Craft #2 - Dough Ornaments

This year I helped the girls make gifts for their grandparents. I made a simple dough recipe and had the girls use Christmas cookie cutters to create some ornaments. I poked holes with a toothpick in each one and we baked them at 225 degrees for a few hours. Later, C and I painted our ornaments with acrylic paint. (E had to use the washable/child-safe kind, which didn't work as well.) Doug sprayed the dry ornaments with a couple coat of high gloss sealer, and tied some hangers on each one.

Craft #1 - Booty Bags

I made these for my sisters. They are made from cords I found at Goodwill and some fabric liner. I bought the handles and magnetic closures from Hobby Lobby. Cute! (even if I do say so myself...)

Where've You Been?

With Christmas approaching, I've spent most of the past couple weeks working on many different crafts. I've had fun and am very pleased with how they each turned out. Like to see what I've been up to??? Well you can't! They're all destined to be gifts, so you'll have to wait until after Christmas.

Sorry!

Surgery Update: Week 10

Last week Sadie had to stay in the dog kennel while we were in Florida. I felt nervous about it, but had to trust that she would be ok. The kennel was great about allowing some special provisions for her. She was able to have her dog bed from home, her own food/treats, and two 15 minute leash walks each day.

She VERY excited to see us yesterday, and immediately got a bath and went to sleep on her pillow in the family room. Unfortunately, she got sick on Saturday, and rubbed her nose raw. It's pretty bad, poor baby. She has also lost some weight and was 66 lbs today. :-(

We went for her physical therapy today and she did very well. Holly said she wasn't favoring her leg in the cavaletti and she did 1.5 minutes on a balancing board. That was interesting. A large round board with a little ball underneath. We positioned her four feet on the board and Holly used her foot to help balance and cause Sadie to shift her weight onto different legs. I just held her head to keep her from jumping off it.

Then we finished with the water treadmill for about 18 minutes? She did SO GREAT! I was immensely proud. She took treats the whole time, and even stopped panting so hard toward the end. I never would have believed how well she'd adapt to that.

Thursday is our last therapy appointment. Then it will be up to us to keep up with the exercise program at home. Go Sadie!