Sew Crazy

Whew! What a weekend!  Both of my kids were sick with colds, so we stayed in the entire weekend.  That means that I got a lot of sewing time in and Rob got a lot of hide-and-seek time in...

Friday we watched The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.  I thought it was alright.  The beginning was very slow, but the ending was so sweet.  I'm glad I saw it, but probably wouldn't watch it again.

On Saturday I went to my new favorite store, JoAnn Fabric and bought a few patterns (McCalls were 1.99!).  I chose one that said "Easy".  Well, this pattern was anything but easy. The directions were so hard to follow.  But, I read through them and decided to go for it.  I measured myself (scary!) and found my size. I cut, marked, and pressed.  I got the bottom sewed together, tried it on, and it was about 3 sizes too small. This was around 9 at night.  I then searched the internet for about 3 hours and found a few skirts that I could make, but no information on why my skirt turned out too small. Being the OCD person I am, I had to finish the skirt, so I came up with a way to do it with no pattern and finished around 1 am.  Do you sew? Any idea why this didn't turn out? I checked my seams and they are the 5/8 that the pattern calls for...also rechecked my measurements, and still the same.

Sunday, more JoAnn Fabric!  I bought some more fabric, elastic (for my new skirts), and some ribbon.  I put in the zipper on my skirt I started last night (which is still a bit small), started a lazy days skirt for Ava, and washed and pressed fabric for a 20-minute skirt for myself.

I also tried out 3 new recipes for my other blog, Real Moms Cooking.  I posted about the Pasta Puttanesca last night here. Try it, let me know what you think!  I also made Taco Boats and Baguette French Toast.  I'm  posting about those later this week.

We also started our homemade Valentine's for our Mom's group Valentine pizza party.  I'll post about them tomorrow.

Of course thrown in there was cleaning and laundry.  I'm lucky that my husband took care of the kids all weekend so I could get my sanity back.  I know I'm very lucky.

How was your weekend?

Big Boy

Blake is turning into a big boy right before my eyes. He now likes to sit at the table to eat his snack. *Sigh* Where has the time gone?

Have a great weekend!

Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

How was your weekend? Ours was busy, which was good.

It looked like this around here on Friday.

This was not good.

On Saturday, I finally got my haircut! It had been a very long 9 weeks. It seems my Christmas tradition is to change my hair color. I didn't realize it, but the last 3 years I have dyed my hair dark at Christmas. Maybe that needs to be a post of it's own! Anyway, Christine did an awesome job and I love my new DARK, SHORT haircut!

I made pulled pork in the crock-pot and it was so delicious (recipe tomorrow)!

On Sunday, our friends invited us to open gym/Christmas party at Mill's Gymnastics. The kids had a blast!

They explored the gym.

Ate pizza. Met Santa (again). And again, Ava asked for a blue rocket ship, Buzz Lightyear, and little girl cupcakes. Blake asked why his parents torture him by placing him on Santa's lap.

Have a great weekend!

One year ago this weekend Blake learned how to roll over! What a fast year it has been! Have a great weekend!

Flashy

On Sunday, we went to see Santa and to Build a Bear Workshop.

Santa wasn't scheduled to open until 11:00, but when we got there at 10:45, the line was already long. So, since we had already gotten Ava hyped about it, there was no way we weren't seeing Santa. So, we got in line and waited.

Ava was very excited and told Santa what she wanted, a Buzz Lightyear and a Blue Rocket.Santa told her he would see what he could do. Then it was time to put Blake on his lap. Blake sat there stunned for a moment, then started the Blake whine. The "huh, huh, huh, huh.... while reaching for me. Here is our picture, not bad.

Then we went to Build-A-Bear Workshop. Last Christmas, my Mother-in-Law got him a gift card to Build-A-Bear, but since we hardly ever go to this mall (and last time I forgot the card), we have had it for almost a year.

Blake, with help from Ava, picked out a dog. Ava picked out the Holly, Christmas Moose. When we asked her what she wanted to name her moose, she said, "Her name is Holly." in that "DUH" voice. Then we asked her what Blake's dog should be named and without skipping a beat, she said, "FLASHY!". I have no idea where that name came from...

Blake had a good time running around the store,

and Ava had a good job "fluffing" both Holly and Flashy.
Then she gave Holly a bath and picked out an outfit for her, a coat and hat. We were also going to get Flashy an outfit, until Ava informed me that dogs don't wear clothes. Duh!
Blake does really like Flashy though. He likes to give him kisses.

On a side note, I'm feeling really overwhelmed. We usually travel for Christmas, so no worries about shipping gifts. Why I didn't buy all my gifts online, I'll never know, but buying and then shipping is stressing me out!

TGIF!

Namaste

Have a relaxing weekend.

Indian Summer

This weekend we had FABULOUS weather. I mean, it was just amazing, 70 degrees in November!

On Saturday we headed to our favorite place, Greenfield Village. Knowing this is our last trip of the season, we just walked around and enjoyed it. I love seeing the Village in the fall, but I can't wait to see it again in the Spring.

On Sunday we just worked around the house and enjoyed the sunshine and warm (er) weather.

I hope you had a great one!

TGIF!

Have a great one!

Have a great Weekend!