tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51565608069618898162024-03-05T02:51:29.058-08:00scribbles & such{ thoughts, photos, creations, links }katie h.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13719763390923084748noreply@blogger.comBlogger80125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5156560806961889816.post-56215778689051723072015-02-10T11:34:00.002-08:002015-05-03T08:53:06.030-07:00Chunky Knitted Baby Blanket<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is the pattern for the super soft and cushy blanket I made, and scroll down to link to the etsy patterns for the bonnet and pants, too!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2 skeins of Loops & Threads Select Wool (I used Light Grey) or 14oz of another Category 6/Super Bulky yarn</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Long (I used 28") circular needles, US15/10mm</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cast on 60 stitches. Knit in seed stitch (K1, P1) for row 1 and (P1, K1) for row two, repeat row 1 and 2 until you have just enough yarn left for binding off. Bind off loosely and weave in the ends. That's it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The bonnet and pants I made for my friend's newborn photography business were from great patterns I purchased through etsy; find the bonnet <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/184992634/pattern-luxuriously-soft-newborn-knit?ref=shop_home_active_19" target="_blank">here</a> and the shorts/pants pattern <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/173358612/pattern-only-knit-diy-newborn?ref=listing-shop-header-2" target="_blank">here</a>! I made both with one skein of Bernat Satin yarn in the colour Dove Grey (with plenty of yarn leftover!) I thought the colour went really nicely with the yarn I used for the blanket.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When my daughter starts Kindergarten in the fall I hope to make enough to sell my original Songbird Jewelry & Accessories creations in an online store!</span><br />
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I had Elliott's birth story all written down on my old blog before I lost it and had to start this new blog. I think I remember it all still but I'd better get it down so I don't forget any more of it.</div>
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In June 2005 I started dating my soulmate. We got engaged Christmas 2005 and were married by June 2006. It wasn't long (only 4 months, in fact) before we started daydreaming about what a little 'us' would look like and a month later I was pregnant. My pregnancy was great, I loved it all (well, almost all, I could have done without the heartburn, water-retention, regular pregnancy-related aches and pains, and constantly having to pee!) but I loved being pregnant and the thought of this tiny little person growing inside of me was too cool. My favourite part was watching my whole stomach move from side to side like an alien was about to break out. I miss the feeling of lying in bed, about to fall asleep, and suddenly an acrobat show starts in my tummy, I will always remember exactly how it feels.</div>
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I did, however, develop high blood pressure (gestational hypertension, I believe), and no matter what I did (cutting salt out of my diet, drinking tons of water, eating lots of fruit) it did not go away. My doctor was worried my baby might not be getting enough oxygen and nutrients (potentially slowing the baby's growth and increasing the risk of a low birth weight) so they decided to induce me on my due date. So on August 27, 2007, Colin and I packed a couple bags and headed to the hospital, excited at the idea of not returning home without a baby. I was hooked up to monitors to check that baby's heart rate remained normal, and my doctor came in, did an internal exam (not my favourite!) and broke my water, as sometimes that tricks the body into thinking it's in labour and gets it going on it's own.</div>
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Low and behold, I started to get some contractions! Slowly, at first, then getting closer together and a little more regular.</div>
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They set us up in a hospital room all our own (I love Langley Memorial Hospital for that, I can't imagine labouring with anyone but my nurse and husband in the room) and our parents came and set up camp in the waiting room. A few hours later my doctor came in to check how things were going and decided if I didn't make any progress in the next half hour they would give me oxytocin to get my contractions going harder and heavier. I didn't want that, I think I scared my body into working hard for me and when he checked a half hour later progress had been made, and he was happy to let me be.</div>
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It seemed to continue that way, every time they were planning on "helping things along" my body got the message to try harder. The strangest part of labour was that my husband was next to my side every step of the way and the look of helplessness on his face when I was having a tough contraction was so heartbreakingly sad that I did everything I could to keep positive, joke around, keep a smile on my face. He was there, ready to help any way I needed, but I tried not to need any, and I think that helped me the most.</div>
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Around 11pm, the sun was down, the lights were dim, I still had a couple centimetres to dilate and the pain was getting to be too much to bear, I was tired, I'd thrown up anything I tried to eat or drink (they should tell you that orange juice is a bad idea when you're in labour!), labouring in the shower just made me freezing and gave me the shakes, so I caved and asked for an epidural. Apparently the anaesthesiologist was on call that night and would take half an hour to get there. Fine, just call him! 30 minutes later, after being hooked up to the IV and prepped for the epidural, I had a funny feeling like my body was trying to push for me. My nurse mentioned to let her know if I felt any 'pressure', but that's not how I'd describe it, it felt more like a lower body gag reflex (haha, that's gross, but that's the only thing I can compare it to!) So my doctor checked and I was fully dilated and ready to push! The anaesthesiologist was sent away, the bright lights came on, the doctor and nurse prepped the area and got their tools and catchers mits ready. When they told me I could push I got a wave of excitement, my baby was on his way (although I didn't know he was a 'he' yet). The oxygen they let me have was nice, too. I pushed for 30 minutes, and at 12:11am on August 28th baby Elliott James was born. They put him on my tummy first and I got to hold him and meet him for the first time. He was tiny, weighing only 5lbs 11.5oz (we have the gestational hypertension to thank for that, I guess), and nothing like I was expecting. For starters, I kind of expected him to be a her. I also didn't think he'd look so much like <a href="http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111008200711/starwars/images/3/31/TPM-CGYoda.JPG" target="_blank">yoda</a> (only way cuter, of course). I thought I would "know" him, like they always say, but I didn't at all. He was this little tiny complete stranger, but we loved him and were excited to call him ours. They checked him out, made sure he had all of his fingers and toes (although it wouldn't have mattered to me if he didn't, I'd've loved him all the same) and handed him off to my husband. The two of them together warmed my heart. It still does!</div>
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After spending some time bonding, Colin went out and called our parents over from the waiting room, where they'd been patiently waiting <i>all day</i>. I think many games of Scrabble were played and our mom's tried making some covert missions to eavesdrop into our room to see if they could get any clues of how things were going. Elliott was the first grandbaby on both sides, and the grandparents were all overjoyed. Many photos were taken, many snuggles were given.</div>
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I later found out that there were 2 other women in the maternity ward that day, and of the 3 of us the nurses were betting I'd be the last to have my baby. I was first! Ha, I sure showed them!</div>
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Alone again in our little hospital room, our new little family-of-three had a wonderful sleep. Okay, Elliott and I had wonderful sleeps, Colin's was not so comfortable on the old hospital room hide-a-bed. I woke the next morning to some squeaking and it took me a few minutes to realize it was Elliott's tiny little newborn cries. I think that was the only time he 'slept through the night' until he was two years old. Two days later (after making sure he gained, not lost, some weight) we got to take him home, and a family we were.</div>
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And now we are a family of four, and Elliott has grown in every way. He's still one of the shortest kids in his class but I think he likes it that way, and the girls sure don't seem to mind (we've learned recently from other mom's that many of his classmates have crushes on him). He's a gentle, sensitive boy with a mischievous streak and great sense of humour. He's obsessed with all things Lego, enjoys math and drawing, and after a year in Kindergarten he can read fluently. He has a contagious laugh that comes out hardest when he's wrestling with his daddy.</div>
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I'm proud of him every single day, he is my joy.</div>
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Happy Sixth Birthday, Elliott!</div>
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To read my easier and shorter second birth story, the birth of my daughter, now 3 1/2 years old (I can't believe it!) you can find it here: scribblesandsuch.blogspot.ca/2011/03/one-year-ago-today.html.katie h.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13719763390923084748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5156560806961889816.post-86054082276712325042013-06-10T11:26:00.002-07:002013-06-10T11:58:42.437-07:00Lazy Potty Training<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It doesn't take much to make me feel nervous and anxious. One of the things that makes me feel that way is the possibility of any bodily fluids getting anywhere it should not be, for example on carpets, beds, and couches. This makes the "throw your diapers away" potty training method very uncomfortable for me.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I feel like we live in a society that judges others if their older children are still in diapers. I don't know if that's true, or if that's just how I feel, but most parents of young kids I know these days are dead-set on their kids being diaper free by age 3, most even younger. If you and your child can do it, hats off to you, but it made my husband and I do some crazy things to get my first-born, my son, potty-trained by his third birthday when the "correct" way wasn't working. In the end, time-outs for accidents was what finished the job and I still have guilt about it. It seemed like a constant battle, and it wasn't any fun for any of us.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">When my second child, my daughter, started showing interest in using the potty shortly after her first birthday (after all, she'd seen her big brother use the toilet a million times already) we heard about that three day potty training bootcamp method and a friend emailed me the e-book. (By the way, i</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">t even advertises right on the website, "</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">You will have</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"><u>bragging rights</u></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">in front of</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">jealous friends and family", proof that it's become a competition! And why, so you suddenly have to be at the ready 24/7 to sprint your child to the nearest toilet and worry about them springing a leak on daily outings to the grocery store and shopping mall?)