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Fun things to do with a baby

Bath time hair sculpture. Put her on a riding toy and race her around the house while mommy takes deep calming breaths.  

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Catching up

Some things I have sewn… Geranium top for M (actually was for the Hawaii trip, but wearable hopefully all summer long!). Shown with firecracker pants I made…2 years ago? M says they match because they...

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Catching Up

“My” computer (the one with all my photos and photo editing software, and a comfortable chair, and not in G’s office) has been on the fritz for months. Sigh. G is in the process of fixing it but to say...

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Thar She sews

With baby C’s new nap schedule I have gotten some blocks of time to sew this summer. Much less than I want to (or at least fewer items are getting sewn than are on the to do list) but still a pretty...

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Vote Pleading, and the other kids

So I entered those three pairs of shorts into an online shorts sewing contest and the “viewers choice” award is based on how many people “heart” the entries. So if anyone would like to vote for my...

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behind, behind, behind

Our cherry tree had 8 cherries this year. Baby C enjoys the beach, and big C enjoys building “fairy houses” there. One of the days we visited was warmer than the other. We went to the fair. Actually,...

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October

M is doing soccer again, with G coaching. She likes to play midfielder. Faux pumpkin patch photos. Children would not cooperate very much. Baby C just wants to run towards the camera. First lost tooth!...

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Er, November?

Baby C has been having a grand old time lately. After months of barely speaking words, she has started trying to say everything…my current favorites are her renditions of armadillo, meatball, and her...

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December…getting it done

No baking. Except cookies for C’s recital, which she missed due to a bad cold (when the kid comes home from school and takes a 6 hour nap…you don’t wake her up for her recital!) which have made it to a...

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Making

I heard that Windows Live Writer, which is close to my heart, stopped working so using it to write a test post…   Here is baby C (not a baby anymore!) in a skirt that M (with some help from me) made...

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