Wish Books

were something we kids looked forward to every year!!

It was a big thick book of a verity of treasures-I was pretty sure it was straight from

The North Pole,

not necessarily from the J. C. Penny's of the North Pole, but I knew there had to be a connection there somehow.

We would spend 'hours - day's & month's' pouring over the contents of that trusty book

writing and re-writing wish lists to send to Santa.

I remember the thing I always wanted the very most~

A snowman shaped sno-cone maker.

I never got it, it wasn't because I was bad or anything~

But you should know I never gave up!

Every year that would go on my list-I even taped a picture to the letter one year-just to have a better shot at it...

Over time the 'Wish Book's' have become smaller

but bring the same sort of enjoyment to the young-un's...

One such magical book happened to come in the mail just yesterday and it was discovered today!

it had wagon's to ride in when you go for long walks!!

Baby's of all kinds! And even cars she could drive herself!!

And

it had...

horses!!

See?! The horse says, "HeeeEEee"
She camped out on our bedroom floor while I folded laundry.
I got a kick out of watching her feet!


She could hardly hold still...from laying to sitting to jumping and back again.
We took it from room to room, we even ate lunch with it.
When Gramp got home he was privileged to spend time perusing it's pages with her!
When Mommy got home...
She was just ready to go home and get Daddy.
I hope we get to spend a lot more time with the 'wish book' tomorrow.

Both Gramp and I chuckled over 'wish book' stories from our childhoods as we were ready to end our day..
Who knows,
maybe,
just maybe,
sugar plums will dance in old dreams again~
And
Just
For
Auntie
Trina...

Smile and Remember;

We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance.

P.S. The wish book was a bigger hit the next day!!!

Even the part when she was ripping pages and eating them :)

Yo-Yo's

Not the kind you do trick's with...

My mom tried to teach me to 'walk the dog', 'rock the cradle' and my favorite to watch her do was to do 'around the world'!

I blame the length of my short little arms at the time

for not being able to do the trick's.

*sigh*

So you need to know I'm talking about the fabric kind of yo-yo's.

Like they used to make those scary clown dolls out of that sat on the beds?

*shutter*

Did you ever see them?

I remember one of the neighbor's had one of them and it was...

S-c-a-r-y ~ sCaRY!

Trust me on this.

Any way, Saturday I happened to venture into my favorite little 'Dry Good's" store,

to just browse around and see what's new and to see if they happened to have some size 10 double pointed knitting needles.

No knitting needles that size but - bless my soul!

They had a yo-yo maker.

At first I thought that was sort of a dumb idea-after all how hard is it to cut out a circle and sew around it right?!

So I bought the thing.

I have noticed that Yo-Yo's are being used for some fun things and that they are really quite cute,

so I thought I'd give them another chance.

Last night I was needing to be up just a little later than I usually am so I took the opportunity to make a few of them...

I really liked how fast and consistently they worked up...

with said yo-yo maker.
I only got two of them really finished with the button center...
I even tried to get a little fancy with one...

And Then I safety pined it to the bag I recently made...
I liked it.
I have seen them on quilts, and jacket's.
On hat's, book bags and yes even clothing.
So it looks like I will be playing with yo-yo's again...
Oh! And I found this site to help you make them;
http://heatherbailey.typepad.com/photos/how_to_make_a_yoyo/index.html
(there isn't a picture at the first, but if you go to the bottom and click on 'enter gallery' it takes you into the tutorial)


Smile and Remember;
We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance.