get me outta here?

Maeva locked herself in her room yesterday.  She likes to play this game where she tells me goodbye then goes in her room & shuts the door then knocks when she is ready for me to open it. Well this time it was locked.  I had no idea she could lock the door.  She was knocking & started crying a little bit when she realized I couldn't open it.  I couldn't pop the lock with with a skewer stick (the only thing I could find at the time) so I took the handle off.  By this time Maeva was getting tired of waiting for me, so she went to work destroying her room. I couldn't figure out how to get the door unlocked with the handle off, so I called me dad to ask him what I should do & he told me to email him a picture of what it looked like so he could tell me how to open it.  Shortly after I took this picture I got the door open. And this is what I found.

She doesn't look too sad about being locked in her room or even happy to see me.  I think she decided she liked being locked in there where there was no nagging mom telling her, "No, no Maeva.  You'll get hurt."

 She opened her closet, her drawers & started pulling clothes out.

I decided I better switch the lock on the other side of the door, so this doesn't happen again & now Maeva tries to open it with the skewer. :) She keeps me busy.

PicTuReS from the PaSt

The other day Ashley (my sister in-law) gave me a disc of pictures she had taken of us in 2010.  I hadn't seen any of these & I really loved them, so I had to post them even though they aren't current.

Maeva at 8 months

Maeva at 10 months

Maeva at 11 months

My sis. in-law Angi made this cute towel for Maeva.

I am so grateful to have family that knows how to take pictures & have "all the gear"  it makes the BIGGEST difference!!! Glad we don't have to rely on my snapshots :) Thanks again Ash for the cute pics & Angi for all the cute things you make for Maeva.  Oh the perks of having generous in-laws :)

Jerusalem Dinner

On Christmas Eve we started this new tradition with Ryan's family (thanks Angi).  We dress to impress & eat middle-eastern food on the FLOOR.  It really was so much fun.  I can't wait to do it again next year.

Here are a few of us trying to get a picture before the kids run loose.  Which Maeva did & that is why her chair is empty.

Ryan: a wismen Maeva & I: shepherds I guess.

I fashioned her little dress out of a pillow case.  I don't sew or anything of the sort, so for me, this little number I thought was pretty good.  Too big, but it worked at least.

We had Lentil Chili, Flatbread, Chicken, Pita Chips, Hummus, Fattoush,  Baklava

 and some Sparkling Cider of course. NO party is complete without it according to these two.

 I couldn't believe it, but Maeva stayed in costume most of the night.  I thought It would bug her to have this one her hear, but she didn't mind a bit.  I think she was just feeling so cool, cause she is finally big enough to sit at the kid table.