You may have been wondering where I have been. Well I have been swamped ! As I said before, my girls and I are all in the Christmas Carol musical. We have had practice an average of 5 nights a week. In addition to this, I took on the task of sewing costumes for us. I just wasn't pleased with the costume department's selection. (I am a costume finatic )

So I have been sewing 2 full dresses for my oldest daughters, 1 giant fitted skirt and jacket for myself, 2 capes, 1 hat from scratch, and reworked 4 other hats. It has been a full time job, literally. Thankfully, my daughters have been keeping school going and doing almost all of the chores. My husband has also been amazing, helping out with working around my schedule, cleaning the kitchen, and fixing some of the meals.

So I wanted to give you an update. I will post photos of all the finished costumes soon, one night when we are in full costume, hair & make-up. Saturday we will have our first Dicken's Singer engagement at our local Zoo. We will go there in costume during the evening and walk around singing Christmas Carols. The Zoo has a lights display that many people in our city go to. We will also be participating in our downtown parade and be on TV for that. Then in a few weeks, we will have our performance. I am really looking forward to the show and also to slowing down again soon.

So look for more in the next week or two. Have a Happy Thanksgiving!