Costumes

To say I like making things for my girls just might be an understatement. I LOVE making things for my girls. I love to make dresses, applique shirts, sew blankets, etc. etc. But more than anything else, I LOVE when Halloween rolls around and I get to make their costumes! Every year I look forward to this time of year when I can start thinking about what I want, and then making it. This year Nora is OBSESSEED with flamingos. We had a "mingo" birthday party and no sooner was it over was she ready to tell me that she was going to be a "mingo" for Halloween as well. I'll be honest, at first I thought how in the heck am I going to make a "mingo" costume. Thankfully there is this handy dandy site that I am majorly addicted to called http://www.pinterest.com/ that had a picture that was super easy to copy. Wanna see the end result? Here it is:

I may be biased, but if I must say so, I think she is the cutest darned flamingo EVER =0)

Dear Sweet Nora,

Dear Sweet Nora,
I cannot believe that you are now my three year old. Where the time has gone, I dont know. It seems like it was just yesterday when I was 8 months pregnant and we were celebrating your 2nd birthday. My how this last year has flown. You have grown and changed from a little baby into a true little girl. You went from being my only baby to my "big gurl" and while doing that you have made some major accomplishments.
This year you have:
-learned all of your capital letters
-how to write your first name (Mama tells you to write "an up-down- up (N) circle (O) up and over (R) and a circle with a tail (a). Whatever works right? =0)
-how to count to at least 20 (though I have heard you say numbers much higher than that)
-recognize all of your numbers up to 10
-recognize a lot of colors
-speak and say ANYTHING!
I love you my sweet little lady. I hope you had a great year, and that we can have many, many more happy years to come!
Love,
Your Mama

How Can It Be That MY Little Girl is Turning THREE?!?!