Time to catch Up.

It has been one very busy summer around here.  I hope to spend the next few weeks getting Loopeeeee caught up.

For now I must leave you with this.

Happy Father's Day

Now with two babes to call his own. Taken this morning on my way to making breakfast.

The Faces of Childhood

I haven't had much time on the computer these days to make and edit posts. 

Marlo is officially on the move and getting faster everyday.  Otis has 5 days of class before Summer Break.  We are looking forward to our trip north and the trips to Nona's pool.

Reversible baby Bonnets

I have recently started to make Reversible Bonnets.  I have been evolving the design ever  so slightly over the last few weeks to.  You may have noticed Marlo's.  Her is the original prototype.  Took two tries to get is done.  I then made a pattern and simplified the process of makings them.

Last week I had a wholesale order fill and make some stock for an artisan bazaar Loopeeeee was a part of.  Four trips to the fabric store in three days was to many for me.  I was lucky enough to sell all the bonnets I have made to date.   This meant it was time to buy larger quantities of fabric.

It was so fun matching fabrics and making sure I had a good variety to choose from.  It was first thing in the morning so I had two people cutting the fabric for me to save some time.  I now have enough fabric to make 50 Bonnets and many reusable snack bags that I also make.  There may even be some kerchiefs and bucket hats made.

 

Long Weekend X 2

We usually don't have long weekends around here as Dave works Saturdays.  This means we stay in town more often then not, unless Dave takes a vacation day.  We were lucky enough to have an impromptu long weekend the weekend of Mothers day.  Saturday was our free day.  We picked up sandwiches from Vincenzo's and headed to the park for a picnic, visiting the animals and playing on the swing.

Marlo our little drama queen/daredevil loves the swing.  She was actually swinging higher then Otis wanted to go and loving it.  I stopped her to adjust her little body and she lost her mind.  The very moment she started to swing again she began to smile and laugh.  I am so worried about the tantrums she is going to have, especially in public.  We then went to a friends for a B.B.Q.

Mothers day was wonderful.  I got breakfast in bed and manual labour as my gift.  The lawn got mowed, the wood ties were pegged into place for our construction zone/new patio and we also managed to give the main floor a much needed spring clean.  

May 24 was a fun weekend too.  Dave was back to his regular work schedule.  A friend came by for the day Saturday as she needed to be out of the house with her small children while her husband worked on their kitchen.  We spent the day outside in the shaded back yard.  The kids had a ball playing.  We hosted our regular Sunday dinner which was yummy as usual.  I also organized a small get together with some of the neighbours, where we all pitched in for the fireworks and brought snacks.  Dave was our pyrotechnic for the evening.  Otis and the others kids had so much fun running around at night and picking out which firework was next.  

Monday was our day to recover.  I was under the weather.  So we just hung out for the day and watched some movies.  We even got take out for dinner which is something we are trying to do less of these days.

I hope you all had a wonderful long weekend too!!!!