So much for the blogging every day thing. I kept it going for a while ago and I'll see if I can beet my record

I was an alter server today. We went to the 5:00 mass today because I have a meet tomorrow. We walked in and there were only two alter servers so I asked Father if he could use another one. I got dressed up in the robes and took my candle. New alter servers (like me) are candle bearers and the most experienced is a cross bearer. I basically did what they told me to do in the classes and the cross bearer would remind me about things. I like alter serving.



I have a meet tomorrow. It is my last chance to make it to state:( (I discovered the crocodile or dinosaur. :V ) I think Gergely's specialty is to strike fear into the heart of gymnast with a meet. He asked me if I thought I would make it to state. I told him that I had only missed by .125 so it shouldn't be to differcult but he said that it would be differcult because the judges might be judging harder. He also told me that he has seen arms and necks broken by how I jump to the high bar. I personally am just annoyed.

I am thankful for alter serving tonight.

I am thankful for:

The fact that I am still a kid.

I have decided that from now on I will blog every day. One of Mom's friends on facebook says something she is thankful for every day. I too, will write something I am thankful for, but on blogger.

I am thankful for my Dad homeschooling me.

Two days ago I baked some sugar cookies. On Sunday I looked for sugar cookie recipies but Mom told me sugar cookies are hard even for her. I then asked Dad to buy some dough. I got the flour, the board and the roller out. I got the cookie cutters out and invited Joey, Julie and Thomas to cut cookies into shapes. I helped Thomas with the cutting. When there was no more room I rolled the dough out again while the other kids ran around the house. When I was ready, they came back to cut more cookies. I added some more dough and then we made big cookies. At first I tried to have them all pick one cutter. Then each person cut one cookie at the same time but with the big cookies it gets difficult to get them out of the cookie cutters and with everybody doing them at the same time I can't help them all. Thomas was just a little machine pressing one and then another and another. In the end they just cut out their one cookie one person at a time. I would roll out the dough again for the next kid. I made Thomas's cookie for him. Then we went back to the little cookies and it went smoothly after that. It was a good family time.

I have decided to do my Christmas shopping early. Most of my Christmas presents will be homemade. Mom took me to Joanne's crafts store to get materials for the teddy bear I'm making Thomas. Mom said that I can do one project at a time. I chose a good pattern that is a simple but looks good. He only has four parts! I probably can get it done in two days. Mom is going to cut the fabric for me. I am going to make one modification to the design, move the eyes farther apart. Mom suggested to put a little patch on that says "sewn with love from Theresa". My teddy bear will be most similar to the largest teddy bear in the third picture in both size and fabric. The first two are what I actually made

I have just finished making the front of the teddy bear. I started off sewing the slits in between the ear and the head together on both sides of the front of the teddy bear. Then I sewed them together