</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Anyway, it made total sense after we read it, and as soon as my little girl was the golden age to try it, 18 months, if I recall correctly, we packed up the diapers in a big garbage bag and put her in the adorable big girl undies that she picked out from the store herself. She was excited, we were excited, we were committed. Until the accidents came. We knew you had to have many accidents before a success, the e-book fully warned that the whole three days might be all accidents but guaranteed success by the end of the third. Accident after accident, my anxiety's nightmare, we finally started making her stand or sit on a towel wherever she went, and at the end of day one she started to develop a horrible red, sore, itchy rash on the backs of both legs. Not cool, pee, not cool. So we aborted the plan, cleaned up all the accidents, did a giant load of peed laundry, and took the diapers out of their hiding spot. We felt like failures but we both felt she was just too young still, she needed to "get it" for herself and she wasn't there yet. So we stuck to Pull-U</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">p's, calling them "big girl diapers", and kept up sitting on the potty every time we needed to change it.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Then we got lazy. We went on holidays, we went on with our daily lives and potty training became something we were waiting for <i>her</i> to want to do. And then I started to realize I don't need to feel guilty about it, it's not a competition, I'd way rather her be ready then to force it on her too young like we did with my son. As long as she was potty trained by the time she went to Kindergarten, I'd be happy. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A couple of months after my little girl's third birthday I noticed she was peeing in the potty about half the time I took her to sit, and decided to make up our own potty training game. I made a potty chart using a mix of ideas I'd seen from others I found on the internet, bought some M&M's, bought a whole bunch of stickers, and taped the chart to the bathroom wall. I brought her to the potty often, to sit and see if anything happened, I wanted to try to figure out her schedule and keep her clean so she didn't get used to hanging out in wet diapers anymore. (And by "potty" I mean our regular toilet, not a empty-it-yourself kids potty because the thought grosses me out, and not a potty seat because she'd have me right there to make sure she didn't fall in and she'd need to use a regular toilet when we went out anyway). Every time she had a wet/dirty diaper I'd write "Oops" in the square and mark the time, and every time she had success I'd mark the time and she would get an M&M (and one for her big brother, if he was home from school, so that he would help encourage her and cheer for her when she went) and she would get to put a sticker in the square. Most kids respond really well to stickers or candy, so I did both to keep her extra excited. We also kept adding things to the "when you pee and poop on the potty all the time you get..." list, including wearing big girl underwear (obviously), going to celebrate at Chuck E. Cheese's, and, the biggie, getting her ears pierced! So, if she was having a day with lots of accidents, I'd go through the list and remind her of all the exciting things she'd get when she could do it all the time, and she'd get back on track again.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Eventually I started to notice a pattern, and figured out how many times a day she went, on average, and I knew when to remind her to go. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I started to set a sticker goal for the whole week and if she got that many stickers on her chart at the end of the week she got a big prize (a small toy or book).</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It took a good 5 weeks of doing this before she was telling me before she had to go and only having only wet/dirty Pull-Up a day, and she'd always tell me right away if she had an accident as she was no longer used to sitting in it. The last hurdle was #2, she'd wait until her afternoon quiet-time when she was alone in her room to dirty her diaper. A little <strike>bribery</strike> incentive and a successful trip to the potty got her over her fear and made her realize she could do it all the time.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">A whole week free of accidents (in Pull-Ups still), a chart full of stickers was the final step I wanted her to achieve before letting her wear real underwear. Once she got it, she totally and completely got it, and she's been in big girl underwear ever since with not a single accident (although I'm sure this varies from kid to kid!) It may have taken her a <i>little</i> longer, at 3 1/4, but it was worth it for the lack of stress, anxiety, and wet carpets, couches or beds. I am a proud Mom!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">And so, if you loathe and dread potty training like most of us do and you want your cutie, no matter how young or old they are, to learn at their own pace, when <i>they're</i> ready, try adopting some of these tips and see if it works for your child!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Here are two free printables, one for a girl, one for a boy, that you can print out each week to keep track of your child's successes, and best of luck! Drag the image to your desktop (if you're on a Mac) or right-click and download/save it to your desktop, then print the image filled to page.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The second column beside the days of the week is to record whether they woke up dry or not. That way you can get an idea whether they'll be ready to stop wearing diapers at night as well. Remember to keep extra sheets close to their bed so if they do have a night accident you can change the bed quickly and quietly and get them back to sleep.</span><br />
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And if you sew, check out my <a href="http://scribblesandsuch.blogspot.ca/2012/03/zippered-wet-bag-tutorial.html" target="_blank">Zippered Wet Bag Tutorial</a> to have supplies on hand in case disaster strikes while you're out and about!katie h.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13719763390923084748noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5156560806961889816.post-89670503918570718482013-03-23T20:16:00.001-07:002013-03-23T20:16:25.696-07:00Kidterview #2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Elliott.<br />
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<b>How old are you?</b><br />
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Five.<br />
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<b>What's your favourite colour?</b><br />
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Blue!<br />
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<b>What's your favourite movie?</b><br />
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Lego Star Wars<br />
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<b>What's your favourite food?</b><br />
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Macaroni and cheese!<br />
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<b>Who is your best friend?</b><br />
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Aida.<br />
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<b>What's your favourite show?</b><br />
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Super readers, I mean Phineas and Ferb!<br />
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<b>What's your favourite book?</b><br />
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What's you favourite look?<br />
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<b>Book.</b><br />
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Book! Um, uh... Grandma and Grandpa's Backyardigans one where they're under the sea.<br />
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<b>I didn't know they had a book like that.</b><br />
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...<br />
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<b>What's your favourite thing to do?</b><br />
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Play Lego Star Wars and Lego games.<br />
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<b>Who's your favourite sister?</b><br />
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Molly.<br />
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<b>What's your favourite dessert?</b><br />
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Apple pie.<br />
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<b>Really? Mine too! If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go?</b><br />
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Hawa-- uh... the North Pole.<br />
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<b>What's your favourite song?</b><br />
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What Jake and the Neverland Pirates sing, "Yo ho matey's away..."<br />
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<b>Thanks for the interview, Elliott.</b><br />
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Wanna read it all now?katie h.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13719763390923084748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5156560806961889816.post-15247317217241031432013-01-22T11:12:00.001-08:002013-01-22T11:12:34.277-08:00Kidterview #1Every year or so I like to interview my kids to record what they're favourite things are, it's cute to look back on the older ones and remember who they were and what they really loved after some have since been forgotten.<br />
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These are a few of her favourite things:<br />
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<b>What is your favourite food?</b><br />
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Mushrooms.<br />
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<b>Really, mushrooms?</b><br />
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Yeah, lots of mushrooms. And cheese, lots of cheese.<br />
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<b>What is your favourite colour?</b><br />
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Lellow <i>(yellow)</i> and pink.<br />
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<b>What is your favourite TV show?</b><br />
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Jake and the Nevyand <i>(Neverland)</i> Pirates.<br />
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<b>What is your favourite movie?</b><br />
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Movie Curious George <i>(that's what she calls it, as opposed to the TV show or the Christmas movie).</i><br />
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<b>Who is your best friend?</b><br />
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Izzy <i>(from Jake and the Neverland Pirates).</i><br />
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<b>Who is your best <i>real</i> friend?</b><br />
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Elliott's friend Jacob.<br />
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<b>That's Elliott's friend, you don't know him.</b><br />
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Yes I do.<br />
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<b>Do you have any other friends?</b><br />
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Aida and Claire! Did you know what Aida's allergic to lunch? Pickles! <i>(That's not true.)</i><br />
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<b>What is your favourite thing to play with?</b><br />
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Toys, Little People, and I like to play with Paybeel <i>(Playmobil)</i>.katie h.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13719763390923084748noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5156560806961889816.post-58327132802209845732012-12-25T12:00:00.000-08:002013-06-10T11:45:30.296-07:00SillinessMy dad isn't the worlds biggest Monty Python fan or anything, but he does enjoy it, and I know we've giggled together specifically over their "Ministry of Silly Walks" sketch. It's so ridiculous, it makes me laugh every time.<br />
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Well one day when I was perusing <a href="http://pinterest.com/kateherrod/" target="_blank">Pinterest</a> I came across a <a href="http://sillywalkclock.blogspot.ca/2012/11/tutorial-how-to-make-monty-python-silly.html#.UM9rxo7UNO4" target="_blank">Ministry of Silly Walks clock</a> tutorial and immediately thought that would be a great gift for my dad, and it looked pretty simple to make, too. I simplified mine a little bit as well, no decoupage required.<br />
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After a quick trip to Michaels, here's what I gathered for supplies:<br />
