Truthful Tuesdays

See this hole.  We found it yesterday.  We have no idea how it got there.  After talking with Sam he came up with a very imaginative story as to how it got there, but alas, nothing that seemed to be possible.

We spent some time trying to figure it out.  We looked around the house for things that Sam may have gotten into and made the mark.  It is was an episode of CSI here.  In the end we figured that it matched the shape and size of a golf ball.  We are not too sure how he had the strength to make a hole in the door.   We guessed that it was shot with a hockey stick.  (Yes, my toddler can shoot that hard and that high)

It wasn't until after all this was figure out that we all turned to each other and realized that it would have made a load noise that none of us heard or saw it.  Meaning we may have not been around.  How did we miss that.  What where we doing and where were we?

Truthfully, I sometimes escape to the studio, the backyard, my room, or the shower to gain back a moment of sanity.  I sneak off so that no one notices, knowing that they are playing and the house is safe.  I am not watching 100% of the time.

Does this make me a neglectful parent or just normal?

Weekend Moments

It was a rainy weekend (again!) and so there was lots of indoor time.  But here are a few of the things that we did this weekend despite the weather.  

A Girl and her Wheel, made it through the rain at the Saturday Market.

The Sylvi Coat for a very dear friend was finally finished.  Instead of bobbles I used buttons. Notes and more pictures can be found here on my Ravelry page. 

Sam and I went strawberry picking before the rain started! 

Production and orders from the Market.  

What did you do with your weekend? 

{this moment}

A Sewing treat for ME

For quite sometime I had been 'stocking' Fresh Squeezed Fabrics.  I was on their shop all the time looking at fabric imagining what they would look like on me.  What would I make with them?  Then thinking the bigger picture of could I actually sew something that I could wear?  I was sewing for the kids, but what was different, they are smaller and love everything, regardless of whether it fits or not.

Finally during a sale I took the plunge and ordered enough fabric to make this wrap skirt as well as a summer tunic style top.  Above is the results of the skirt.  I LOVE IT!!  It was super easy to sew, the instructions where well written and I even taught myself something new.

Next is the tunic top and I almost have all the fabric cut out.  Now I just need a few hours in my sewing/office/studio/storage room.   

Endings and Beginnings

Last Friday was Sam's Preschool Graduation Ceremony and yes this Mama cried!   It was a short but special ceremony that marked the end of the kids time at Grace Church Daycare and embraced the beginning of a new step in the kids lives.  In September Sam will be going to Junior Kindergarden at the Public School or what we refer to as 'Big School'.
I remember choosing Grace when Sam was just a year old.  I had been to many different centers, home care and everything in between and never felt like I has comfortable leaving Sam, until I walked through the doors at Grace.  I knew instantly that it was the place for our family.  It felt like one large family and we were embraced the moment we got there.  We have made some great friendships with staff and other families and I am a little sad to see Sam leave.  (Lily is still on a waiting list to get a spot)

The ceremony was beautiful with a slide show of the kids with moments of their time at the center.  I forgot just how little Sam used to be.  I cried as I watched my little guy at he sat proudly at the front of the room and marched up get this 'diploma'.  He had this super huge smile on his face the whole time.
I just feel like he grew before my eyes and I missed it.  That one moment it was just he and I in the middle of the night nursing in the dim lights of the house and the next he is this amazing little boy.

Truthful Tuesdays

In an effort to be more authentic and look at not just what I want to be but WHO I am at this moment I have decided to share a few things or rather admit them out loud.  I hope that this will allow me to look at them for a  moment and then let them go.  

This is our bed.  It is never made.  It always looks like this.  While it is a Mama made quilt that I made when we got married as a gift to ourselves, people rarely see it as it is under a pile of covers.  Usually there are toys and clothes covering the bed as well.  I have never been one to make my bed in the morning and I probably never will.

Happy Father's Day

To see the kids light up with excitement when you come through the door is one of the best parts of my day.  You hold my hand and we walk this path of life together with the children on either side of us.   Thank you for sharing this amazing journey with me.