Start to Finish

This is what I start with, and this is what they are when finished. 

This set was purchased by a Mom who I thought was giving them to her friends. Turns out she is giving through the year to her daughters friends for Birthdays, cute idea isn't it? They read Friends Forever with a heart charm. 

Another favorite...

Middleton babies, you can get them at Bears, Buddies and Toys. They have a nursery, you pick out which baby you'd like, there are many, and you adopt them. They measure them, weigh them and ask you many questions. After you have completed the process, you have officially adopted them. Its so fun. My girls truly love them. They each had a baby, Isabella a boy, Josh and Sophia a girl, Zoe. For Christmas they wanted them to have a sibling. Isabella wishing for a girl and Sophia wishing for a boy. They each got them. they have buggies, swings and beds. Its so fun to watch them. As I am typing this, the top picture is what I look at in the front room. 

Christmas Pictures

What a wonderful Christmas we had. Family, friends, good weather for travel, it was really nice. Here are a few shots of our Christmas. The big hits in the house were the Lite Brite, they loved/love it. And these sparkle outfits. They got them Christmas morning and didn't take them off all day. I had outfits for them, they went right out the window when they saw these. There was no way I could change them. 

I hope you had a wonderful Holiday xo

Pandora

She may have a little of her mama's rhythm en ha. 

Boy did we have some fun last night. My hubby found Pandora Internet Station on our iphones. Its endless radio and you can pick different stations, different styles, and it will play until you change it. Its so fun. So, last night we typed in, Janet Jackson, oh how I loved her. And we danced and danced and danced. We got a pretty good work out actually. 

Now we are listen'n to Blues Christmas. 

Try it out, you'll love it!

Christmas Cookies

Just a few pictures of our great friends inviting us over this afternoon for a Cookie Decorating Party. Happy Holidays.

It was a party weekend

We had a very busy weekend. Sophia had 3 birthday parties and we hit them all. 2 at Olivia Tea House and 1 at Kidnastics. Boy was it fun. Here are a few from Olivia's Tea House. The kids get to dress up, put on a fashion show and have a tea party. Its really cute. 

Some of my favorite gifts this year...

I found this cute lil' Roxy bag. Not sure if I am going to give it away or keep it :O)

And these girls slippers, aren't the darling, Nordstom, $7.50, wanted to by them all. 

And these yummy crocs. They have to be comfortable, they are so soft. 

Lite Brite, did you have one? Oh how I loved mine. 

What are some of your great finds so far?

Bonded Together By Love

No matter how you are put together as a family, this says it all. It is still my favorite. And my most popular yet. Thank you to all of you who have ordered it. 

Enjoy and Happy Holidays

And for this Guy

I am so, so blessed to have this wonderful guy for my husband. He is so great! I won't even begin to share all the things he does for us, you'd wonder what it was that I do. 

My Girls

Oh how I love these girls. I am so blessed to have them in my life. They are so wonderful. 

Doesn't it feel good

when you get things done. I didn't have a list today. Well it wasn't written down, it was going through my head, at warp speed. But I did it! I got so much done and boy does it feel good. I hope your holiday shopping is going well. Just remember, Stay Calm and Carry On. 

Here are some Christmas pictures we didn't use. We must have shot 50 or more. 

Orders

Thanks so much for all your Christmas orders. I am so happy to create something for you. They are going out daily. 

Happy Holidays

A New Look

I have offered this necklace before for the Dads, but it has a new look now. You can find it at

SoSoBellaToo. Etsy.Com  

Its not to late for Christmas. 

Oh, and it makes a great key chain tag. It will posted tomorrow. 

1 White & 1 Green

This is one of my favorite times of year in our home. Everything is decorated, everywhere you go. Its fun. We have 2 trees again this year. One traditional green tree that is decorated with fun treats, sparkles, glass ornaments and more. The girls and Daddy decorated it. Its so wonderful light up at night. 

Then we have a white tree in the kitchen/eating area. I bought it at a thrift store last year. It is up all year. The decorations change with the seasons. Last night my hubby and I went to an Ugly Christmas Sweater party and came home to it decorated in the sweetest treats. In all my favorite colors. OH HOW I LOVE IT. Thanks Mom, your the best! And Aunt Geri for the felt treats! I just want to stare at them, they are so yummy looking. 

More to come, stay tuned. 

Happy Holidays. 

These are a few of my favorite things....

These are one of my favorite things for the holidays in our home. 

More to come. 

Have a great Friday. 

Don't forget, its not to late to order, sosobellatoo.etsy.com for all your personalized gifts. 

What a Day...

Woke up, found the froggie in our pool. Took the kids to school. Found these great chairs in the street ready for the trash. Love em' Wait till you see what I do with them. Stay tuned. 

Then had a SoSobella Jewelry show at my super, wonderful friends house, thank you Jacquie. Had my daughters friend over after school to play, it was great. All in all, it was a very eventful, fabulous day.

Happy Birthday Daddy

Happy Birthday to my hubby. What a great guy and a wonderful Daddy. We love you.

Holiday Sale

Why wait. Let the sales begin. Visit my Esty store to purchase this necklace on sale. Its a perfect holiday gift for Mom, Grandma, Teacher, anyone really, they will fall in love with it. 

Happy Shopping :O)

Second Time Around

Here is another attempt to get some Christmas card shots. 

Its Not Easy

This was our first attempt at shooting Christmas pictures. Holy cow, its not easy. 

fun idea

i have seen this before and finally decided to try it. these are a pair of knee high socks. i cut the foot, bottom part off to make fun and funky leg warmers for the girls. aren't they cute. i can't wait to use them in our next photo shoot. be sure to check back. i have fun things in mind.

Rocket

isabella has a unique relationship with animals, she always has. she loves them, she takes care of them, she spends time with them. this is one of our cats, rocket. every morning, and i mean every morning, he is at her gate, waiting for her to wake up. and he'll wait until she gets up. on the weekends, she'll open her gate and let him in. he will be curled up on her bed with her. its really cute. 

both kids have a gate on their bedroom door. they, the girls, think if the cats jumped up on their bed in the middle of the night it would scare them. so we made gates for them. 

quite, shy

ya, just when i think she is pretty shy and quite. preschool tells me that she is a crack up and that she is super loud, one of the loudest out of all the kids. really? that surprises me. but then i see her look at the camera like this and i think...hmmmm, maybe she's not so quite. 

Disneyland

oh my gosh, we went to disneyland friday night and it was SUPER. we went on more rides then we have EVER gone on. the girls are high enough to go on almost everything. i think the best was all of us going on soaring california. it was so wonderful to see their facing looking at that screen. i am pretty sure i never took my eyes off them thee entire ride. poor little sophia cried as we left. she said the fireworks were to loud. i agree, the ride is pretty soothing, other then the golf ball, the really loud jets, and the fireworks. all in all we had a great night! and it wasn't even crowded. 

what do you think?

what a great day

four days off, it was wonderful. and our first day back to school was great. we had our daisy meeting (23 girls) and we had so much fun. 1/2 of the girls stayed outside to sing and dance. remaining girls came inside with me to do our craft. we thought of the things we were thankful for, one word things. and then we wrote them on our rocks. it was so fun. and the finished project was even better. 

after our daisy meeting we headed over to paint a tile for our school wall. it was so fun to see the girls be creative and know what they wanted to paint. i sat a little uneasy knowing that if isabella made a mistake it couldn't be fixed. but she did a great job. i can't wait to see the tile when its baked and finished. 

halllie and isabella are so sweet.