Summer Dress

I made this dress! Yes, me, I made this dress! Can you tell that I'm really proud of myself.  I am thrilled with how it turned out.  When I bought this fabric I had no intention of ever putting them together but they really are made for each other.

I found the tutorial here at Lil blue boo.  She has many other wonderful tutorials that I also want to try.  The dress only took me about an hour to make. It is going to be perfect when Summer finally comes along.

I was even happy with how straight my lines were. I don't think that it looks home made at all and I would be proud to tell anyone who asked that I made it.

I also made one for Amie and one for Haylie but I don't have pictures of them yet.

Enjoy.

Quiet

If you have children you know that when everything is quiet you start to wonder what trouble your children are getting up to.  The other day I was busy doing something when I realized that Haylie wasn't in the house.  I hadn't seen or heard her in awhile so I thought I better go check on her. Our back down is often wide open, even in winter, so the kids can go in and out as they please. Haylie loves it outside so I headed for the back door.  I could hear someone walking around and things moving so I quietly peeked out the window.

There she was happily playing all by herself.  I stayed hidden because I just wanted to see what she was getting up to.  She was pushing the baby stroller around collecting things.  She picked up flowers, rocks and other bits a pieces.  Sometimes she would study something for a long time before finally putting it in her stroller and moving on.  Sometimes I wish I could hear what they are thinking.  They get so fascinated by the smallest things, things that we take for granted.  

It wasn't long though before she spotted me and came to say hello and show me all the things that she had found.

Sometimes it would be nice to be a kid again and have no cares in the world and just explore the world around us.

Catch Up

I know, it's been awhile since I have posted. Things have been very busy around here.  Here is a quick look at some of the things I have been up to.

Caitlyn celebrated her 3rd Birthday. She wanted a pick Dora cake so I made a pink and white Marble Cake and got one of those icing cake toppers. Quick, easy and very yummy.  She wanted a Dora bike for her birthday and after much looking around I found one at Target. Now we just have to teach her to ride it!

Amie finally started school. She has been ready for so long. She loves her teacher and has been doing really good. She loves it when it is her Sharing day and she can take something along to show her classmates.  She is enjoying reading her reader every night and never lets me forget about it.

Caitlyn had Zoe and Monika over for a Tea Party to celebrate her birthday. It was nice for them to just play together with no other big kids around for a change.  We made necklaces out of fruit loops and we did colouring.  They all wanted to help Caitlyn blow out her candles!

I've been working on a few different craft projects. These canvases are for Caitlyn's and Amie's room.  I'm really happy with how they turned out.  I'll show more about these later.

I also made this for my sister's new baby. I think that it turned out really cute.  The frame was originally black so I painted it white. It took a bit of fiddling around in Photoshop but I'm so happy with how it turned out.

I've also been doing a few other craft projects but I haven't taken any pictures yet.