FINALLY!

Now that spring is here we can spend more time outside!
Dahlia absolutely loves her car. Trillian loves pushing her around in it. It's win-win for me!
What is your favorite spring time activity?

Rainy Day Fun

We are fast approaching the time of year where it's warm enough to play outside but the rainy and mud keep us inside. Don't get me wrong, I'm not against puddle splashing. You can bet that my kids will be out there enjoying the finer things in life like the joy of a good puddle stomping. But I don't have the patience for it everyday.
When a supply order came in a couple days ago we discovered the perfect rainy day activity for my two little ones.

One Word Wednesday: Curls

One Word Wednesday: Crazy

Winter Festival Fail

We tried to take the girls to a winter festival. Unfortunately Dahlia was less than impressed and Justin scratched an itch on his nose forgetting he had a scab there and managed to rip it off and bleed everywhere. We only stayed about 10 minutes.
In the short time we were there, however, T got to explore an igloo. She loved it.

One Word Wednesday: Cupcake

Happy Mother's Day

This morning I was woken up with breakfast in bed. Stuffed French toast with cream cheese and strawberries.
Yesterday I got some sewing time. Finished up the Ice Cream Dress View C (it's a blouse) that I'd been working on Friday and made another co-ordinating one.




I made the smallest size in the pattern - 6 months. It seemed really big - as most home sewn projects do... Turns out it fit T, so I took her outside to snap a few photos. Had to make it really quick though, since I intend to sell the blouse and it was raining.

The Quest for Toddler Bedding

T has moved to a toddler bed. Her bed however is lacking bedding. Every single "toddler bedding" set I've found is either prohibitively expensive or Disney. Now I have nothing against Disney, but I think that it's crazy that I can only find Tinkerbelle and Cinderella sheets for my 18 month old.
Fitted sheets are easy to find in solid colors because they're just crib sheets. Where I've been running into problems is finding a flat sheet - or a set that includes a flat sheet. I've decided to make her a sheet set. (And to make as many copies of the set as I can from the fabric I have - since I'll want the two girls to have matching sets when D moves to a big girl bed.)
I've been browsing around trying to find the "right" fabric for a while. Found a pink fabric with the alphabet on it and a coordinating striped fabric on clearance at Joann's. Turns out right now their clearance fabric is 50% off too. So at $1.50/yard i bought what was left on both bolts. (5.75y of the alphabet and 2.5y of the stripe)

Today I used this tutorial to make a pillowcase. It went quite well, though the pillowcase was a little large - which was an easy fix. I have pictures to post when I get to uploading them from the camera.

Tomorrow I'm hoping to find the time to make the flat sheet. Only if it rains though, because if it doesn't we're going to the zoo.

My new dress form still doesn't have a name. Any ideas? Trying to decide between a boy's name (I don't know why I keep thinking of it as a "he" when "he" has never worn anything but dresses...), a Mobster type name - given the shady situation I got it in or one of the names that my husband vetoed when we were trying to name our daughters... What would you name it?