Projects and Cuteness

Levi sporting my gardening hat :)

Levi enjoying the warmth of the 3-seasons room.

Front yard sprouts.

Upcylcling a shirt I just wasn't that into. Click to enlarge.

Final product.
New magnets to match my new kitchen color.

Spring Has Sprung

It has been such nice weather the last several days. Levi and I have walked every day this week and I got out in the garden. Levi hangs out in his Jumperoo while I weed and rake.

Here is our bare little garden spot that mom and I cleared last year.

I finally dug out some old bubbles I had been looking for to entertain Levi. He really watches them.

Levi also enjoys a game of, "Where's Momma's nose?" and "Where is Momma's chin?" When I ask him he touches (or in this case yanks) the right spot!

My latest sewing creation: Up-cycled* monogram t-shirt.

*FYI: The term up-cycle refers to a used item remade into something else. In this case I used this boring yard sale find and spruced it up a little.

Crandall Visit!

Levi love:

Sadie went on several walks with us. She stopped off at several playgrounds for a bit of fun. This was on Jan's camera but I took it so I wanted to post it :)
Sadie LOVED playing Boggle and Five Crowns during her visit. She won a lot of her rounds of 5 Crowns and found a 5-letter word by herself in Boggle!

Sadie helped me put away the rose bush covers and clean up the dead leaves. What a help! She did it joyfully!

MORE TO COME :)

Food and Fun

Here are some hats I found for Levi at Goodwill. The beanie is for Spring and the rest I needed for summer because he has a head that has outgrown most of his other hats. One was brand new and all were $0.50 a piece.
This is Pastor Marc Anderson with his daughter Vera. Marc and his wife came over for dinner last Thursday. We all had a great time.
Over the weekend, Andrew took the youth to Pierre for a statewide youth conference. I made these Ninja bandannas with Andrew before he left. It was part of his group theme. ("Warriors for the Lord", and our own addition, "Pray for Japan!")

Here is a photo montage of Levi attempting to feed himself:
(1) "Let me just feed myself with this spoon."
(2) "Spoon feeding = too slow!"
(3) "No one will notice if I just give Lucy the rest!"

(4) "See Momma, I don't need a spoon!"
(5) "I think I have this down. Open mouth, insert plate."

6 Months!

I am a few days behind, but here is Levi's 6 month picture. I cannot believe he is already been in this world for 1/2 a year! He weighs 17 lb. 4 oz., 17 3/4 inch head circumference, 26 1/2" long. (I guess the last nurse measured him wrong. This time the Dr. measured his length.)

A sampling of my craft fair projects: magnets (sold all of them!)

Onsies (some boy ones and some girl)

Spring knitted headbands

My favorite flower on a headband, made from wired ribbon left over from our wedding!

More Taggie balls (including my new taggie football)