Showing posts with label sewing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sewing. Show all posts

Saturday, April 23, 2011

Spring is here.

Well, the blog got neglected in favor of sewing about 600 dresses over the last four months. I've decided to cut back a bit for spring and summer so I can enjoy a lot of family time during the nice weather. I didn't mind being inside sewing all winter, but now that it's in the 70's every day the kids and I want to soak it up all we can!

The weather has been glorious here in Arkansas for the past month or so. Everything is so green and lush, and my vegetables, fruit, and herbs are growing! I've got a good sized container garden going this year, and I may convince Travis to build me a few raised beds because I am afraid I will run out of room in the containers. I also want to get a couple of dwarf apple trees and start them in large buckets. I still need to get a trellis for my cucumbers as well.

This week has been wonderfully stormy. I had to drive up to Missouri to drop Elijah off with his Nannah (my mother-in-law) this morning, and while we were waiting for her to arrive at the Conoco (haha...does it sound like we live in the sticks yet?) we saw the most beautiful storm roll in. I caught a picture on my Hipstamatic. Just thought I would share.


What a beautiful part of the country we are blessed to live in. When I first moved here from a much bigger city, I missed the stores, the places to go, the diverse restaurants, and the quick pace of city life. Now that we've settled in I realize how nice it is to live in a place without those things. (Well, except the diverse restaurant part. It would be nice to have an Indian restaurant. Yum!) I believe that the simpler people's lives are, the greater their potential for happiness. Our family is certainly happy here.

Now I've got to sew Miss Madelyn's Easter dress. Nothing like waiting until the last minute, right? I'll add a picture to this post when I've finished it. I know it's going to be gorgeous!

And three hours later...it's done! I think it turned out so pretty!



Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Tickets please!

I don't know why I worry so much. Ethan always does great at school. His teachers tell me what a fantastic job he is doing, and whenever I observe him there he's always following directions and happy. I think I underestimate Ethan, and I'm going to work on that. Ah, the emotional roller coaster that is parenting. Sigh.

Travis left for Tampa this morning. Madelyn was sad to see him go, but she enjoyed playing with his suitcase before he left. She would stand behind it, say, "Tickets please!" and Travis and I would hand her "tickets". "Thank you!" she would say, and then she would stick the tickets down her shirt. :) Madelyn had a difficult morning. She cried when Elijah got out of the car to go to Kindergarten, she cried when we left Ethan at preschool, and she cried on the front porch as Daddy drove away, headed to the airport. Poor little girl. Most mornings she isn't sad to see everyone go, but today maybe she knew Daddy would be gone for a couple of days and that made things more difficult.

I just have a small stack of dresses left to sew for What a Pretty Girl, and they're all cut out and ironed. I should be done this week. I've sewn Madelyn three Christmas dress and ruffle pants sets, so she just needs one more. I like to make her a new dress for every Sunday all year, especially in December. The boys will have ties to match. It should be a very cute Christmas season around here!