Toddler life

All Sorts of Exciting Things

Hello! I hope everyone had a nice weekend. Ours was filled with all sorts of excitement. 

First of all, my sister had her anatomy scan on Friday and it’s a boy! My first nephew! I am beyond excited. Hannah and Josh are naming him Lawson. Also, he was healthy and doing great. God. is. good. 

Jimmy, Sadie, and I had our second family movie night on Friday. We watched Frozen this time. Sadie sings “Let It Go” so adorably. Her version sounds like she’s saying “Ladel-doooh!” and I love it.

Family watching a movie on the couch

On Saturday, my sister put on a Mary Kay party at my parents’ house and we had a blast fellowshipping with ladies from our church and trying out different skincare and makeup products. 

Sisters

Hannah has that pregnancy glow going on!

After the party, Hannah, Josh, and their daughter went to Cracker Barrel with us for dinner and then we went to the thrift store to check out all the boy clothes 🙂

Sadie and Caroline had almost as much fun running around the store as Hannah and I did looking at all things blue, lol!

Toddlers in clothing store with hats on

Our Sunday was spent at church in the morning, gearing up for the week by cooking and cleaning in the afternoon, and then back to church in the evening. 

My dad taught the Bible school lesson in the morning and did an awesome job discussing John 15

Preaching and teaching at church

The evening sermon was fabulous, too. It was all about the Bible and just how cohesive and inerrant it is. It’s filled with 66 books that were written by 40 authors in three languages over 1,500 years. There’s no book like it! 

Tell me about your weekend!

Mowing Mistake and Craft Night

It was craft city in the Zottola house on Thursday night! I hopped on Pinterest and found a few Thanksgiving and fall-esque crafts and we had a such a fun evening.

First up was this paper plate turkey. I had to make a demo one so Sadie would know what to do… or maybe I just wanted to make one myself 😉

Thanksgiving craft for toddler

Here’s how Sadie’s turkey turned out. She was really digging the pink and purple feathers!

It has been neat to see her personality and preferences come out when she does arts and crafts.

Toddler Thanksgiving craft

After making turkeys, half a box of Fruit Loops were consumed in order to make a fall tree. 

Toddler fall craft

Fall craft for toddler

Last but not least, we made a pumpkin tambourine with more paper plates, finger paint, construction paper, lots of staples, and rice!

Pumpkin fall craft for toddler

Okay, onto my mowing mistake. We’ve been having beautiful weather here in Pittsburgh lately. Sunshine and 70 degrees in November? I’ll take it! 

I was mowing our lawn on Thursday and made a mistake. I got too close to our fence and smashed my hand between the lawnmower and the fence. Ouch! I thought I could shake it off but my hand kept hurting so Jimmy and my family pushed me to go get it checkout out at urgent care. 

It turns out I fractured my hand. This is my not-impressed-how-am-I-going-to-do-everyday-life-with-a-sling face, lol.

Fractured hand in sling

How you ever broken a bone or had a fracture? 

Do you like doing crafts?