I made it much futher than I could have possibly hoped. I’m “out” this week from Project Toddler Runway – just one week before the finale. My project this week was the Every Occasion Dress: I’m a little conflicted about being done with this – it was a really great challenge and definitely pushed me {…Continue Reading}
I try very hard to let Arden explore within reason, saying “no” only if there’s a risk of injury or a mess that’s more than just inconvenient. This has led to some interesting “Mommy’s little helper” moments in baking, knitting, and sewing. If I’m working on a project while Arden’s around (which I try not to, {…Continue Reading}
So I was quickly checking out the projects on Shwin & Shwin’s Project Toddler Runway – I’m in the top 15 and hoping to make it to the top ten! Suddenly I realized that things in the next room were quiet. A little too quiet. Arden had gotten hold of my in-process scarflette project, taken {…Continue Reading}
Please go and vote for my blue dress project at Schwin&Schwin! I took a shirt of mine that I loved but didn’t fit me anymore and made a dress for Arden. If I make the top 10, I’ll compete in weekly challenges Project Runway style and the finalists will make a three look collection. Please {…Continue Reading}
Dave, being from Idaho, has received various Mr. Potato Heads as gifts over the years. Arden has recently become fascinated with them, and has become proficient in moving all the parts around. Most of the potatoes are themed, and Santa Spud comes with a little beard that she’s figured out how to put on herself – {…Continue Reading}
We’re getting quite a bit of fluffy wet snow here in Michigan, so we bundled up Arden for her first foray into a winter wonderland! The images from A Christmas Story where the kids are so bundled up they can’t move their arms keep running through my head. We made our first snow angel (with a {…Continue Reading}
The best laid plans must at times be put aside, and then somehow, everything works out anyways! Arden was sent home yesterday from daycare, vomiting with a stomach virus that had been going around. She threw up every hour or so until 10:30 at night, and then slept relatively peacefully. I had high hopes that {…Continue Reading}
I finished my knitting project – “Upside-down Daisy” pattern found in Itty Bitty Hats by Susan B. Anderson. It’s probably been about a year since I last knitted anything, so I was a little bit rusty. I’m not sure if I did something wonky or if it’s just that I was knitting in the round that {…Continue Reading}
Arden thoroughly enjoyed her first foray into the world of trick-or-treating. Aside from a mini-meltdown while donning her costume, she got right into the groove of things. We only went to a couple of neighbors and nearby friends houses, but she quickly figured out how to hold out her little pumpkin bag and then check {…Continue Reading}
I got a lucky shot of Arden sitting on the steps to our side door. Nothing fancy, I was trying to get some cute pictures of her playing in the leaves and she wandered off – silly model leaving the photo shoot!
