The kids and I are are vacationing in Maine. So far beautiful weather and relaxing. Went to Congdon’s donuts parking lot for their “after dark” food truck extravaganza. Good food! they were not thrilled with me taking a selfie but… Read More ›
Uncategorized
Family Pictures
We had family pictures taken a couple months ago. In 15 minutes she was able to capture all of the personalities of the kids (luckily since I don’t think they would have made it much longer than 15 minutes). … Read More ›
Ginger
Our dog Ginger has almost been with us for a year! It is hard to believe. She has brought a different dynamic to the house though I must admit that I never thought “I” would be the dogs favorite! Here… Read More ›
Long lost blog
Amalia and her friends discovered my blog this week. I haven’t posted in 4 years! Tonight the girls went to the “neon” dance at school and now we are out to dinner and there will be about 10 girls sleeping… Read More ›
Baylie Bear Cowl
So, I saw this picture on Facebook a few days ago. It was a picture of a cowl / hood that is crocheted and has bear ears. It was finished with a button on the cowl area and could be… Read More ›
The Great Pattern Review Sewing Bee – Project 1
Pattern Review is an website that attracts thousands of sewists around the world to talk, review, and learn about sewing of all types. One of the fun things I like to read about (though very rarely participate) are the contests… Read More ›
Leaving …
It’s almost the end of the vacation and the kids are showing the wear and tear (and so is the momma). We did the tour of the Grand Canyon and it was overwhelming. We decided to do the South… Read More ›
My girls still like ruffles…
When Veronica of sewVery asked me to participate in her sewVery Sunny Day dress/shirt pattern testing, I felt a little over my head…why oh why did I agree but it ends up that even a sewing “hacker” like me can… Read More ›
Secret Matroyshka
One of the Facebook groups I am on is a group of women / families who have adopted from Russia. One of them came up with the idea of a “secret matroyshka” program. Each of our kids is matched with… Read More ›
A busy Saturday…
Up early to get to the baseball field at 8 …only to discover (after we got there) that the field is too wet from the torrential rains we have had the last week and the game is delayed until 11… Read More ›
4 Kids + 1 Momma = Chaos 