Birthday Girl

Turtles and Snales

Forgive the crappy pictures it was just not a good day for picture taking. That said Emily has been really into turtles lately so she totally flipped out over the turtle fabric when she saw it at my happy place (better know as Elegant Stitches). I picked the snails to cordinate with it for the blouse which is a little big bc I made the back placket too narrow but hopefully that means it will fit for a while. The pants were lots of fun to make. She is just big enough for some of the bigger kid patterns that have more detail so these have little pin tucks and pockets. She is also all about pockets these days.

cupcakes

These are some felt cup cakes that I made Emily for her Birthday. The were an experience and I like the way they turned out but they were also far more tedious then I really enjoy. I plan on making more play food for Christmas though bc she really enjoys it. I also think if I make more for other kids I will only be doing the pink and purple style and the white style. They are my favorites. Oh and I'm getting a thimble next time I go to jo anns bc these really did get blood sweat and tears.

As promised pictures

Some sewing plus some pretty decent pictures of the kids I've taken recently. I've got some other projects I'm finishing up and haven't been putting as much focus on sewing lately but I'm sure there will be more to see soon. I also haven't been taking pictures of the boring stuff.

Jeans

I successfully bought new jeans today. I know your thinking what a great accomplishment for you but hey I had to take Emily with me and only realized after I got to the mall that I was without the stroller. Thanks Dear! I'll point out that this was also necessary bc all of my current jeans fall down not so much that they can't be worn but so much that they look pretty bad after a few hours and I spend more then half the day pulling my pants up. Um I have better things to do with my time. So anyways I don't plan on buying lots of new pairs as I'd still like to drop another size but I feel like everyone should always have one pair of jeans that they think they look great in which I did not have. When I reach my goal size I will be going to Nordstrom for some real designer jeans but that is not the goal today. Plus I have to drop another size before that is really an option anyways. Angela you can come for that trip since you're very good at convincing me to go ahead and buy things. Today I went to the Gap which did not go well as the size 14 long and leans were loose in some funny places and I didn't want to try another fit. Then to American Eagle where thankfully the nice little sales girl saw me walk in with Emily on one hip and stand in front of the jeans wall. At this point she took it upon herself to tell me the perfect ones for me were the Artest fit as they have a no gap waste which her manager who has a toddler likes bc she bends over a lot. Well whatever she sent me to the dressing room with regular and ripped artest jeans and I went with the ripped. They look like great old jeans that I've had for a while and I'm hoping they will be too big by the end of winter. Blah blah balh congrats if you hung on this long. I'll post some pictures of the kids tomorrow but today I'm excited about my new smaller jeans.

tiny dancer

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Emily and I went to our first dance class today. I think its going to take her a bit to warm up to the idea but she really liked watching the girls in the class after hers warm up.

little girl

I'd been feeling some serious guilt over not putting Emily in Mommy and me like I did with Elijah but did not want to join Gymboree knowing that Elijah stopped going at about her age. Then I found a local dance studio that does a Mommy and me class for her age. She sent me some information about the program and it seems cute and low stress. These are pictures of our trip to Revele dancewear to get our sheos and leotard. The ladies there were super nice and helpful. I wish I'd taken pictures of her trying on leotards. Emily would have prefered a fancy one but we went with plain black short sleeve though she may get the one with the little pink bows for her birthday. She has been asking to wear her ballet sheos around the house.