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- 8in x 8in Circle Pine Plaque<br />
- Clock Movement Kit<br />
- White glue<br />
- White card stock<br />
- Hole punch<br />
- Black Sharpie or felt marker (which I forgot to include in the photo)<br />
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I made a clock face template on my computer and printed it onto regular paper and cut around the circle.</div>
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I made a page of the body parts and printed it onto white card stock so they would be sturdy, and cut them out as well. I also printed a black area to punch holes out of to use instead of numbers. I used the black marker along the edges to black them out, I found it looked nicer against the wood to not see a white edge.</div>
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Next I lay the clock face template over my piece of wood and pressed in the centre of all the dots (starting with the centre) to make an indent so I know where everything should go. (I folded my paper in half after indenting the centre dot so I could line it up with the wood grain, but if you decide to paint your wood or don't care if the grain is straight horizontal or vertical this step won't matter).<br />
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I had my husband drill the proper sized hole in the centre of the wood for the clock movement to poke through (mine required a 7mm hole), and then I glued my black dots into their indented spots around the board. After sliding the back of the clock through the back of the wood and securing into place, I punched a hole in my man, slid him over the clock piece and glued him in place.<br />
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I punched holes through the tops of the legs, attached the hour hand to the back of one leg and the minute hand to the back of the other.<br />
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I then assembled the rest of the clock according to the directions on the package. The "second" hand didn't fit into my vision so I just bent it back and forth until it detached from the very front piece.<br />
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Feel free to use your marker and colour any metal bits black. I didn't bother colouring anything I couldn't see from directly from the front.<br />
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Now enjoy watching your silly clock do it's silly walk!<br />
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katie h.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13719763390923084748noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5156560806961889816.post-68591722939627716822012-12-06T13:51:00.002-08:002013-01-01T16:12:23.565-08:00She SleepsMy darling 2.75 year old daughter has a very good grasp on the English language. Her ever-growing vocabulary surprises me every day, and most of the time she can pronounce the words so that most people can understand her (if she talks loudly enough for them to hear her). There are, however, a few that she does not pronounce quite right yet that make me giggle every time, here are a few:<br />
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Delicious = 'Licious<br />
Drawing = Drawling (her brother said the same thing for a long time)<br />
Scrumptious = Scrumpish<br />
Tomato = 'Mato<br />
Computer = 'Puter-game (although she doesn't play games on the computer)<br />
Volcano = 'Cano (you'd be surprised how much volcano's come up in conversation in our house)<br />
Piano = Playno<br />
Grandpa = Kappa (she does know how to say "Grandpa" almost perfectly but chooses to call her grandpa <i>Kappa</i> instead)<br />
Strawberry = Strawbstrawbry (this one makes me laugh, and she loves Strawberry Shortcake so she says this one a lot)<br />
The Man in the Yellow Hat (from Curious George): Lellow Hat (like that's his name)<br />
Macaroni and Cheese = 'Roni<br />
Medicine = Ledison<br />
Lemonade = Lemelade<br />
Yogurt = Yergret<br />
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I love these pronunciations so much I don't correct her, she'll figure it out in time.<br />
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For the last year or so she's been skipping her naps, sometimes she'll have one nap in her bed at nap time during the week, sometimes three, sometimes none. On the days when she doesn't nap, by the time 4:30pm rolls around she'll sometimes nod off wherever she may be at the time.<br />
Here are the pictures I've taken of her having naps in strange situations over the last year:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Half On Half Off Couch Nap</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mid-colouring Nap</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nap on Mommy</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stylish Nap</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Technology Nap</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Airplane Nap #1</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hawaiian Holiday Nap #1</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hawaiian Holiday Nap #2</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Airplane Nap #2</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Toys On Brother's Floor Nap</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Barbie Nap</td></tr>
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katie h.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13719763390923084748noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5156560806961889816.post-9024650065842156332012-11-14T17:03:00.003-08:002013-06-10T11:47:24.657-07:00Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies (Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, Egg-Free)<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Recently some good friends of ours discovered they have a plethora of food allergies to challenge them, including allergies to gluten, dairy and eggs. After having baked a bunch of goodies for my husbands work, including a few great gluten-free recipes that I had some help finding, I had a few ingredients leftover and decided to try making a dessert my allergic friends could enjoy as well. I used a gluten-free chocolate chip cookie recipe I'd tried before and make a few changes. The cookies turned out so soft and moist and delicious that I was asked to share the recipe, and decided I should probably share it with everybody!</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Adapted from <a href="http://www.landolakes.com/recipe/1470/chewy-chocolate-chip-cookies-gluten-free-recipe" target="_blank">Land O'Lakes Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe</a></i></span><br />
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<b>Ingredients</b><br />
2 1/4 cups Gluten-free Flour Blend (I used <a href="http://www.bobsredmill.com/gluten-free-all-purpose-baking-flour.html?&cat=15" target="_blank">Bob's Red Mill All-Purpose Baking Flour</a>, which is a pre-done blend, but people used to baking gluten-free usually find making their own flour blend to be easier on the wallet)<br />
1 teaspoon gluten-free baking powder<br />
1 teaspoon baking soda<br />
1/2 teaspoon salt<br />
1/4 teaspoon xanthan gum<br />
3/4 cup vegan margarine (I use <a href="http://www.becel.ca/en/becel/BecelProducts/Becel-Vegan.aspx" target="_blank">Becel Vegan Margarine</a> which is lactose-free and gluten-free)<br />
3/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar<br />
1/2 cup sugar<br />
2 egg substitutes (after a little online research I decided to use 2 different easy egg replacers to make up each egg; the first I replaced with 1 tablespoon of cornstarch in 2 tablespoons of water, the second I replaced with 1/4 cup of unsweetened applesauce)<br />
1 teaspoon gluten-free vanilla (pure vanilla extract is gluten-free)<br />
1 package (12 ounce or 2 cups) gluten-free dairy-free semi-sweet chocolate chunks or chips (I used <a href="http://www.enjoylifefoods.com/chocolate-for-baking/mega-chunks/" target="_blank">Enjoy Life Mega Chunks</a>)<br />
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<b>Directions</b><br />
Heat oven to 375°F. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and xanthan gum in a bowl. Set aside.<br />
Beat butter, brown sugar and sugar in a large bowl at medium speed until creamy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Reduce speed to low and gradually add flour mixture until well mixed. Stir in chocolate chips/chunks.<br />
Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls, 2 inches apart, onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake for 9-12 minutes or until edges start to brown (do not overbake). Let stand for 1 to 2 minutes before removing from cookie sheet.<br />
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Recipe yields 3 1/2 to 4 dozen cookies. Store in an airtight container (if you don't eat them all first!)katie h.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13719763390923084748noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5156560806961889816.post-6087544248972065842012-11-09T14:26:00.001-08:002013-06-10T11:48:38.846-07:00Lego Party, Maui Vacation and Halloweeni know it's been a very (very!) long while since i've posted anything here. all has been very well, but very (very!) busy, and i wasn't sure if anyone was even reading my blog anymore, until someone commented that she enjoys reading my blog and checks in sometimes to see if there's anything new (thank you for the love, angela, your comment made my day!) my friends and family, who were my original inspiration for starting this blog, are all facebook friends and know all my business anyway, but then i started catering to a different audience, and haven't yet decided what kind of blog this should be, so it's a little bit of everything and, sometimes, a little bit of nothing.<br />
since my last post we've had some babies born within our extended family, we celebrated my son's 5th birthday, he started kindergarten, my family went on a vacation to maui, i started babysitting my friends daughter again two days a week for the school year, i started a new business that's still sort of in the trial period (mary kay), we battled colds and a stomach flu, i'm currently making more jewelry for my sister to sell in her spa, and i've had so many side-projects going on i wouldn't know where to start telling you about them all!<br />
and to catch up, this post may get a little photo-heavy so hopefully it won't take too long to load.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">elliott turned 5 and asked for a lego party. colin and i made this lego character stand for the kids to have fun with. he built the structure, i painted the figure.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the goodie bags had homemade lego cookies (sugar cookies with royal icing and smarties for the dots on top), personalized laminated bookmarks (each with a picture of their own lego-self that i made with <a href="http://www.reasonablyclever.com/mini-mizers/mini-mizer-2-0/" target="_blank">reasonablyclever.com's mini-mizer 3.0</a>), and a lego mini-figure.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">i learned how to make the lego cake from a <a href="http://www.bettycrocker.com/recipes/building-blocks-cakes/ca36541e-624c-48af-ab78-68ef256e8903" target="_blank">betty crocker video tutorial</a>. i was very excited when i finally found the lego candles at target!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">there were also colouring pages for the kids (and a couple of the adults) to have fun with.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">my little guy is suddenly so big!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">here are the kids on the third of three flights (we got rerouted due to unexpected airplane technical difficulties) on our way to maui, hawaii, where we took a 10 day vacation with my parents, my sister and her husband, and my brother and his wife. the kids were absolutely dreamy on the flights, i did a lot of research for ways to keep them comfortable and entertained. my favourite advice was to make take-off's and landings a game, upon departure asking the kids if they could tell the moment the plane left the ground and was in the air, and the moment the wheels landed back down on the tarmac. we also gave them gum for the pressure in their ears, lots of water to drink out of cups with straws, and made sure to pack our tablet, portable dvd player with their favourite videos, colouring books, crayons and stickers, and elliott's nintendo ds. the two biggest hits were the airplane pillows my husband found at the airport (the fishie in the picture above and a froggie for my son) and wikki stix that the kids received at restaurants during the trip. they now live in my purse for boring moments.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">we stayed at <a href="http://www.makanisands.com/" target="_blank">makani sands</a>, a beach-front condominium in honokowai (about 15 minutes north of lahaina). my parents, my sister and her husband, and my husband, kids and i all stayed together in one of their 3 bedroom rentals very comfortably. there was also a hide-a-bed that my brother and his wife slept on a couple of the nights we were there (most of the time they stayed at her uncle's house). we all loved having a kitchen to share, it saved us a lot of money so that we didn't have to eat out for every meal. we took turns making dinners on the nights we didn't go out, which was really fun. our unit was on the 3rd and 4th floors, the views were incredible.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the condo pool was such a big hit with the kids, there were no waves and water didn't taste like salt.<br />
