For those of you keeping score, Levi is now saying: Dad-dy (with a definite vocal stop between the two middle Ds, and he says it all day long), zebra, duck (though we can't tell if he's actually saying "duck" or "quack"), baby, car. He has been heard to say, more than once but not regularly: blue, grandma, bye-bye. And once in a blue moon, when he really wants something or when prompted, he does, finally, at last, say mama.
You may remember from my Goin' Crunchy 2011 post that I started a batch of homemade vanilla back in May. It's all ready for use now, just in time for Christmas gifts! I bought these little bottles and a pack of winter-themed address labels on clearance at Target, dug through my craft boxes to find some old ribbon, and ended up with this: (You can't see it, but there is coordinating ribbon around the sugar jar, too.) As you can see, after I was done using my vanilla beans for extract, I cut them up into 2-inch pieces and covered them with white sugar in baby food jars: after about a week, the sugar is delightfully vanilla-flavored! I haven't used it yet, but hear it's great for sprinkling on baked goods or oatmeal, or stirring into coffee or tea. Packaged together in a little gift bag, they're making a nice small (and frugal!) gift for . . . those people who need nice, small, frugal gifts. :) In other news, I picked up a $1 sheet of snowfla...
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