hershey Kisses

Big sigh of relief...Bella's belly issues have cleared.  We had a few episodes of tears and panicking but she is back to normal.  I really hate CF.

Bella has been wanting to set up the new Christmas tree. I have a gift for her all wrapped and ready to go under the tree and it's been driving her crazy!  LOL!  She decided if she could see it under the tree until Christmas that that would be okay!  So today we put away Halloween decorations and unboxed the new tree and she and I set it up. She had to read the instructions and crawl under the tree to investigate how it connects. She placed her ornaments and arranged them "just right".  She grabbed a pillow and said she would like to take a nap under the tree or maybe just stay under it until  Christmas! We will hold off on setting up the second tree for a few days (hopefully! LOL!)  It might be difficult though, she has a couple new ornaments that she loves and wants to put on the other tree!  

Silly face time

We had a crazy silly day today. Bella was feeling good..her tummy was feeling great...so she was in full "Phantom of the Opera" mode!  We haven't had a full re-enactment of the opera in awhile!  It was great! She gave me a huge hug and told me I was her best buddy. Melt my heart!

More silly face time.

On a funny note...she and I have renamed "Hershey Kisses"...we send a great deal of texts between family members...we tend to use the "poo" emoji a lot... that particular topic is always an issue and a concern with Bella so it is usually discussed almost every day (some days it is an all day conversation and worry)...anyway...Bella had a Hershey's Kiss and commented that they look like the text picture of "poo"...so now we laugh and call them "Hershey's Poopies"... it's the little things! LOL!!!

Papa, Bella and I headed to Olive Garden for dinner..we had a total laughing  hysterical moment..Bella was talking about hair. I mentioned that my hair was really long when I was younger..way past my "bobo". Bella looked at me and said..."Grammy your hair was long but then you cut it short, and then you colored it, and then....." {there was a long pause}....."...then it sort of turned all old looking!" LOL!!! Love that child!