thanks to the life jackets we bought for the kids before the trip, elliott was able to swim on his own (with close supervision, of course) in the ocean and the pool. he loved the independence and we loved not having to hold him the whole time. we haven't exactly had much time in the water at home, we don't swim much, nor has he taken lessons, so it was a life-saver. literally ;)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">of course molly would find the sliding doors most exciting part of staying in the condo. silly girl.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">i easily got used to witnessing these incredible sunsets every single evening.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">me and my (very sunburnt) husband <3</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">on our "girls day" visit to lahaina we made sure to hang out under the banyan trees where molly put on an impromptu modelling show for us.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">all 4 of us in a picture together. for some reason this doesn't happen very often.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the maui ocean center is a must to visit if you're in maui with kids. it's gorgeous.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">if you ever find yourself in maui, a meal (or two, or three) at <a href="http://www.cheeseburgerland.com/Cheeseburgerland/Home.html" target="_blank">cheeseburger in paradise</a> in lahaina is A MUST. my husband, a connoisseur of burgers, claimed his bbq bacon burger was "the best burger he'd ever had in his life". it might have had a little to do with the great beer and amazing ocean views, but mostly it was just that delicious.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">elliott taking a moment to chill out between swims</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">we waited an hour in the pool-side line-up for <a href="http://www.mauihawaii.org/restaurants/gazebo.htm" target="_blank">the gazebo restaurant</a> in napili. again, the kids were champs.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">they served the kids mickey mouse pancakes with whipped cream :)<br />
and my banana macadamia nut pancakes with whipped cream and coconut syrup were out of this world! i couldn't finish them, the portion was so big.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">it was pretty awesome to see the very beautiful napili beach, the same beach my dad and i would gaze longingly at in the months before our trip on the <a href="http://www.napilisunset.com/overview/webcam" target="_blank">napili sunset resort webcam</a>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">it took a few days but finally the water suddenly making its way up the shore didn't freak molly out.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">elliott loved it right off the bat.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">we had some amazing food while we were in maui, including coconut shrimp at <a href="http://www.bubbagump.com/locations/maui/" target="_blank">bubba gump shrimp co.</a>, the burgers at cheeseburger in paradise, the absolute most incredible ahi poke tacos i've ever had in my life at <a href="http://www.lahainafishcompany.com/" target="_blank">lahaina fish co.</a>, those awesome pancakes at the gazebo restaurant, pasta, burgers, pizza and pulled pork with rice at <a href="http://mauibrewingco.com/mbc/MBCBrewPub.html" target="_blank">the maui brew pub</a>, and the best ever flatbread blt (pictured above) at <a href="http://www.hulagrillkaanapali.com/menus/barefoot-bar" target="_blank">the hula grill barefoot bar</a>, with it's applewood bacon, spinach, tomatoes, and goat cheese. so good i would have eaten it all over again. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">molly enjoying yet another beautiful maui sunset from our lanai (the hawaiian word for balcony) with her super curly hair (it's usually just wavy, but it curled right up in all that hawaiian humidity).</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">after some heavy meals it was refreshing to have a simple, healthy breakfast at <a href="http://www.moosewaikiki.com/Lahaina-Maui.html" target="_blank">moose mcgillicuddy's</a> (a bar by night but a fun place to grab breakfast by morning). </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">my sibs and our spouses and i went back to cheeseburger in paradise together for happy hour, where everything on the happy hour menu was $3 each at 3:00 and $4 at 4:00pm, including chips and salsa, sliders and fries, a couple different beers on tap, mai tai's, and pina colada's (yum yum!) that hour was indeed very happy.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">even i think a cold beer on a hot day looks refreshing and i don't even like beer.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">we visited <a href="http://www.mauitropicalplantation.com/" target="_blank">the maui tropical plantation</a> and took the tram tour, which was fun for the kids and very informative. i learned more things about pineapples, coconuts, coffee, mangos, bananas and macadamia nuts than i ever thought i would.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">aren't my island kids just the cutest? i love this picture of them together.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.paiamaui.com/beaches/baldwin-beach-park" target="_blank">baldwin beach</a> in paia was a fun beach to visit, since it's on the north side of the island the waves were much bigger than the west side where we were staying. we found a section nicknamed <a href="http://mauiguidebook.com/beaches/baby-beach/" target="_blank">"baby beach"</a> on the west end where the waves were blocked by a reef, making the water a little calmer to swim in for the kids. molly still preferred to play in the sand instead.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">before our trip i sewed molly this towel dress to hop into after a swim to help dry her off and keep her warm. i adapted my pattern using ideas from both<a href="http://www.crafterhoursblog.com/2010/06/beach-towel-dresses-tutorial-ish.html" target="_blank"> crafterhours' "beach towel dress tutorial-ish"</a> and a little inspiration from <a href="http://www.danamadeit.com/beach-robe" target="_blank">MADE's "beach robe"</a>. i'm super happy with how it turned out, my mom asked if i'd make one for her ;)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">all good things must come to an end, and we had a tearful goodbye with my parents and sister and her husband (they were still staying for another week after we left). the trip home went so smoothly, though it was a very long day of travel that direction since we essentially lost 3 hours with the time difference.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">for this years (very dark and rainy!) halloween the kids wanted to be jake and izzy from disney junior's <a href="http://www.disneyjunior.ca/en/jake-and-the-never-land-pirates/" target="_blank">"jake and the neverland pirates"</a> cartoon. i wasn't about to spend $50 for a jake costume and $30 for an izzy costume from the disney store, so we figured out ways to make our own with some clothes we already had, some fabric, a horrible wig (haha!) and a little imagination. most people who opened their door for them while trick-or-treating had no idea who jake and izzy were, but they said they were the cutest buccaneers they'd every seen, and my kids' great manners charmed them all. i'm so proud of those two!</td></tr>
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katie h.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13719763390923084748noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5156560806961889816.post-64390976791033789982012-07-30T11:01:00.002-07:002012-07-30T11:02:24.326-07:00The World's Best Cookiesi stumbled upon <a href="http://www.danamadeit.com/2011/12/day-5-gingerbread-softies.html" target="_blank">this cookie recipe</a> on one of my favourite blogs around christmastime last year and every time i make them they are scarfed down almost before i'm finished baking them! i've heard both, "these are the best cookies i've ever had and i don't even like cookies!" and, "these are the best cookies i've ever had and i should know - i'm an expert!"<br />
they're easy, they're quick, they're delicious.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiV5-AgbRLPzxdbmFTxQB5EvOBfTkheojmX2WAzoeeZezTxQjR22SjLqTbAicM87zU-9RbXllQRP953OfdIqB6sOJee243L4W-DIhD0W2zFK6-9U5-c6PWth0LH-KkZV8f1k2vM5HyN2rj/s1600/Screen+shot+2012-07-30+at+10.42.24+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiV5-AgbRLPzxdbmFTxQB5EvOBfTkheojmX2WAzoeeZezTxQjR22SjLqTbAicM87zU-9RbXllQRP953OfdIqB6sOJee243L4W-DIhD0W2zFK6-9U5-c6PWth0LH-KkZV8f1k2vM5HyN2rj/s320/Screen+shot+2012-07-30+at+10.42.24+AM.png" width="318" /></a><u>GINGERBREAD SOFTIES</u><br />
(originally posted by dana at MADE, www.danamadeit.com)<br />
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2 cups sugar (+ 1/2 cup for rolling)<br />
1 1/2 cups butter, melted and cooled<br />
2 eggs<br />
1/2 cups molasses<br />
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4 1/2 cups flour<br />
4 tsp baking soda<br />
2 tsp cinnamon<br />
2 tsp ginger<br />
1/2 tsp cloves<br />
1/2 tsp salt<br />
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cream 2 cups of sugar with the butter. add the eggs and beat until thick. stir in the molasses.<br />
sift the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, cloves and salt together in a large bowl. add the creamed mix and stir until combined well. cover bowl and chill mixture in the fridge for 30 minutes.<br />
preheat oven to 350°F. shape the dough into 1" balls and roll in the remaining 1/2 cup of granulated sugar. bake on greased cookie sheets for 10 minutes, let cool, and eat!<br />
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this recipe yields about 5 dozen cookies.<br />
and i bet you can't eat just one!katie h.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13719763390923084748noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5156560806961889816.post-15749879783664864622012-06-27T10:38:00.001-07:002012-06-27T10:46:25.455-07:00Music and a Meal - Crazy Awesome BBQ Saucetoday allow me to introduce you to MusicChef, aka. my brother-in-law (or, as i prefer to call him, my bro-law, and i'm his siz-law). his two biggest life passions (aside from his love for his wife, son, and baby-on-the-way) are <b>music</b> and <b>cooking</b>. recently he launched a <a href="http://www.facebook.com/MusicAndAMeal" target="_blank">facebook group called "music and a meal"</a> where he posts photos of meals he's made, recipes, and how-to videos.<br />
i've had a few of his dishes and they've all been delish, especially his lasagna (post that recipe next, please ry!)<br />
to give you an idea of the kinds of food he loves to make, a few photos of meals he's made:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">new york sirloin, pan fried then oven roasted, served with pan seared potato shred, roasted seasonal vegetables and a balsamic reduction drizzle</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">seasoned, pan-seared chicken breast and prawns served on a bed of basmati rice with a red curry coconut and chive cream sauce</span></td></tr>
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here's his debut "music and a meal" video, his <a href="http://youtu.be/VlR8sDY2CiI" target="_blank">"crazy awesome bbq sauce" on youtube</a>, where he shows you how to cook some crazy awesome bbq sauce in under 5 minutes to one of his favourite songs:<br />
