Projects

I've been in baby mode - it's been busy, especially this last week since I'm done with school. This is all going very slow because I'm moving slow (imagine that) and Cam has to work (poor guy!) and I have a little helper named E who doesn't actually help much!

Here's everything I've gotten done since finishing work last Friday:

- Car Seat Cover
- 2 Baby Blankets
- Crib Skirt
- Pillow for baby room
- 2 coats of stain on E's twin bed
- Cleaning and moving stuff off the carpet to get it cleaned
- Taping and prepping the baby room to be painted

I'll be adding pictures as I finish stuff. Some is done but I can't take pictures yet (the car seat cover is done, but the car seat is in the attic. Oops!)

Green thumb continued...

A few more things bloomed, and I got a great new hydrangea for Mother's Day. I'm curious to see if it stays pink, or if it eventually turns blue/purple like my other one.

Green thumb? No way!

I am not known for my plant skills. In fact, I can keep plants alive at school all year and then bring them home for summer and almost kill them. I have been VERY lucky with the plants I've chosen for the flower beds. Spring is amazing! Here is what has come in so far, and i still have my crepe myrtle, roses, and my all-time favorite the hydrangea left to bloom!

Pink Azalea

Clematis

Coral Azalea

White Azalea

Lavender Iris

Daffodils

White and Dark Purple Iris

Finished Quilt

I've had this quilt ready to bind for over a month. I just haven't had time and I've been really sick. So, yesterday I decided to finish it. I used the binding tutorial  here and it was PERFECT. I finished it in no time and now I have one more thing done for the nursery!

Car Party Decorations and Activities

Here are some of the decorations and activities I had for E's party:

Banner, and his #2 (I'm going to do one every year to match the themes of his parties)

Stoplight Beanbag Toss - none of the older kids came to the party, so nobody actually played this. We've had fun at home though!

Monster Truck Bowling - Again - nobody touched it, but I now have some bowling pins for home!

E loves anything that moves - so I made a collage of all of his pictures and made the banner that says "on the move"

Favor cones and Mater cake (made by Tracy and Sydney) from the websites listed at the end of the post.

Close-up of the bottom of the favor cone.

Close-up of the favor cone

Street table cloths using dollar store plastic cloths and yellow cardstock, and checkered flag banner from the dollar store!

Stoplight (borrowed from school) and checkered fabric as table runners

Links:

Traffic Cone Favors:  Here
Mater Cake: Here

Car Party Food

Here's a list of the food I had for E's Car Party... Some I have pictures of, some I don't.

Antifreeze (lemonade w/ blue food coloring)
Motor Oil (grape  Hawaiian Punch)
Wheel Pasta Salad
CAR-viar (Cowboy caviar - I had so many requests for it that I had to make it)
Dipsticks (Carrot and celery sticks)
Stoplight Brownies (using m&m's)
Apple Cars (grapes as the wheels)

Car Shirt

This year for E's birthday shirt I found a cute idea on Pinterest here. I was wandering through the grocery store and found a dog toy shaped like a tire! Perfect! I used black puffy fabric paint so it would have a bit of texture when I rolled it on.