Summer gone by

I love summer and always struggle with the blues when it ends. I wish I could bottle it up to pull out later. It was a good summer. As usual we didn't get to do as many of the things we had planned but it was busy and fun. Here are is a glimpse of our summer in photos...







Trophies, first recitals and new belts at Kung Fu.




Camping Fun..
















Some thrifted treasures:
I found this feedsack at a barn sale. I am hoping that it is big enough to use for the backing for the quilt that I am working on for my girls. I got it for five dollars.


A vintage tablecloth. I was thinking about turning this into a skirt but I am afraid to ruin it.

Chenille Bedspread- 10.00


A vintage child's sleeping bag





Vintage patterns

This wasn't my find but an amazing gift from a friend.

This is a shelf I got for .50. It was a dark wood with contact paper background. I forgot a before picture. I spray painted it white and added some paper to each section.




Signs of summer.....

Flashback Friday

G and S just shy of 5 months.

5 on Five

Nobody told me that once you turn 5 you....

1. Start using all of your parents phrases appropriately.("I'm gonna nail this bad boy"- S about eating meatloaf and G "in any case.....")

2. Sounding out words becomes much easier. Especially when your parents are spelling across the room so that you don't know the topic and then you figure it out.

3. You are able to master the wonderful art of Eavesdropping. You excel especially during phone calls.

4. You can develop "man eyes." What are man eyes you ask? Have you ever sent a man to get something with very clear instructions and they swear to you it is not there. You go to retrieve the "not there" item and it is exactly where you said. Man eyes people!

5. Finally, once you turn 5 you start to enjoy the freedoms that come with being older. Like this....




Then in a flash I realized that although I used to carry two of you at the same time all the time...

the day would come that I could barely hold just one of you.


(In case anyone is wondering I am actually 28 in the picture above....not 12 like you may have been tempted to think. Please Oprah...enough shows on helping people looking 10 years younger...how about help me look my age?)

Seriously

So another month has gone by since my last post. I gotta work on that. We have been pretty busy around here.
A couple of kids got older on me...



So we had a small pary.....



With cake of course...





And presents that they were really hoping for....



At the end of the month we get to do it again with this little one...



I have also been doing some sewing. I found two of these ugly peach pillows at the reuzit shop. I was able to recover them using fabric I also found at the reuzit shop.





I also made a fabric cube and a crate cover. I liked how they both turned out for the most part. I hope to make more to help organize things around here.

Busy

Things have been busy around here. Crazy busy...but a good busy. So I have a few things to catch up on.
H. recently had her first haircut. I had it evened out so it is a little less mullet like.
Before:



After:





I have done a lot of sewing for Christmas. Most of it is for gifts so I will have to post about that after they have all been opened. One thing I did was make a felt garland. It was super easy and quick. The longest part was cutting out all of the circles. But I had lots of interruptions. I am pleased with how it turned out and am thinking of other ways to use this idea. Perhaps little triangles for a birthday party. This would be a great first project for someone wanting to learn how to use a sewing machine.
Circles cut out...

Sewn as garland...

On the kid's tree.....



A couple of weeks ago S and G had picture day at gymnastics. Here are a few shots. This is where I work one day a week.

S

I had intended to write this post immediately after the last one...you know even Steven as we say around here...but here it is a week later. So for the first time S and G are separated. It is great to see them enter a group without being able to rely on each other. S had a much harder time on his first day than G did. His choice...Kung Fu. He started in September and has already earned his first(white) sash. He loves going and we love to watch him. Unfortunately we are not able to take pictures of him during class so you will have to make do with this shot from home.

G

In September G started ballet. She loves it to say the least. She is such a girly girl....the more sparkle the better. So of course ballet it is. I love to hear her using the terms and positions at home when she is dancing around the kitchen.