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if you enjoyed his video please share it, leave him a comment, and like <a href="http://www.facebook.com/MusicAndAMeal" target="_blank">his facebook page</a>!katie h.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13719763390923084748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5156560806961889816.post-16061841274024566332012-05-19T15:15:00.000-07:002012-05-19T15:17:46.686-07:00Colourful Naturelately something the husband and i really love doing is taking our kids on nature walks. molly seems to love them too, but sometimes elliott seems to not stop asking, "can we go home now?" long enough to enjoy himself. so, on this beautiful sunny mid-may day, we tried to come up with a way for him to stay entertained and enjoy nature, and that's when i stumbled across a great blog post about <a href="http://www.goexplorenature.com/2010/04/fun-friday-take-color-walk.html">taking a colour walk</a>. the idea is simple, to make a list of colours to find in nature. we chose 10:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">elliott did the colours himself, can you tell?</td></tr>
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and then we decided to take it to the next level and give him our old digital camera to capture his findings along the way. the quality of photos may not be their usual... like i said, this is from our <i>old</i> camera and the photographer was a 4 year old ;)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">red (ish)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">orange</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">yellow</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">green</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">light blue (the sky)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">dark blue<br />
(some rocks looked dark blue in comparison to the dirt and other rocks,<br />
though this picture doesn't quite do it justice)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">purple</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">dark brown (the dirt)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">light brown (the pinecone)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">grey (the rocks)</td></tr>
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and we didn't hear "can we go home now?" until the end of our hour-long walk as our car came into view. it was a beautiful day!<br />
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the adorable jen of <a href="http://www.insideways.com/">insideways</a> blog fame started a post with a really cute animated gif (or what did i call it in my comment, a "stills-movie"?)<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"> </span></span>of packing a moving box in <a href="http://www.insideways.com/2012/04/packing-up.html">this post</a>. she let me in on what it's really called and i googled it, downloaded the free "gif quickmaker" for mac from the app store, and used my father-in-law's<a href="http://gopro.com/hd-hero2-cameras/"> gopro hero cam</a> (talk about a fun camera to play with!) to capture molly shaking her head. and here it is in all it's glory!</div>
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oh, molly. she's crazy. you can even ask her, "are you crazy?" and she'll admit, "yeah, i cwazy!"</div>katie h.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13719763390923084748noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5156560806961889816.post-61115514470016520492012-03-26T15:49:00.002-07:002012-03-27T08:57:31.577-07:00My Hair History<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
after <a href="http://www.hairromance.com/">my favourite hair blog</a> wrote <a href="http://www.hairromance.com/2012/03/short-cut-saturday-my-hair-history.html">this post</a> on her hair history i was inspired to write my own.</div>
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it's been quite a ride!</div>
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i, like my siblings, were born with jet black hair, it all fell out, and came back blonde. my sister likes to tease that i looked more like a little brother than a little sister with my pixie cut. i like the matching hair in the 3rd photo, myself. it stayed dark blonde for my toddler years.<br />
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in elementary school it stayed pretty long with a blunt bang that my dad trimmed for me, i refused to let him cut them any shorter than my eyebrows. crimped hair was my favourite style for special occasions, it was the 80's, after all.<br />
i grew those bangs out in grade 5 or 6 and had long, shiny brown hair.<br />
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for some reason i thought the return of the blunt bang would be a good idea in grade 8. it didn't take long to realize it wasn't a good idea, it only accentuated my awkward unkempt brows, bad teenager skin, and a nose that i hadn't quite grown into yet. at least by grade 9 my sister had taught me how to tweeze my eyebrows (which, as you can see, i took to the next level by grade 11) and apply my own makeup. as i found my friends and figured out my style i started to cut my hair shorter and shorter. i was going for "funky skater chick" even though i wasn't that funky and didn't skateboard. i did, however, have a skater boyfriend in a punk band in grade 11 and 12 who loved when girls had short hair.<br />
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after high school i had a little more fun with colours and cuts, even bright purple at one point (which i didn't include a picture of, i didn't keep it long because i didn't like how old people looked at me like i was up to no good).<br />
i started working in a hair salon as a receptionist and got my cuts for free and colours for cheap. it was heaven - perusing hair magazines all day and getting many, "wow, you have cool hair, can i get my hair cut like yours?" compliments.<br />
i guess i should mention why i have headshots. no, i wasn't attempting to be a model or an actress, i had a friend who was going through makeup school and needed a model for her projects. i guess i was her only friend ;)<br />
after a couple of years i calmed down a little and decided blonde and flippy was my signature look.<br />
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this is how my hair was when i met my husband, and i wore variations of it during our first few years together, through our newlywed days and after we'd had our first child.<br />
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the upkeep of the blonde was expensive, especially since i was now on maternity leave and wasn't getting my free cuts and colours anymore. so i went brown. dark brown. to me it felt black, and i hated it! i'd been blonde for so long, it just didn't feel like me. thankfully it was fixable, i slowly added more and more highlights until it was back to "normal". funky cuts like my asymmetrical bob kept it fun.<br />
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add some bangs, add some highlights, have another baby...<br />
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about 3 months after my 2nd child was born i came upon that picture of me as a brunette with my firstborn and though, "hmm, that's actually not so bad..." and went for it again, this time not quite as dark a brown. and i liked it. and i was able to do it at home (with professional colour still, of course, thanks to my esthetician sister who can buy salon colour at cost). i also decided i wasn't the same short-haired kid i used to be and thought growing it out might be fun. and it has been, i can try different styles, throw it up, make it wavy, add some bangs, and i haven't once been tempted to cut it short again. the longer it gets, the more excited i am.</div>
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now that i'm nearing 30 it feels like i should stop trying to look like a kid. is that weird?</div>
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i do miss my blonde though. do you think i should go back to it someday?</div>katie h.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13719763390923084748noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5156560806961889816.post-79387753507497934412012-03-22T15:43:00.001-07:002013-06-10T11:50:25.353-07:00Zippered Wet Bag Tutorial<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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welcome to my first ever sewing tutorial! so please, go easy on me if i make a mistake.<br />
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* please note that i am self-taught on my kenmore sewing machine that i got for christmas when i was in grade 8, and don't claim to be an expert by any stretch of the imagination!<br />
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i'm about to start potty-training my little girl and needed a solution for dealing with away-from-home accidents, so i started a search for a waterproof bag that i can put wet/dirty clothes in and hide discreetly back in my purse. none of the wet bags i found (though i didn't search long) were the exact size i wanted and i also wanted a pocket on the front. i've sewn wristlets, clutches, purses and bags before and looked into my memory to combine elements from each to make my own custom wet bag.<br />
it could also be easily used for cloth-diapering and wet bathing suits, too! or you could switch out the waterproof fabric for more cotton fabric and make a cute little non-waterproof bag instead!<br />
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i also recommend ironing all of your pieces before you begin, and ironing after each step. i used to be too lazy to dig my ironing board and iron out from the closet and wouldn't bother until i read somewhere that the difference between a sewing project looking homemade and professional is ironing. my projects have looked way nicer since i've been making that extra effort!</div>
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start by preparing the strap (if you choose to include one, it's just as easily left out).</div>
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fold your 4"x12" piece of fabric in half lengthwise and iron to make a crease. open it back up and fold the edges in to the centre line, ironing again to make them stay. then fold in half and sew along the open edge (and the closed edge, too, if you want it to look more finished). you should end up with about a 1"x12" strap, like in the photo above. set aside for later.</div>
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next make your front pocket (if you choose to have one). i needed mine to fit my plastic graco wet wipe container (measuring 8.5"x4.5"x0.75") that came with my first diaper bag. as mom's know, accidents always require wet wipes!</div>
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take your two 8"x11" pieces of cotton, lay one on top of the other, right sides together. sew along one of the 11" sides. open and put right sides out, folded at the new seam, and iron flat.</div>
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for those of us without a serger machine, do the following: to finish the raw edges so that they won't fray and get little threads on everything you put in this pocket, run a zig-zag stitch along the 3 raw edges. do this by keeping the raw edge of the fabric in the middle of the foot. as the needle zig-zags left and right it will go off one edge of the fabric and catch the other edge of the fabric.</div>
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if you have a serger machine, serge the 3 raw edges.</div>
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to form the pocket, iron the 3 serged edges in a 1/4" and pin into place. fold the top corners in so they don't poke out the top of your pocket. if you wish for your bottom corners to have an angle, simply fold the bottom corners in toward the middle, iron, and pin into place. the back should look something like the photo above on the left, and the front should look like the above right.</div>
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if you'd like the top edge of your pocket to close with velcro, now's the time to attach it. sew one side to the back side of the pocket, center your pocket into position on one of your 10"x14" pieces of cotton, and sew the other side of the velcro to the outside of that piece so that they line up. it would be a major pain to add it after the bag is all put together.</div>
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if you'd like to add a tag, now's the time to get it ready.</div>
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i made my own: i printed my little birdie logo onto iron-on transfer paper (you can buy it at staples, michaels, or even walmart, i think), cut it out, and ironed it onto a piece of ribbon. make sure there's enough extra ribbon on both ends so that you can tuck in into a seam or beside a pocket and it will get sewn in and not just slide right out.</div>
