Riley and Avery

Aha, I finally finished Riley's Waldorf doll. I shouldn't say "finally" since it really didn't take that long. If I had been really serious about getting it done, I could have done it in three days. But it did take me about a week. Now just to make some clothes, which shouldn't be too hard now that I've looked at the instructions. Riley already adores the doll. She wanted to take it to school this morning, nursed it and cuddled it. Very adorable. This was before it had hair. A bald naked dolly. I definitely had enough mohair yarn for the hair. I could have made longer hair. I actually may have put too much hair on. It's tied prettily back with a ribbon. I'll have to take pictures. The hair is redder than I thought it would be, but no worries. I'm thinking of making a smaller one for Avery.

Riley has been so well behaved for the last couple of days. I have to say that it corresponds to Rudi's increased involvement with the girls. Before it all was a vicious cycle. Riley would misbehave when Rudi got home because it was the only way for her to get his attention, then I would start to dread him coming home, and he would be mad at me for being cold and at Riley for acting out. No one would be happy. I hope the present situation lasts forever.

Riley discovered two of the stocking suffers that I thought I had sufficiently hidden. Two stuffed animals, one for each of the girls. So now they have them early. What stocking is complete without a stuffed animal? Ho hum. And these were cute little animals from the Whole Foods Market.

Now I have to get busy assembling the kitchen so it'll be ready for Christmas. I really don't want the girls to open it when it's still in the box and then endure Riley's "help" while I put the thing together. Luckily I'm one of the really weired people who likes to assemble things. "Assembly required"=happy Amy.