Finery

I was going to try to sew a birthday dress, but decided that would be too ambitious for my skill level and time available. Found this little top on clearance at Baby Gap for $8, so we're going with this. It reminds me of the things we have from my grandmother and her mother - sweet and simple white lace with a beautiful handmade quality to it.

Making

It has been a long time since I had time for crafting and I am really enjoying having some time to make things again. I’m working on Miss Juniper Kitty for K’s birthday, but I added paws and went with pink ears to match, and changed her eyes to blue since K has blue eyes currently.

I am also working on felt flowers to top the teepee I’m making for her main birthday present. I haven’t decided yet on 4 poles or 5, but found some free patterns online and inspiration pictures, and bought fabric – a natural light canvas.

July

Happy 4th! We had a great day visiting with friends. K enjoyed watching firecrackers and sparklers earlier and is now completely worn out and sleeping through the noise. I'm glad it rained earlier because our whole valley is lit up from next door through the next town over. We had pretty much a full display from the back deck - unexpected and so much fun.

We haven't done a lot with sign language, but we always do "all done" when getting out of the high chair and I started having her do it to get out of the bath also. Yesterday she signed "all done" during a diaper change she wasn't happy about - nice try.