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pin your pocket in the center of one of your 10"x14" pieces of cotton fabric. tuck your tag in one side as far as you'd like it to stick out and pin into place.</div>
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sew the side and bottom edges of the pocket to the 10"x14" piece with a back-and-forth stitch at the beginning and end to keep it tightly in place, removing your pins as you go. do not sew the finished top edge! (sorry - had to say it!)</div>
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to sew nice, sharp corners on those bottom angles: when you get to your corner, stop sewing with the needle sticking into the fabric. left your presser foot, turn your fabric to the new angle (see middle photo), lower your presser foot, and continue sewing. don't be a hero and keep your machine sewing while trying to manoeuvre the fabric around, your lines will curve and it won't look as nice. these are things i don't want to assume you all know because at one point i didn't either.</div>
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here is where i slid my wet wipe case into the pocket to make sure it fit. it did. i did a happy dance.</div>
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now it's time to deal with the zipper. i like to add it now rather than at the end, i find it a whole lot easier.</div>
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we're putting the zipper along the 14" top of the bag. lay the front piece of 10"x14" cotton (the one with the pocket) right side UP, then your zipper right side DOWN on top with the top edges lined up, and finally your waterproof fabric on top of that, right side DOWN (if there <i>is</i> a right side), top edge lined up. pin together. hopefully the pictures above help it make sense.</div>
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i find when sewing along this top edge the zipper pull-tab itself really gets in the way, i like to open the zipper half way, sew the first half. then, stop my needle down in the fabric, lift my presser foot, carefully slide the zipper closed again, and continue sewing the rest of the way.</div>
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fold pieces open, with waterproof fabric on back side of the zipper and cotton fabric on front side of zipper (with wrong sides of waterproof fabric and cotton fabric together) like in the photo above.</div>
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sew fabric along either side of the front of the zipper so that it all stays flat (it will also help keep the waterproof fabric liner from getting caught in the inside of the zipper).</div>
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now, place right sides of cotton pieces together and right sides of waterproof pieces together with the zipper in the middle. pin the edges together all the way around.</div>
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in the above right photo you can see i folded the zipper towards the cotton fabric side, right sides out. if i make this again i'll fold it the other way, right sides together (as much as they can be) sandwiched between the waterproof fabric side. it just ended up a little bunchier than i wanted, that's all.</div>
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trim off any excess fabric around the outside and clip all 4 corners close to the stitching so they aren't bunchy when you turn it right-side out.</div>
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reach in throw the hole you left open and turn the whole thing right-side out. poke the corners out so they're nice and square.</div>
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you'll have an opening in the bottom of the waterproof fabric still, so fold the raw edges in and stitch however you'd like along that open edge - straight stitch, zig-zag (like i did in the photo above), hand stitch, whatever. it'll just be on the inside of the bag so you won't see it.</div>
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now tuck the waterproof liner into the inside of the cotton fabric so the zipper is along the top edge, and you're done!</div>
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the strap wasn't really necessary since i'll be keeping this baby in my purse, but it could come in handy if i were carrying it around. this is where i did a happy dance when i finally tried fitting it into my purse. like a glove!</div>
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an impromptu photo shoot with my daughter was instigated when she followed me to the only source of natural light in our house when i was taking pictures of the final product. she was very excited to find her wet wipes in the front pocket, and spent some time practicing opening and closing the zipper. i think she likes it!<br />
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and, while on the subject of her upcoming potty training, i also made this super-absorbant, waterproof, washable car seat protector pad for her car seat using <a href="http://www.homesweethomebodies.net/2012/01/car-seat-protector-pads.html">this wonderful tutorial</a> at home sweet homebodies. she's a smart cookie. and yes, that stripe is crooked. i really should invest in a square instead of winging it all the time, haha!</div>
katie h.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13719763390923084748noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5156560806961889816.post-21344569891761878092012-03-15T16:30:00.003-07:002013-06-10T11:53:24.294-07:00Rainbows For Breakfast<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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last week my baby girl had her second birthday so we threw her a party over the weekend.</div>
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there's few things i love to do more than coming up with a theme, colour scheme and all the fun little details for my kids parties. i get to call the shots (well, i always ask my husband his opinion but usually get a generic "sounds good" response) and i get to create all the graphics to use for the invitations, labels, cake toppers, goodie bags, etc. that's the best part. well, and seeing my kids smiling faces when i see them having fun at their party, of course!</div>
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pinterest was very inspirational as well, you can recognize many of the decorations and menu ideas from my <a href="http://pinterest.com/kateherrod/parties/">parties pinterest board</a>.</div>
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i long to have a program for my mac like illustrator or photoshop or one of those fancy programs that lets you create your own graphics with ease, but alas i do not have the funds for such things, so i've taught myself how to draw almost anything i put my mind to using simple old microsoft word.</div>
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i made my invitation, got it looking just the way i wanted, saved a screen capture of it (command+shift+4 and hold your mouse to rectangle-select the image you want automatically saved to your desktop as a .jpg). then i sent it to staples.ca online to be printed so i don't waste my own ink.</div>
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my theme: rainbows! what little girl doesn't love rainbows?<br />
my colour scheme: ahem... rainbows.<br />
venue: my in-law's place, which is much bigger than our place - and conveniently right upstairs!<br />
time of day: morning, therefore we would serve breakfast. i've never been to a breakfast party, i thought it sounded pretty darn sweet and it wouldn't interfere with afternoon naps or be as expensive as serving dinner. although i think it was.<br />
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no rainbow party is complete without some rainbow bunting and rainbow balloons.</div>
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i chose rainbow coloured balloons and made <a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/how-to/tissue-paper-pom-poms-how-to?backto=true&amp;backtourl=/photogallery/kids-party-decorations#slide_4">tissue paper pom-poms</a> (thanks martha stewart for the tutorial) hoping the balloons would float to the cieling and the white pom-pom could be the cloud under the rainbow... my helium was too weak or my pom-poms were too heavy, so they got to hang out on counters, above lamps and on the stair railing post.</div>
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using word, again, i created a rainbow placemat for each of the younger guests (there were 9 kids altogether) and set the table with them; a place card, a placemat for eating on, and a take-home gift all rolled into one. i had them printed on heavy cardstock at staples and had them laminated. they were perfect, i was really happy with how they turned out.</div>
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i decided a menu would be fun, make it like a restaurant menu hanging over the food table (the kitchen island, actually) so people could see everything available. i had two printed on one poster, cut them out and double-sized taped them together so people could read it from either side. the eggs & sausages were an afterthought, as you may be able to tell.</div>
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the food! it was awesome. i had lots of help from my husband, my dad, and my in-law's. and we made way too much so there were a lot of leftovers, which was also awesome ;)</div>
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my home-made place cards, which i had printed onto card stock to be nice and sturdy, so people would know what they were eating, as if they couldn't tell...</div>
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cupcake toppers are always fun, too. i cut them out and pasted them onto slightly larger cut out circles of construction paper with a half-short skewer sandwiched in between.</div>
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my father-in-law was kind enough to take all of the photos for me. one of his cameras has this great fish-eye lens which he used to capture the chaos in the living room after gifts were opened. this was only half of the guests. i'm so glad we didn't have the party in my tiny house!<br />
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and, of course, when the party ended, there were goodie bags waiting for all of our smaller guests with my little graphic of molly thanking her friends for coming to celebrate her birthday with us!</div>
katie h.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13719763390923084748noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5156560806961889816.post-87549058103564612782012-01-27T15:21:00.000-08:002013-06-10T11:51:56.126-07:00Our Playroom Is Done!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
welcome to our play room tour!</div>
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before we painted the room (originally intended as an office) it was a very boring shade of painter's beige. boooooring!</div>
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we found <a href="http://www.rona.ca/shop/~new-recycled-interior-paint-rona-eco-420760">"rona eco" recycled low-voc interior paint</a> in "ocean" for a great deal at <a href="http://rona.ca/">rona.ca</a>. the colour looked nice on the container (they didn't have any swatches available, at least not that we could find) so we risked it! i'm so glad we did, the colour turned out exactly how i'd hoped. not too blue, not too green, not too grey, just a nice, warm, beachy colour.<br />
we also painted the bulk-head white to match the ceiling instead of the colour of the walls. i think it looks better.</div>
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the kids love it, and we're really happy with how it turned out.</div>
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there's a comfy adult-sized chair (an <a href="http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/S79825225/">ikea poang</a>) near the entry for somewhere to kick back and relax with a book. the kids have all their measurements since they were born on the height chart i made for them out of a recycled glass-front cupboard door and a drawing on paper (that i can change out for something else when they grow out of this drawing). there is also an art wall, table & chairs, a kitchen, an <a href="http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/50021076/">easel</a> and a fold-up barbie dollhouse.</div>
