Star of the week.

Abby is the "Star of the week" this week in kindergarten. She was soooo excited! I went to her class to talk about her poster and take some treats. So the teacher asked the kids if they had any questions for Abby, so she got to call on a few of the kids. Seriously, they all said "soccer." or "I like soccer". one kid she called on was a larger kid and he came and stood next to me and breathed heavily. Never said a word. It was kinda funny. So the teacher had to explain what a question was and they tried and failed again. Oh well, the kids were cute.


So of course she needed a new shirt, so I made one:) this is my $3 shirt and I think it is way cuter than the stuff at the store, but of course I am a little more than biased. I got a coupon at Swiss Days parade and that is why I got it for so cheap, otherwise it would have been more like $6. Still not bad, but I like the 3 dollars better:)

Buttons! Again, why do I make things harder than they should be?! I have been avoiding them like the plague, but I am now searching for projects that have them:)

Sad note? Abby came home and like usual gets comfy aka naked (except for undies, of course) and she was "trying so hard to rip the shirt off" well, that is just what she did:( she ripped off the black binding around the neck. Luckily I know how to fix it, haha, but would rather not have to. Oh well, into the mending pile it goes.

Itty bitty dress. Only bigger, much bigger.

Remember how I made a cute little dress (out of almost the same fabrics)? Well, it was too small. Dang. I knew there was a slight chance of that, but that was all I had of the material, being it was scraps from another project. Well, when I found out it didn't fit... well you can guess... I made sure to fix that, by making a new one! Since the fabric was bought a while ago I had to search a few shops for it, found a little in one store and the rest in another. So it isn't the exact same, but I think I like this one better!


Hmmm... The outside of my house really needs to be painted... any volunteers?



Don't mind me. I don't like to follow pattern instructions after I have made it once, I cut the skirt too short!! So I pieced it together with what was supposed to be my bias tape, I LOVE the look of it and will probably try it this way again!

I am in love with piping. Why did it take me so long to figure this out? I am thinking of ways to add it into a project for Abby.

Just Jack.

Another funny post about Jack. Well, funny to me:) He always keeps me on my feet!



He was sooo proud of his holding place he found for his gun. I asked Abby and she said she didn't teach it to him. wonder where he got it from...

He had a meltdown when I refused to let this nice mess into my house. I had just mowed and he was "cleaning for mommy" .

We have been potty training for a week now and he is finally almost getting it. He will tell me about 50% of the time that he needs to go, and the rest of the time I just make him go sit until it happens, which is usually pretty quickly. He can last overnight, so we are down to only having accidents when he poops. Can't get him to understand that one. Any suggestions??? I HATE cleaning it out of undies, at least diapers you just toss them! Oh well. I am just happy he is finally (almost) done training.

New addition to the family...

Bahahaha. Not that kind. How many of you did I fool with the title?? Come on, just admit it...

This is Ben's new baby. He has been asking/bugging me about it for a while now, and I finally gave in. See how that works Ben? Compromise. You know what I am talking about.

Precious.

I got to spend yesterday with this sweet little thing:) And I get to do a few more today! hooray!




Finally got some use out of my new lens. It is more for really close up shots and it doesn't have a zoom, but it gets that yummy blurry background!

I think this was my favorite shot from yesterday, while there were a lot of ones I liked, the 4wheeler took the cake!

Not going to lie, I wasn't nervous about the way the shot would look until I got it home and looked at it on the computer. The background looked awful! But with my handy dandy knowledge of photoshop (so glad I took that class!!) I was able to play around and make it work. Sad to say, but each 4wheel or motorcycle shot took at least an hour to edit. But oh man! The results are sooo worth the time. Kim, this one better be framed, haha:)

The. Pettiskirt. (Awesome).

I made this for my little niece and I have this ridiculous urge to drive over right this minute and try it on her... I have been dreading making it because it looked pretty intense. Turns out, it wasn't that bad (in newborn size, at least) I am planning on making one for Abby also, but that will be later... much later... once I forget about all the gathering. and pinning. I just want to hang it up and look at it all day long. I couldn't be happier about how it turned out, I just hope Kim likes it too:)

It has this awesome adjustable waist so it can grow with her. Also it will probably be a little long on her for now... I didn't really measure that part, probably should have, but she can't walk or crawl for a bit so it will be fine for now.

Ah, all the pretty ruffles.

Mom's little helper

Since I have been staying at home now I find I have time to get everything done... or most everything I want to accomplish in a day, sometimes I dont have a lot of motivation knowing I can do it the next day. blessing and a curse:) So anyway, I have been getting back into sewing more frequently, apparently my little troublemaker, er, Jack decided I wasn't sewing enough- for him. I mean, stuff for him:) I made Abby a dinosaur while they were camping and told him I was going to make him a blue one, even showed him the fabric. Here is what I found him doing a few days later...




This is some of the fabric I showed him...

He lifted the presser foot and was even turning the knob to make the needle go. Very observant little fella.

By the way, this was taken a few days ago, and no, I still havent made him his dino. poor kid. But I have more important/fun things to sew:) Just wait and see!!

The call

My little brother got his mission call the other day...





He will be serving in the Colorado Denver North mission! Hooray! He will make a great missionary.

What to do...

with my free weekend? My in laws offered to take the kids camping this weekend so Ben and I could have a break. And, while my kids heart camping, I un-heart it.

So what have I done with my free time? Well I drug ... um, took Ben to Salt Lake with me for some shopping. We hit Ikea, Southtowne mall, and some fabric stores (of course:) I got the kids some sweet cowboy boots because they dont exist in ANY store in St. George, not even in the western store (not in their sizes, anyway) So see Ben, it was worth the drive:) Oh, and I got to have lunch with Jayelle! It was so good to see her and catch up! And Jamba Juice, how do we not have one here??

Also I have been making barbie clothes. One of the crafty blogs I follow put out a bunch of tutorials this last week, so of course I had to make them!! So by the time Abs gets back she will have a whole new barbie wardrobe... if I decide to give them to her, I may just keep them myself, haha.

Expect to see more of these:) because I am a little obsessed now... and off to make some more!!