Renaissance 2013

This year I decided to make an outfit without a corset!!!  Who wants to chase children around wearing a corset?!?!  Here is the fabric I bought... deciding the fine details of what to make has been hard.  It looks like I will be making something like a Burgundian Gown.  These are two pictures of my inspiration:

Borrowed from here

Here is the fabric I bought.  The solid color is for the main dress and the pattern is for trim.  I will not be using fur.  In warmer climates they did not use fur as it was too warm.  In our area and the events we will be attending I will be plenty warm!  I may make a faux fur collar that can be pinned to the dress for cold days.  I also will not have a train because I have to chase after children and will be outside.

Now I just need the courage to cut into the fabric!

A have a few other projects to make too!  I hope I can get them all done in time!

Wordless Wednesday: Bella and the Rocks

Bella REALLY likes rocks! 

 

 

 Bella also likes to make pretty and silly faces!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you, Mr. Clean Magic Eraser!

Bear was coloring a picture of a purple octopus this morning with a marker that should be washable....  This is what the table looked like AFTER I washed it with all-purpose cleaning solution...



I started to get worried that it was not going to come off!  I pulled out the Magic Eraser and crossed my fingers....





I started coming off right away!!!  It all came off but I wanted to show you a picture part way through.

Transistions with Bear

Transitions have been a problem with Bear.  Unless he is excited about the next thing he is doing there can be a major melt down.  There has been more then one walk from the park to the car that has involved him crying and screaming as he slowly follows me to his door.  This is what he usually looks like:

Today I gave him a penny as we where leaving and this is what he looked like when we got to the car!!!

Such a difference!!!!

I might go broke though if I bribe him with a penny every time he throws a fit!!!

Wordless Wednesday: Kid's Cleaning?!?!

It's Spring: The Park!

It is Spring!!!!  Spring comes a bit later for us then the rest of the country and our first day of Spring was covered in snow...

Now the temps have gone up and the sun is shining so we head to the park!  I did not get pics of everything but here are a few!!!

 

 

Bella trying to pump... she has the motions backwards but she is so close!!!

 

 Look in the background of the picture above... yes that is ice still on the pond!!!

What are you enjoying about Spring?

History: Our Flag

In history Bella is learning about the symbols of country like our flag, the eagle, and the Statue of Liberty.  The other day we went to the library and looked at an old flag just like this one:

Image From Rare Flags

We talked about what it looked like and what each part stood for.  She counted the stars and stripes.  She loved it.

Bella has been making her own flags when ever she draws a picture lately.  I asked her to draw a picture of a flag and this was what she drew (she said the car was driving by on the road to see the flag.)