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our <a href="http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/50103086/">ikea expedit</a> shelf fits perfectly in the closet-sized nook in the corner and houses more toys and storage bins. shelving is key in a kids room, it was mismatched before looked messy, so although they aren't all the same still we thought we should at least keep them all the same pine/birch colour for a sense of cohesiveness. favourite toys can make great decorations, too.</div>
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kids love fish, have you noticed that? our goldfish now live in they playroom for the kids to see and feed. there are alphabet magnets on a magnet board (which can also be used for all sorts of magnet games they have). </div>
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although she's not even 2 (almost) my daughter loves barbies already. she has a bunch so we found this <a href="http://www.toysrus.ca/product/index.jsp?productId=11511613">fold-up doll house</a> to play with them in. i loved barbies as a kid, too, so i have fun playing with them with her.</div>
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see <a href="http://scribblesandsuch.blogspot.com/2012/01/kids-art-wall.html">my last post</a> about the clip-board art wall and picasso quote we put together for the kids to enjoy. we didn't spring for the $50 top half to <a href="http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/70129801/">this kitchen</a>, instead we hung up a $8.99 <a href="http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/90011396/">rail</a> with hooks to hang pots and pans, oven mitts, and play-aprons.</div>
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when my 4-year-old son saw that we'd hung this menu above the table he was excited at the idea of his "customers" sitting and ordering from him so he could cook their food in his kitchen. pretty cute.</div>
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also in this room is a staircase that leads to my in-law's house upstairs. it's hard to tell in this picture but it was the same boring beige as the rest of the house before so we painted it all our in a bright crisp white. it really brightened it up and looks more modern now, which we love.</div>
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thank you for joining me on the tour of our playroom. i hope you've been inspired!</div>
katie h.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13719763390923084748noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5156560806961889816.post-67696931169345584592012-01-25T15:55:00.000-08:002012-01-25T16:02:22.889-08:00Kids Art Wall<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
we've recently combined our kids into one bedroom and turned the old bedroom into their new play room. i've been having a lot of fun scouring pinterest for decorating ideas to make it fun and functional. my latest project has been coming up with a way to display all the wonderful art my kids love to make. usually it spends a week on our fridge and then gets bumped by something new and finds it's way on top of a shelf somewhere. not ideal.</div>
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i thought, how cool would it be for the playroom to have a wall of my kids own artwork on display? so off i went on searches of other people's ideas. here are a few:</div>
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i like it, it makes the art easily interchangeable, but i find it a little bit chaotic for my neat-freak perfectionist tendencies.</div>
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{<a href="http://style-files.com/2009/08/05/childrens-drawings-as-art/">source</a>}</div>
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this is my favourite idea because it looks so neat and professional but it would take more effort to change the artwork in the frames and the artwork going on display isn't always a perfect 8x10.</div>
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<u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">cork boards</span></u><br />
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{<a href="http://honeywerehome.blogspot.com/2011/11/displaying-kid-art.html">source</a>}<br />
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this office has a very tidy clipboard wall set up, making all the snippets and clippings look organized. i'll bet that would work great for kids artwork, too!</div>
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{again, i'm unsure of the original source, here's where i found it through pinterest: <a href="http://www.mackenziehoran.com/2011/09/ideas-for-your-office.html?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter">source</a>}</div>
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so google it i did, and the winner is: clipboards! of course! perfectly interchangeable, neat and tidy in a line, and can fit art smaller or in different shapes than just your standard 8x10 paper. i love it!</div>
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{<a href="http://littlegreendesigns.blogspot.com/2010/07/art-makes-us-whole.html">source</a>}</div>
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i LOVE this "every child is an artist" pablo picasso quote!</div>
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{<a href="http://the-wilson-world.blogspot.com/2010/07/art-in-hall.html">source</a> - complete with a tutorial for putting words on the wall}</div>
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using microsoft word i put together a couple of fonts for the picasso quote:<br />
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{"every child is an" and "pablo picasso" in the font "quicksand" (free download <a href="http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/Quicksand">here</a>)</div>
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and "artist" in the font "halo handletter" (free download <a href="http://www.dafont.com/halohandletter.font">here</a>)}</div>
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i printed it out in the size i wanted it to be on my wall. i have jennifer at <a href="http://www.insideways.com/">insideways</a> to thank for the "how-to" side of transferring my letters from paper to the wall using the home-made carbon paper technique (like she did on her diy scrabble tiles in <a href="http://www.insideways.com/2011/10/diy-scrabble-art.html">this post</a>) - thanks jen!<br />
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a little sharpie (for a nice crisp straight outline), some black paint (to fill the letters in... because it turned out sharpie and a painted wall weren't quite as made for each other as i'd hoped), and a little bit of patience later i had the quote up on the wall. the hubby came in handy at hanging time and up went the clipboards and some of the cutest artwork i've ever seen (even though you can't quite make it out in the photos i took...but trust me, it's cute!)<br />
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using a couple of the above ideas - voila! here is our new art wall in the play room!<br />
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we're so happy with how it turned out.<br />
thanks to all those whose ideas led me to this finished product even though you had no idea you were even doing so!<br />
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stay tuned for a play room tour in the next few days!</div>
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</div>katie h.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13719763390923084748noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5156560806961889816.post-51081481048754535412012-01-18T16:32:00.000-08:002012-01-18T16:32:24.352-08:00Fizzy Funi found a simple recipe on a great UK blog i've only just discovered (where have you been all my life?) called <a href="http://www.minieco.co.uk/magic-potion/">Mini-eco</a>. the recipe is for a magic fizzy potion (think science fair volcano).<br />
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i decided i'd try it out with elliott while molly was napping. here is how our adventure went:<br />
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you can find this and many other great ideas from mini-eco on <a href="http://www.minieco.co.uk/">her great blog</a> or throughout <a href="http://pinterest.com/kateherrod/">my pinterest boards</a>!katie h.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13719763390923084748noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5156560806961889816.post-23661905327162075562012-01-09T16:39:00.000-08:002012-01-09T16:41:15.914-08:00I Feel Calmer Alreadywant to feel relaxed, peaceful and romantic? just peruse this tumblr page i happened upon:<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://betseyr.tumblr.com/">le petit bijou</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">it's full of wonderful photos, quotes and second-long movie clips.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>i feel great, how about you?<br />
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my aunt has two granddaughters who love barbies and a daughter-in-law who was frustrated with how cheaply made the barbie clothes you buy in stores are. after seeing a picture of some dresses i made for my daughter's barbies she commissioned me to make her some clothes as well. i was excited at the idea and and jumped at the opportunity. she hoped for 5 outfits for each granddaughter. here's what i came up with using scrap fabric i had lying around and some online tutorials.</div>
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<b>outfit #1 - barbies in jeans, blouses and jackets:</b></div>
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this tutorial suggested sewing the seams with yellow thread, like real jeans have, and i skipped this step but i wish i hadn't. i also wish i'd used a darker-wash jean fabric that wasn't so stiff, it would have made them more updated instead of looking like 90's mom jeans...</div>
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this was my favourite of all the items i made. they were pretty simple (the straps required a little bit of patience to sew on) and they turned out so well. very modern, yet modest.</div>
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<b>outfit #2 - barbies in blouses and skirts with back-packs:</b></div>
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these little elastic waisted barbie skirts are easy once you get the hang of it. they were so quick that i made a bunch extra for my little girl's barbies.</div>
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barbie peasant top: <a href="http://create.thebirdflock.com/?p=212">click here for link</a><br />
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i wanted all of my outfits to have 3 pieces, and since this was just a top and skirt i made up these little backpacks to go along with it (so there's no tutorial for this one, sorry!) and threw in some little laminated cardboard magazines and fashion books, too, which i had a lot of fun making.</div>
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okay, so this outfit only had two items but i couldn't think of a third. they're cute enough to get away with it ;)</div>
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these are the dresses that started this whole thing, they're so easy and quick to make and there's an option to keep them strapless or add little straps with ribbon or cotton if you want them a little bit more modest. you could even add the little cap sleeves from the first outfit's blouse. super simple.</div>
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pretty woman bag: <a href="http://www.craftinessisnotoptional.com/2010/08/barbie-dress-tutorial.html">click here for link</a><br />
i didn't follow this tutorial <i>exactly</i> (or at all, really) but it was my inspiration. i made mine more square-shaped. they have a useable pocket inside with little snap closure, and i made a little barbie license and visa card to go along with it, just for fun.<br />
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<b>outfit #4 - sporty beach barbies:</b></div>
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these silly tank tops were a total struggle. i decided to make them with two layers to make them less flimsy, and close the back in too so they could be pulled over barbie's head instead of velcro up the back. i dislike sewing with knits so much, it got really frustrating when my machine would try to eat it. i ended up sewing it over a piece of paper and then gently ripping the paper away but it was such a problem. they both worked out in the end. i printed the little hearts onto iron-on transfer paper and sewed them on the front for decoration.</div>
