Chase might say she’s five but she’s not. She is still duly impressed by older kids and sucks up as much of what they do as she can. Which is why she’s sitting here telling knock knock jokes to her sister. Knock knock jokes that go something like this: Read the rest of this entry »
So, I concluded that the best way to get organic strawberries for making jam is to grow them yourself. I can’t take credit for the growing. Ben gets all the credit. I didn’t even want these strawberries in the yard anymore. Now, I’m on the fence again. Read the rest of this entry »
Days and days of rain and being inside will make you do crazy things. Like taking your pre schooler out shopping and letting her bring home tap shoes. I don’t know what I was thinking about. Read the rest of this entry »
Weekending, -verb 1. To be participating in the activities generally associated with the weekend. Such activities include going out with friends, watching television, procrastinating from unpleasant tasks, etc. Antonym of Mondaying. Read the rest of this entry »
Maybe the reason I haven’t made anything for Avery yet is because I can barely resist waking Chase up in the middle of the night to try stuff on and the urge is even worse when the clothes are really cute and tiny. I was feeling a little guilty about my one sided work so I decided it was time to do something about it. I really wanted to make her a sunhat but none of the fifty patterns that I have been collecting for exactly that purpose are quite right. Read the rest of this entry »
I tell her act normal and she gives me this. I’m really so happy with how the dress turned out and I’m glad to have one completely finished project to show for the few hours of work that I put in over the course of the week. Now I need to spend some time going through the Flikr pool to see what everyone else was up to. The best news is that after initially telling me that she wasn’t ready to put it on, she asked me where her pretty dress was and put it on! Then later she told Danielle that her mom made it for her! I never get tired of hearing that. Makes all the effort worth it. Read the rest of this entry »
I didn’t want to but I did. And you know what? When I finally got rolling I didn’t want to stop. I planned to just finish the sleeves and hem but I put the casing in and finished off the neck. Assuming that I can muster up the energy to trim off the threads and that the weather isn’t total crap again tomorrow Chase can wear it. Read the rest of this entry »