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Ok, so it took me a couple weeks to get into the swing of things. Hopefully this includes blogging and it won't be another 4 weeks before I post something new. It takes awhile to stop being sad about my cats being left in Austin [ok im still a little sad whenever I see a cat], and saying goodbye to our friends and our home in Houston. Although, some say I "complained" about Houston a lot, it really did nudge a little soft spot in my heart. That being said, I've met up with friends, had a vegetarian potluck, spent lots of time outside in beautiful weather and spent plenty of time with family I've missed and plenty of time resting while Bella plays with family.
It's good to be home!

I finally broke down and bought Isabella an Art esle. We tried it out yesterday with markers on the white board side which I thought was amazing! But she insisted it was more fun using markers on the chalk board side.


After a long and somewhat cranky day [mostly on my part] I decided we needed some big plans to get out of the house! So bright and early we started packing for this:




What an experience, sharing my childhood favorite place to be with my daughter. Lucky for me she loved it. She was so busy collecting rocks and making sand pies I even had a chance to glance at the book I brought! And the best part is at only 7 miles away and free we can go back as often as we like! I hope the weather stays as it is. I think I might even convince Bella to get in the water with me. Eventually. She is a native Houstonian you know.

Oh, and we've been doing a lot of this:

first swim of the season

so we woke this poor girl up early so we could hit the pool

after the initial shock of big boys doing back flips off chairs into the water, Bella enjoyed finding leaves and flowers in the water when not clinging to me for dear life.

this felt more eventful but really we walked to the pool sat in in for 30mins and walked home. i think i felt the need to document this because Bella looked so so so cute in her bathing suit. SO SO cute.

one more because i really just can not believe how big this girl is. has it really only been 18 months?

i feel like ive known her forever.

Sew Fun With Dresses and Friends

So I have been squeezing out some sewing time almost everyday! YEY for unemployed time management! Here has been my last weeks worth of [big] projects:

A dress for our dear friend Helen's 5th birthday [my first big girl dress]


Don't get too close, Toby is on watch!
I have a feeling i am going to wake up one morning and find Toby wearing the dress.
Bella's soon to be shirt and matching dress.


[should i be embarrassed to post a picture of my living room in such a messy state? this is life. so i am not]
Daisy came over Monday and played for an hour and Bella and her actually engaged in play without fighting for a couple minutes at a time.

A Usual Monday

Bella's [late] introduction to one of my favorite foods, bagels with cream cheese. In her defense tofutti cream cheese does look a lot like sunscreen so her rubbing it all over her arms and face isn't that unusual.... right?


After snack Bella drug me outside to show me her garden. We planted about a billion wild flower seeds right after Easter and, with no help from me, some sprouted!



After poking around in her garden Bella decided the birds needed to be fed. And some how got a hold of the new snack bag I made and turned it into a bird seed holder. Fine with me. I love her love for birds.

sandwich bags and

First off let me say: welcome home good friend!

My machine was gone for two weeks. Now that it is back I am making up for lost time.

I've been working on this idea I had for reusable cotton sandwich bags. I need some feed back on these so feel free to comment with your opinions and ideas.

The pocket is for a napkin, love note OR condiment but mostly for looks because everything gets cuter with a wee sized pocket.

They are also good for using up last bits of fabric I've had laying around from years worth of projects. It feels good to use something that has been held onto for so long. Like my efforts in saving and moving them twice was worth it.


My girl, doing her thing. If she isn't eating, nursing or pooping she is digging in the dirt. My little gardener.

I tried to distract her from the dirt [since i had already cleaned her off about one trillion times today] with this tray of ice cubes.

That lasted about 3 minutes. When I said ice she thought I was saying eyes. So she put her tray down to point at her eyes, then promptly forgot all about the ice and went back to the dirt. Well, I tried!

My New Job Titles

Include:
seamstress, designer, pattern maker, (and some ones that are not so new) mama, wife, cook, baker, shopper, chauffeur.

Last week was my first week home, without any where I needed to be. Monday was slow but by Friday I was very ready for the weekend.


My desk

My product (to be put in my etsy shop soon)


My toddler and her toddler personality


Her new big girl toys


Our Last Day

Easter morning

Bella woke up bright and early this morning to enjoy her very first spring basket full of baby chicks (as seen in previous posts) wild flower seeds, stickers, new crayons and a few sweet treats.


After treating herself to some easter treats she ran around the house what seemed like 100 times and went back to bed at 9am! hehe. It was pretty cute and worked out well. She woke up just in time to find about 60 Easter eggs with one other child.



MawMaw (in the back window) spotted a purple egg full of PawPaw.


Isabella thought about what to do with that egg and eventually climbed up there to claim that one too. She was really committed to gather eggs this time.