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| I bought this fabric at Hobby Lobby sometime last summer, and I wasn't sure what I'd use it for. When I came across this dress with tutorial, I immediately thought of this fabric. I didn't include the tie on the top part of dress; Emma tends to like her dresses simple. {And it made it so I didn't have to make button holes!} |
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| Matching barrette |
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| This was my first time making three separate casings for 1/4" elastic. It was surprisingly easy! |
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| Mom came over on Saturday, and we ran around a bit. Just around the corner from our house is an awesome greenhouse. We spent a bit of time there. I could have taken a seat under the tree and stayed awhile it was so beautiful! |
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| Here's Mom picking out tomatoes for their garden... |
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| ...and me keeping an eye on the cart. |
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| For Mother's Day, I got lots of wonderful cards from Bob, the kids, and my parents. |
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| {Just between us, I love all of them, but my favorites are the handmade ones.} |
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| I was supposed to visit Emma's classroom on Friday for a Mother's Day Tea. Sadly, her stomach was still in turmoil, so both of us stayed home on Friday. They made all kinds of sweet things for the moms.... |
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| My sweet little ones. |
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| This week was teacher appreciation week, and do we ever have some great teachers to appreciate! Both of the kids have thoroughly enjoyed their teachers this year, while learning something new each day. On Monday, we gave the teachers this card (except it said "Thanks a Latte" instead) with a small Starbucks gift card. On Tuesday, they received one of these card packets. On Wednesday, they received an M & M flower vase. These are super easy (and inexpensive to make). All you need is the vase (these are $1.99 at Micheals and just the perfect size), I used the Fresh Flowers set from Stampin' Up!, ribbon, Kabob sticks, M&Ms and adhesive. |
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| On Thursday, they received a little tin with four magnets. The glass beads can be found at the dollar store, scrapbooking paper is used along with ModgePodge, and the magnets are attached with whatever super strong glue you have on hand. |
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| And the week ended with a wooden apple clothespin...this can be used on their desk for notes or a photo...and a tin of Snickerdoodle Bars. Yum! |
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| We just might have the best PTA anywhere. They have outfitted each and every classroom with document readers, smart boards, and just about every other tool to help the teachers. Our school is partially underground and has grass growing on the slanted sides. When the teachers drove up on Monday, this is the scene they saw. The sign says, "Because of you, we are STARS." And, poked into the ground, was a star with the name of every student in the school. It was pretty neat to see. |
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| Can you I-Spy my kids' names? ~~~ Shared on: |
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| A friend requested a sprinkle tee for a new niece...it was fun to make one in pink! {Original idea found here} |
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| On the original Sprinkle tee (Orange "J"), I was able to embroider the letter directly on the onesie. This time that didn't work so well...the pink knit was just too thin. Instead, I used reverse embroidery (the outer dark pink stitch) and then added the rest of the embroidery after that was complete. |
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| Blogger decided to cooperate, so here are some pics from our weekend. I'm able to enjoy the roses Bob got for me last week in another form... they are beautiful dried! |
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| We had some special houseguests over the weekend. The kids thoroughly enjoyed spending some time with Cheryl and Jeanie. Emma and Cheryl made different creations with her Magnetix toys, and Ryan tried his hardest to beat Jeanie at both pool and air hockey. |
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| Emma has been in a music class since September. It's called "Let's Play Music." It's a three year program, and at the end of the three years she'll be playing piano at an intermediate level, be able to compose music and be fluent in music theory. While having a ton of fun, she's learned a lot this year. She had her recital on Saturday...and did great. She had a duet on the tone bells and played all the right notes! (I've tried numerous times to upload the videos of her solo and of Ryan's solo, but it's just not working). |
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| The recital hall happened to be right next to a wonderful bakery, so we headed there after the recital. On the way, though, we got a bit distracted with the way the sun was making these tulips simply glow! |
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| And, since we had company and would have help eating it, I decided it was the perfect weekend for an apple pie. Yum! |
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| We enjoyed a bit of sunshine on Saturday afternoon and took a walk in our nearby nature park. Jeanie and Emma had a bit of fun stirring up the ants. :) |
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| Ryan had his final choir concert last Thursday. He had a great time in choir this year. They were able to sing at the State Capital and a senior center at Christmas time. Last week, they performed for the parents on Thursday. On Friday, they performed for the school, at two senior centers, and at the middle school they'll end up at in a couple of years. Ryan had a solo in this concert, but the video refuses to upload to my blog. So just a sweet picture of my dear boy (who's growing up way too fast!) smiling at me. |
