Wednesday, March 31, 2010

The reason Claire's skin is so soft today...

Tonight while I was at rehearsal, Jason got the kids all ready for bed. He promised them that if they got their pajamas on and read their bedtime stories, they could watch a couple of songs on American Idol before bed. Claire decided she would rather chase Tucker around, so while Josh and Jason watched the show, she herded Tucker into the guest room and closed the door. After a couple of songs, Jason noticed that it had gotten pretty quiet in the guest room, so he opened the door to see what was going on. He found Claire sitting on the bed in a pile of clean, unfolded laundry, gouging handfuls of Aquaphor out of the container and wiping it into her hair. He pulled her off the bed and made her stand in the hall and not touch anything while he hunted around for the camera, then deleted some pictures because the memory card was full.

Clearly he had his priorities in order.




Jason spent half an hour trying to wash the waterproof gel out of her hair, while poor Wyatt was screaming for attention in his bassinet and Josh was making some random messes around the house because he knew he could get away with it for awhile. Tonight Claire is sleeping with a towel on her pillow. It will probably take a few more washes with dish soap to get all that greasy gel out of her hair! I'm happy I wasn't there at the time, but at least I get to laugh at the pictures!!!

haha :)

awww, poor Jason

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Scarlett's Ballerina Bag


My good friend Lauren's little girl Scarlett is turning 5 today, and for her 5th birthday I wanted to do something special for her. She LOVES ballet, and being a girl after my own heart I knew just what she needed! I made her this little ballet bag to keep her shoes and whatever else in when she goes to class.

The back of the bag...
The front again....
Detail of the front.... the buttons on the front are a light pink crystal.... don't know if they show up that way. The tulle netting is also a light pink.


Her name embroidered on the inside above the pockets...
There are 2 pockets inside.... the inside of the bag is done in a coordinating fabric, and the pockets are edged in the same fabric as the outside of the bag.




The ribbon on the handbag handles are sewn into the bow so they won't come undone, and I added the coordinating button to cover the knot....

The handbag handles are a dark walnut wood, and there are magnetic snaps to hold the bag closed...

So it turned out pretty nice!!! And now I want to make one for Claire for when she starts ballet...

But first she has to be potty trained!!

I took this picture yesterday... potty time!!! (yes, she is sitting on a potty under that blanket!)
And who else is potty training??

Well... Dolly, Tucker, and a pirate skeleton of course :)