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A Play Date

We have been kindly invited for a play date today over at Whatever Dee Dee Wants.There Dianna is running a series called Terrific Tuesdays where every Tuesday is dedicated to how we can spend creative, quality time with our kids. (Awesome idea.)Today I'll be sharing my love for PVC made summer fun. And you can check it out by clicking right HERE***And just in case you were wondering what the photo at the top of this post has to do with anything, I'll tell you. It is a photo of my 3 year old juat ... View the Post

Dresses· sewing

A 4th of July Cover Up

I showed you the boys' shorts on Friday....and here is Hannie's.  As I said before, I kind of decided to do an understated 4th this year, and seersucker was calling my name.And since we were going to be with family at the lake this year for the 4th, I knew that we would be in and out of swimsuits all day...so Hannie's outfit turned into a 4th of July Swimsuit cover-up complete with a rounded collar and a few pintucks on the front for details.I actually made this dress out of a Pottery Barn crib ... View the Post

The Art of Homemaking

The Art of Homemaking—What’s in a Name?

With the baby arriving at the end of summer we have been thinking about names... I am named after my great grandmother Elizabeth. She was awesome. I've heard story after story about her skills and antics from my grandma---like the time she painted her kitchen floor green because her husband wouldn't put in a new floor for her, the pride she took in being the first of all her neighbors to get her laundry on the line each Monday morning, and the love she gave to each of her 9 children. But ... View the Post

Boys

$5 Friday—4th of July Board Shorts

I usually do 4th of July outfits for the kids....or in past years it has been a dress for Hannah and then finding something that matched for Aaron.  But, with two boys this 4th (yay!) I thought it might be fun to do another matchy-matchy type outfits.  (They're only little for a few years....right?) And this year, I kind of wanted to go understated.  I don't know why really....I just did.  Probably, mostly so they would be outfits that they could all wear again without screaming "I am a 4th of ... View the Post

Boys· Projects· Thrifted Thursdays

Boys Week + Thrifted Thursdays = Field Journals

Simon likes to collect and inspect weird things he finds outside like bugs, rocks, and these little beauties:   (Anyone know what they are? Or will I have to just wait until they hatch inside the jar on my kitchen counter?) This summer I decided that when he makes his discoveries I will have him make a page about them at some point during that day. On the page I have him record things like what he found, where he found it, what he thinks things are or look like. Here he traced the ... View the Post