Posted in Holidays, Patriotic, clothes, sewing on Jul 4th, 2008
The challenge: Make 3 pairs of culottes for my 3 yo, 2yo, and I with 3 yards of material.
The verdict: After an hour and a half of trying 3 different patterns…and lots of sighing…it just couldn’t be done.
The resolution: Make a skirt for me and culottes for the girls.
We wore them a [...]
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Posted in Daily Life, Kid stuff, clothes on Jun 4th, 2008
I was wondering why my husband kept leaving his belts on the floor after he changed. It was so unlike him to not hang them up.
I figured it out when my 2 year old came up to me with one wrapped around her waist. “Tie me, Mommy.”
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Posted in Daily Life, Kid stuff, clothes, food on May 29th, 2008
My almost 2 year old hardly gets her bibs messy. So I usually don’t put one on her.
This past week we had several dishes with sauce or ketchup so I tied a bib on her “just to be safe.”
She came away from the table with the bib clean. The rest of her dress [...]
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Posted in Kid stuff, Mommy Stuff, clothes on Jan 21st, 2008
My three year old thinks they do. She wore hers for 24 hours straight - even under her nightgown. It’s white, lacy, silky, and has a pink bow. She always dances after she puts it on. At least she says it’s dancing.
I was helping her get changed this morning and I just started laughing. “Did Daddy [...]
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Posted in Daily Life, clothes on Aug 12th, 2007
This is part 2. Here is the link to part one.
These are the rest of the skirts I wore this week. I didn’t really do favorites - just the usual. Most of my favorite skirts are winter ones; I like the fake suede and velvet skirts I have.
The yellow flowered is a [...]
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Posted in Daily Life, clothes on Aug 7th, 2007
I’m joining Rachel in this celebration by showing what skirts I wore this week. It was actually started by Daughter at Home on July 31. So I’m a little late…
The following is what the author of Daughter at Home wrote and why I would like to join in on the fun!
Okay, I admit, [...]
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Posted in clothes, sewing on Aug 3rd, 2007
This past week was Vacation Bible School at our church. It was busy, exciting, fun, and tiring all at the same time.
Our theme was Pioneers and Prairie Dogs so the decorations were American Wild West/Frontier Days and the workers were encouraged to dress western.
The picture shows a skirt that I made out of bandanas. [...]
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