This month Ellie added “no” and “mine” to an extensive vocabulary that previously included only words like “happy” and “sunny.” The terrible twos are starting early. Although I do like it when she calls Will “my woahwee”
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Yearly Archives: 2011One of the many funny things Ellie does is saying “oh yeah” in the same obnoxious way as the villain in Despicable Me. Sometimes she has the ‘uh huh’ at the front. I need to get it on video before she stops doing it!  I have loved the green floral print from Children at Play since I first saw a little thumbnail of it! While Ellie will get plenty of Children at Play dresses, I knew this print was for me. 🙂 I used my twirly skirt tutorial for this one (thought it was so windy today that it […]  I bought a few fat quarters on the new Joel Dewberry heritage line on complete impulse. I think it’s because I didn’t covet them for long before their release (and am really not even sure that I love them now) that I hacked into them so quickly. I want to sew something with them quickly […]  This quilt has been in the works for a while, and in my head I’d deemed it our ‘end of summer/early fall’ quilt. It’s primarily made from a charm pack of American Jane Happy Campers, and I will allow myself the disclaimer that this isn’t my first choice for binding. But it’s leftover from a […]  The seasons must be changing because I am getting the urge to clean and reorganize. I tackled my craft books today, putting my knitting, (and now crocheting–I have a new crochet book to go along with my new hobby), sewing, and quilting books together on my dresser. Oh holy idea overload, batman! Between this and […] |
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