Timeline

Apparently, this is the only picture of both toys together! About midnight (or was it 1AM?) I remembered that the children were invited to a joint birthday party today. And I didn't have a gift yet. So, I grabbed the Wee Wonderfuls book and started crafting. I had already decided to make the giraffe and so it was traced, and I cut it out of the leftovers from a dress I had prepped to sew yesterday. The giraffe is for the 2yo boy. His big sister is 4 and I flipped through and picked the Tag-Along doll. I traced the pattern -searched for fabric!- and found a nice medium brown. I cut her legs from pink with polka dots and her dress is blue. I couldn't find my corduroy, but I finally found it today and she has pretty black cord hair.




I think she came out cute. I had scheduled to be home at 11:30 to get them started sewn, but didn't leave the coffee shop (where I study) till after noon! I could have used that extra half hour to finish the dress! And maybe make the giraffe a giraffe. Without the tail and horns, oh, and ears, he looks more like a tailless dinosaur, so we nicknamed him the giraffasaurus.





We played sidewalk chalk, pop the balloon, and musical chairs . There was a piñata and bouncy house.




Loads of fun!

Busy bees

Life is good. :)




My MIL made there cute dresses and pants for the girls. Each has it own unique trim and hem treatment. She sent the scraps and I made a doll dress. MissB made a couple things, too. A collar pattern became a crown, a bodice pattern was used to make a bib. (I'll try to get pics later)



We've gone on a couple picnics.



They took me to the range on Mother's Day. <3





The girls made cupcakes (or tasty hockey pucks). yum!





Ben helped the children make s'mores. (that's blueberry stains all over him. Ben also got to clean the carpet!)





We flew the kite. And lots more! Have a great weekend!