I got together with a friend of mine last Sunday to help her recover a couple of lampshades in her living room. Don't they look cute! It was nice to 1. get out of the house for a while, 2. get a little crafting in, and 3. feel a sense of accomplishment because not only is the project completed, but the project helps complete her new living room.
Just a heads up if you're thinking about covering lampshades... the bigger the shade, the tougher the project. I'd definitely recommend starting with a kid-sized shade. Good luck!
Don't I look like a big girl! These days I'm refusing to sit in my high chair. I love to sit at the table with mommy. I miss you a lot. Please come home soon.
Ella wore her new butterfly dress from Grandma yesterday. She LOVED it! So much so that later in the day, after getting soaked with the garden hose, she threw a huge fit because we wouldn't let her put the wet dress back on. She ended up in just a diaper...
(Info for future sewing endeavors: it fits right now, but I'm not sure how much longer she'll be able to wear it. The top is pretty snug around her belly and sort of pulls up while she's sitting. We love the fullness of the skirt. Ella spent a lot of time twirling around in circles. :) The skirt length is nice. Also, she has now worn the pjs and the top fits great with some room for growing, but the bottoms fit perfectly right now - both in length and around the middle with a cloth diaper.)
Ella and I spent a little bit of time walking around downtown Sheridan yesterday - both for errands and a special smoothie treat. We got several compliments on her beautiful dress.
And here it is on our beautiful girl, the trouble was, she was much more interested in hugging my legs than getting her picture taken:
Ella had a big day yesterday! We said goodbye to Daddy (off to LA for a conference), had Molly over while Mommy went to the dentist and then had Allie over while Mommy taught piano lessons. Here's the lucky baby-girl with her wonderful sitters:
So we've been told several times we should enter this lovely picture of our child into a messy baby photo contest. It just so happens that Disney Family.com has such a contest going on right now. But, we have to have your votes in order to win. So, log on to family.com, search for "messy baby face picture contest" and find our beautiful girl. Or, try this link - I think it will take you directly to her picture so you may cast your vote - Messy Ella.
Thanks, Mom, for the new shoes and clothes. Ella loves these crazy clompers! (Sorry about the picture going the wrong direction. I don't know what's up with it and have no patience with trying to fix it.)
Last night I just finished a 3 session Food Preservation Class/Workshop. Our 3 evenings focused on freezing and dehydrating, water bath canning and pressure canning. The first night we blanched and froze green beans as well as dried bananas and apples. The following day I borrowed Amanda's dehydrator and dried some cherries and apples. The second night we water bath canned salsa. It was super yummy and now I want to make a huge batch! The third night we made lentil stew (theoretically to pressure can, but ate it instead) and pressure canned carrots. The whole thing was quite informative and even more than that, quite empowering. I'm pretty excited to put my new knowledge to work.
Now I just have to decide what we would like to have on hand over the next year. And, we have to discover what kinds of local produce are available right now for us to preserve. I've been searching online for u-pick farms and orchards in Wyoming and Montana and have come up with a few leads. Hopefully we'll have a couple weekend adventures to share with you here soon. :)
The rest of our life is pretty "normal." Eleanor continues to grow her vocabulary daily, has started doing some fancy stomping and/or kicking tantrums and is adjusting really well to daycare a couple of afternoons a week. We're still running most mornings and I'm loving the time I get in the afternoons to practice the flute and piano. It is wonderful how just a few hours has made such a difference in my outlook, patience and general well being. I'm looking forward to 8-9 students in September (still with hopes of gaining up to 12) as well. Seth is working hard and getting ready to head off to LA for another training conference in a week or so. He's enjoying "playing" with fishing and hunting buddies.
I got together with a friend of mine last Sunday to help her recover a couple of lampshades in her living room. Don't they look cute! It was nice to 1. get out of the house for a while, 2. get a little crafting in, and 3. feel a sense of accomplishment because not only is the project completed, but the project helps complete her new living room.