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my other favourite item. i didn't expect these to turn out, so i held my breath and went for it! they were much easier than i'd anticipated. my only beef is that the tutorial didn't include exactly what size circle should be cut out for the hat, so i made it up and it happened to be right. yay me! the circle i used was 4.5cm (1 3/4") in diameter, and i used about a 6cm (1/4") seam allowance. barbie has such thick hair if it's in a low pony or a braid this hat won't fit, haha.</div>
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i really wanted to make a wedding gown but i also wanted to make an evening gown, so i compromised and made one of each!</div>
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for the wedding gown i used the same pattern as the easy barbie dress (<a href="http://www.craftinessisnotoptional.com/2010/08/barbie-dress-tutorial.html">click here for link</a>) only i made the bottom half longer so the dress would be floor-length.<br />
i also invented a train for her head. it didn't look as much like a wedding gown without it.<br />
this fabric i found was perfect for this job. my mom gave it to me a couple years ago, it was scraps from an advent table display from church one year. until now i had nothing to use it for. yay scraps!<br />
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i also used the same easy barbie dress tutorial for this dress (<a href="http://www.craftinessisnotoptional.com/2010/08/barbie-dress-tutorial.html">click here for link</a>), and made it floor length again, but instead of cutting the bottom half as wide as called for and gathering it in i made it just a little wider than the top piece (to give her hips some room) and added darts to fit her waist. then sewed the top and bottom together the same as the original tutorial.<br />
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and there they are, 5 outfits for each granddaughter, my aunt was very pleased with the clothes and i hope her granddaughters will be as well!<br />
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and a special thank-you to all those ladies who shared your wonderful barbie clothes tutorials with the world! they were certainly very helpful to me!katie h.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13719763390923084748noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5156560806961889816.post-31997869048014415382011-12-17T14:05:00.000-08:002011-12-17T14:05:23.152-08:00The Great Room Amalgamation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">so we've moved our kids into the same bedroom. if you want to catch up, all the reasons behind the change is in the last post.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">it started out a little rocky, i'm not gonna lie. there were evenings that colin and i looked at eachother, grinned, and said, "this was a terrible idea."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">the process was difficult, in the first place, because of elliott's ikea kura loft bed. it's been taken apart and put back together 3 times or so now and the screws get a little more stripped every time. it had to be fully taken apart this time as well just to move it 15 feet away. i'll sugar coat it and say that this was a challenge for colin. after some sweat, a couple glasses of cold water, a large beer (and maybe some swearing under his breath) elliott's bed was set up in molly's room. i was so happy with the look of it, the window isn't centered to the room but when both beds are tucked in opposite corners the window is centered to the beds. their dressers both fit at the feet of their beds, and molly's table and chairs fit nicely in between with their book shelf. it all felt really meant-to-be so we were pleased.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">then came the problem: miss molly went from being the easiest to put to bed to the most difficult to go to sleep. i think she was so excited to have an overnight visitor in her room that she was too interested to sleep. she'd yell, elliott wouldn't be able to go to sleep and he'd come out complaining, one of us would go in and tuck elliott back in bed, meanwhile molly was yelling so we'd go over to tuck her back in, meanwhile elliott would call us back over to his bed where we'd whisper hushes to him, and once again molly would yell... and on it went. for a week or so.</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">the good news was if molly woke up during the night elliott would sleep right through it all. the bad news was that if elliott woke up during the night molly would too. they both went back to sleep easily though. another challenge was with elliott waking up in the morning. he has a clock and knows he can't come out of his room until the time starts with a 7. so he'd come out, but not quietly. then she'd wake up, which was a negative because we were used to her sleeping until 8:30 and if colin's already gone to work she won't let me shower. and i need my shower to feel happy.</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">anyway, it's been about a month now, maybe, and it's going well again. they've both gotten back into their routine sleep patterns, we've been putting her to bed a solid 20 minutes before him and she's in a deep sleep by the time he comes to bed, so she doesn't yell and he stays very quiet. they're both sleeping through the night again, thank goodness! he's also learned to sneak out very quietly in the morning so she can sleep until her usual 8:30. it's sane again in our home.</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">elliott's old bedroom is now a playroom/home office, which is kinda nice. the upside is our computer is now out of our living room and it feels more spacious in there now. the downsides are that elliott won't play in the now playroom because he's still afraid of the silly noisy furnace fan. he won't play quietly with lego on the stair-landing during molly's nap any more (his favourite thing to do before the "fire") and he won't play his pbskids.org games on the computer either (his other favourite past time, and mine if i want to watch a show he can't watch with me). we've come up with other quiet-time activities for him, but it's sad that he's so afraid.</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">we've followed all the supportive suggestions we've found online and all that's left is time, i guess, for him to get over the trauma. sigh.</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">my parents turned on their fireplace the other night and elliott said to my mom, "um, i'm kinda sensitive to fires now..." he's so cute.</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">i'd love to decorate the office now but i need better storage in here first, can't afford paint yet, and haven't found many inspiring playroom/home office ideas yet. it's been a busy month!</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">anyway, that's the update, as promised. sorry it was so wordy, i tend to ramble! but that's what blogs are for, right?</div>katie h.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13719763390923084748noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5156560806961889816.post-72488085672553159942011-11-21T10:32:00.000-08:002013-06-10T11:55:58.930-07:00Shared Boy/Girl Bedroomi disappeared for awhile there, oops. i didn't go anywhere, i haven't even really been busy... maybe that's why i'd had nothing interesting to write about ;)<br />
we live in a legal 2 bedroom basement suite. we own it, actually, we went in with my husbands parents and we have 1/3 of the house and pay 1/3 of the mortgage.<br />
elliott's bedroom is at the end of our hallway behind a fire-door that was actually not part of our suite, it was intended to be an office for use by whoever is living upstairs. we built a door at the top of the stairs, and now being able to use that room makes our suite a 3 bedroom suite, which was a prerequisite for us when we moved here. we wanted each of our kids could have their own bedroom, mostly so they wouldn't wake each other in the night (when we moved in elliott was 3 and molly had just turned 1). elliott's room has been great for him, his little ikea kura loft bed fit perfectly on one side, his dresser under the window, and two shelves full of toys, it was all he needed. that room also has the furnace room closet in it, which is really noisy when it comes on but has never been a problem for elliott before. until now. nothing like a traumatic incident to scare an already sensitive kid into not liking his own bedroom anymore. let me explain:<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKV-JaURV871qhS1FoskZ_gE-5qrARqGlse3dzNdw75ai_1Y3a9iQWJwuUFO-k5VMDrzLnSWf1FSATefDcD1w-f50V8D6hbLg7aug4rZKRbmfLCRBxA2NWw_MowbfKFoEbsy7Gi45Eyadd/s1600/Screen+shot+2011-11-21+at+9.35.18+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKV-JaURV871qhS1FoskZ_gE-5qrARqGlse3dzNdw75ai_1Y3a9iQWJwuUFO-k5VMDrzLnSWf1FSATefDcD1w-f50V8D6hbLg7aug4rZKRbmfLCRBxA2NWw_MowbfKFoEbsy7Gi45Eyadd/s200/Screen+shot+2011-11-21+at+9.35.18+AM.png" width="47" /></a>last week during molly's nap elliott was playing with toys in the living room where i was watching tv. i wanted to watch something he wasn't able to watch (i'll admit it, it was <i>gossip girl</i>, tee hee) so we grabbed his toys and i went with him to his room so he could play in there. the fire door had been closed and when we opened it his room was full of smoke. i quickly scoured for all light sources that may be producing the smoke and discovered that it was coming from a lamp in the corner (that looks like the one pictures over to the right--->).<br />
i looked inside the top and there was a glowing, almost-on-fire pair of pyjama pants that had been accidentally tossed into the uplight. i rushed the jammies into the bathroom sink and soaked them so they wouldn't catch on fire, then unplugged the lamp and ran it outside, and opened all the windows. although nothing bad ended up happening the whole thing really shook elliott up, poor guy. just the thought of it or the lingering smell of smoke would cause him to power-frown and tear up. suddenly every strange smell and every noise has him remembering it, and the whole past week has been a struggle at bedtime, it's been taking him a really long time to stop crying long enough to fall asleep, and he's been waking up scared every time the furnace starts. we've read the advice and followed all the suggestions, but nothing seems to be helping. so, since molly has been sleeping through the night now, we thought maybe they should try sharing a bedroom for a night, see how it goes. well elliott LOVED that idea, and molly said, "sure!" so try it we did.<br />
we put his mattress on the floor of her bedroom last night, had his sleepy kitty and his own bedding and pillow to make him comfy, and said goodnight. it took a visit or two for them to quiet down, and just when we were about to give up they both fell asleep. it wasn't the best quality sleep for anyone in the house, elliott woke up crying once or twice still and tried to come out way too early in the morning, and molly woke up twice because of him and once on her own. thankfully, she's easily comforted back to sleep, and when she cries at night elliott doesn't even stir. it just may work.<br />
so we're planning to try it again tonight. if all goes the same as last night or even better we'll officially move him into her room so they can share. that frees up a whole office-sized room that we might be able to fit a hide-a-bed or at the very least our computer desk and the kids toys. this excites me because it'll free up our living room a little if we move the desk out, i'll get to redecorate an office/playroom, <b><i><u>and</u></i></b> i'll get to have a blast coming up with ideas for making a cohesive shared girl & boy bedroom.<br />
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thank goodness for pinterest, i've already been searching it this morning for ideas now that this is a real possibility. here are a couple that i've pinned:<br />
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if any mom's out there have any advice for kids sharing rooms, or more specifically for a sister and a brother sharing rooms, or decorating ideas, please comment and share! i'll (hopefully, no promises;) keep you posted! at the very least, if we go through with this change, i'll post pictures when it's all done.<br />
i'm excited about this. last night i was nervous and skeptical but this could really happen! i hope no one thinks we're freeing up the office for a nursery. we're not. i promise. not on purpose, anyway...katie h.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13719763390923084748noreply@blogger.com1