Christmas Crafts

I went over to my friend’s for our annual Christmas Crafts.  We get together every year to make something.  We’ve already decorated gingerbread men, gingerbread houses (she makes the best gingerbread ever), wreaths, painted ornaments and decorated candle holders plus made candles to go in them.  This year we decorated stockings.  We each got to make two so I made one for me and one for Joe.  She had a ton of crafting supplies including ribbon, bells, decorations and bows.  I brought over lots of fabric paint.  It was really fun and I loved how the stockings turned out.  I think next to the gingerbread men it was my favorite crafting project to date!  She made us calzones for lunch and even made a egg free chocolate mousse for dessert.  We also attempted to make a Christmas ornament out of yarn but it ended up being more of an experiment that didn’t work at all.  Then we watched Batman Returns which is my favorite Christmas movie.  She always insists that it isn’t a Christmas movie just because it takes place around Christmas.  I agree about that with movies like Die Hard but Batman Returns is centered around Christmas and holiday depression.  It’s clearly a Christmas movie.  But she doesn’t agree.

I kind of love going over to her place during Christmas.  It’s super festive with the decorations and smells (she always has Christmas candles burning).  She always cooks us lunch and has a tree.  She had some hot apple cider to drink too.  It just always feels very warm and cozy at her place.  Crafting at her place is one of the reasons why I love Christmas so much!

She commented on how I look really small for being almost six months pregnant.  She said I look the same just with a belly and mentioned that her other friend who is the same as me only due one week earlier is much bigger than I am.  That made me feel really good considering my doctor’s multiple warnings about my rapid weight gain.  She said she was actually surprised my doctor said that because I look like I haven’t gained any weight, just a belly.  Maybe it really is all balancing out now.