The Kleo Outfit

This is the last of my Kleo fabric, and I am sad.  I love this print so much, and I might just have to order more.  So much for destashing and spring cleaning.  The Kleo skirt just needed a little matching tee shirt, and here it is.

Meadowsweet Skirt Set

My niece Sydney just turned six and her birthday party is tomorrow.  Syd loves skirts and handmade items, so I had the perfect excuse to delve into my new Meadowsweet prints.  I must say I LOVE these prints.  Perhaps it is because I am longing for summer, or maybe they just remind me of a simpler time in my life.  Whatever the reason, it was fun working with such beautiful fabrics.

Weekend Update

My sewing machines have had a workout this weekend, and I have another sling order to fill tonight.  I thought I would post a few quick pictures before I get to that, however.  Have a great weekend!

Congratulations, Christina!

Christina is the winner of our bib giveaway!  Thanks so much for participating :)

sweet sound

Tonight baby Ryan, who is now in his ninth month started enjoying Cheerios.  Well, I say enjoying, but the truth is that they pose quite a challenge for him.  Once he manages to get those chubby fingers around a little Cheerio and up to his mouth (usually more a result of the Cheerio sticking to his hand than his own dexterity) he chomps them.

This is when we hear those tiny front teeth making the tiniest, cutest, most charming little crunches.  ADORABLE! 
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Quick - think of the sweetest sound in the world....

Tell me about it!

at last...The Party!!!

Much to our dismay, Maddox started running a fever last Friday, the day before his planned birthday party, so we rescheduled the event.  Earlier tonight family came over to celebrate his 4th birthday. 

There is something about turning 4 that signals the end of babyhood and the certainty of childhood.  As a mother, I find it a bit sobering.  I suppose it is the "end" part that makes me sad, though there is so much to anticipate.  It's a dotted line that marks where baby hugs and sweet little yawns, footed sleepers and faded blankets become toy cars and sleds, plastic dinosaurs and regular hair cuts... a boundary of sorts, and as I look back I see with bittersweet pride that Maddox has undeniably crossed it.

Thinking about all of this reminds me that I want to record each of the kids' birth stories. This is important to me, and I imagine that they will be interested in how they entered this world at some point, but I will save that for another day.

Enjoy the birthday pics :)

YUM! Best Pancakes!!!

The snow has finally caught up with Central New York!  Normally we have been buried in snow many times over by the time of year, but this year it has come a little late.  That's fine with me.  And it's more than fine with the kids who are thrilled with our second snow day in a row. 

To celebrate I made Sandi Henderson's pancakes. I saw the recipe yesterday when I was looking over her blog and her GORGEOUS new collection of fabrics called Meadowsweet - I am in love!!!  The only thing sweeter than those prints is the pancakes.  Believe me, if you love comforting foods (and these would be good for dinner or late at night as well), then these are IT.  Hands down.  THE best.

Here is the recipe for the BEST pancakes!!!  You will be glad you tried them.

Yum.