Little Man went to the Mayo Clinic last Monday to have an orthopedic surgeon check his feet. He's very pigeon toed and often trips over his own feet while he runs. As I suspected, the doctor didn't think we needed to do anything for his feet except for keep an eye on how he handles being pigeon toed as he gets older, but I feel better knowing that.
Little Man was given a sandbox playset by his secret Kid Kare person at church. The set included a rake, shovel, bucket, and a few fun shaped molds. We don't have a sandbox so I figured the kids would just have to pretend. Apparently I underestimated the kids' resourcefulness; this is the area under the deck on the second story of the house we live
in. The kids decided that the gravel would be perfect for digging in.
Last Wednesday night we were at the Bible study and prayer
meeting at church. When I say "we," I mean me and the three kidlets
since Hubby was working. I don't know what came over 5 year old
Princess, but her behavior that evening was appalling to say the least.
From a young age, we expect our kids to sit quietly in church, and the
two older kids are
usually pretty well-behaved. Princess was
sitting on my dad's lap and was goofing around with a little girl in the
pew in front of us so my dad gently tried to get her stop. She
responded by elbowing him in the stomach so I pulled her over to sit by
me. An out-of-character fit ensued and I stood to take her out of
church to deal with the behavior. The next thing I knew, she was
running across the church away from me. I followed her and tried to
catch her, but she ran around and between the empty pews on the other
side of the church. Naturally, everyone was watching our little game. I
finally caught her and dragged her kicking and screaming downstairs
where a 10 minute screaming tantrum followed.
Finally, she was calmed down and ready to go back upstairs. She sat on my lap (
I was afraid to let go of her at this point!)
and for some reason kept grabbing at my chest. In church. While
everyone was watching to see what she was going to try to pull next.
Did I mention that I also uncharacteristically chose a seat near the
front of the church that evening? Ugh.
I found the cutest outfit for Star on clearance at Target last week. I've always loved the nautical theme for kids' clothes and am thrilled that it's in style right now. It's kind of hard to see, but the top is navy blue with white anchors printed all over it and an attached yellow rosette. The skirt is three layers of white eyelet ruffles.
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| "I just don't know why you insist on taking so many pictures of me, Mama." |
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| "Oh that's right. It's because I'm so cute!" |
I just finished designing the first draft of my latest pattern for my shop,
Little Owl Patterns! It's an easy, quick sew project that kids love to wear because it's so comfortable! It's made with knit fabric, but you don't need a serger or any special tools to make it. The pattern hasn't been released yet and is still in the testing stage. If you're interested in testing, you can request to join the Facebook testing group
here.
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