Quest ended.I do believe I have found my a very important baby accessory.
My old trusty brown skip and hop bag I used with big brother just didn't seem right anymore.
My snowy day shopping treat.
baby sheets
Here is my tutorial on baby sheets.
I am not a seamstress by any means but if I can sew a straight line anyone can! Here is how I made 7 sets of sheets for our baby crib for the price of ONE set of sheets at the store. (Never mind the fact that there is not actually a store in town that carries oval sheets and I have to order them from the Alberta! Yeah, shipping is on top of that too!)
Anyway, these sheets are way cuter and only took a few hours to sew up. Shopping for fabric is fun and I hit a half off sale so splurged on a few extra meters.
Buy super cute flannel.
Trace mattress.
Sew.
Thread elastic.
Put on bed and admire your work!
I trace the mattress using a washable marker, my mattress is 2 inches high so I made a 3-4 inch wide pattern. Then sew.
My favorite new part is threading the elastic. I actually had 7 sheets sewn and procrastinated the elastic threading because it was so time consuming using the old safety pin method. One afternoon I had a brainwave of an idea to drill a hole through a dowel to thread the elastic through. It worked perfectly! It took less than a minute to thread each sheet compared to about 10 minutes the old fashioned way.
You may notice I have sewn a flower on the nice side of the sheet. This is my own invention after struggling to put on the sheets for a whole year. It really helps when you have a lack of sleep and brain cells in your favor. I sew on flower out of scraps and sew it onto the top of each sheets to I know where to start when I change the sheets.
I did make a few sets in girl colours just in case.......
baby on the brain
With big brother moving into a big boy bed and new room so smoothly I find myself dreaming of what to do with the nursery.
I like things pretty plain but there are two huge frames with newborn images of big brother that need to be swapped out for the little bundle on the way.
I played with fonts, a favorite past time, and came up with this attempt at word art I think I'll enlarge for one frame.
Simple fun for $12 for a 16X20 at COSTCO.
Next up......sewing new sheets for the crib!
big boy bed
My husband told me to take the picture above the first time I lay our son into his crib. I thought he was crazy. I would have my baby forever right?This week I took a new picture.
I have no idea how my tiny little baby grew up into such a big boy.
It happened so quick my heart aches to hold onto each second right now.
I really love being a Mom.
walk walk walk...skate skate skate.......
It was a beautiful day.
I would still have enjoyed the beach more but a day with these two boys keeps me warm any where.
On the way out for lunch after skating lessons from daddy my little skater in training asked for carrots.
Carrots before fast food.....he's my boy!
Happy Valentine's!
We had fun putting together this idea in August! I had to take the pictures in summer, right now you wouldn't even be able to see Mr Zebra's nose there is so much snow! The pictures bring back happy memories of me running along side the carousel ignoring the looks of other parents and my own husband.
It was also a good activity for categorizing animals, we sorted through many packages of farm friends and dinosaurs choosing just the right "WILD ANIMAL FRIENDS" to glue on. Quite a few "animal friends" have also landed in our permanent collection that now travel with us to swimming lessons, play dates and bedtime.
This activity was great for this little 2 year old and he took great pride in naming each animal as he handed them out to friends and family this week.
Hope your week is filled with love!
my kind of chocolates
We have had a super time practising shapes, colours and sorting with this great puzzle. I picked mine up Teachers Trunk for less than $20. I know it will get used year after year regardless of the season.
It is a perfect gift for a 2-4 or a great -30 indoor activity to do.
(I scented mine slightly with a little vanilla extract......just a touch, too much would make the plastic sticky/too temping to lick!)
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