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I was pleasantly surprised to see my sweet Leah featured on Prudent Baby's project round-up for the button collar dress I made. Go check it out!

Leah's started taking steps. She's not fully walking yet, but she'll take a step or two. I happened to get her longest jaunt so far on video a few days ago.

While everyone else is starting school, Molly's still got a week and a half before she starts preschool. They've been renovating this summer, and are not quite done. But, they had an open house today to show off the new digs as the final touches are completed. Molly was thrilled to get to go check out her school.

Leah seemed to think she was ready for school too. Sorry Leah, you've got a couple years.

The school is loaded with fun stuff, and Molly just kept running around and getting excited about everything. Here she found a bin full of hats and modeled a firefighter hat for me.

Ms. Carol, Molly's teacher, was great and Molly warmed up to her and Ms. Jodi very quickly. Here's Ms. Carol reading a story to Molly and Leah.

Molly can't wait to start school. I think it's going to be tough to keep her patient over the next week and a half before school starts.

I am participating in another Craft Hope project. I made pillowcases to donate to ConKerr Cancer. They provide bright and cheery handmade pillowcases for children battling cancer. They're "giving sick kids a reason to smile...one pillowcase at a time."

If you'd like to participate too you still have time; leave a comment here. The deadline for this project is September 15th as September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.

I'm linking up to Made by You Mondays at Skip to my Lou so you can see what others have been busy crafting.

We finally decided that Leah's comb-over look wasn't working for her, so it was time for her first haircut. Here's the before picture.

Here's the after picture of Leah's hair sans-old man look. It's a bit hard to see what it looks like since it's wet, so...

Here's Leah the day after her haircut, with dry hair. Much better. I think she likes it!

Molly and I went on a tour of Rita's Italian Ice with our MOMS Club. First, we saw the process of making lemon ice.

And then got to taste the freshly made ice.

Next, the kids were given small cups of random flavors and tried to guess what kind of ice it was.

And finally, the kids got to order their very own cup of Italian ice. Molly was set on getting red.

Surprisingly, even after eating the kid (aka huge for a toddler) serving, she ate a great lunch.

I've had my eye on making this Buttercup Bag for a while, so when my friend's birthday came around I knew exactly what to make her! I encouraged her to overlook any imperfections since it was my first time making a bag, but that showed it was made with love, right?!

Her response? "JEN! I LOOOOVE the purse!! :) It's so adorable and I will DEFINITELY use it!! Thank you sooooo much!! And I'm not sure what "imperfections" I was supposed to notice, but I didn't notice a THING wrong with it! I'm so honored I get to be the first person with one of your creations o' awesomeness! :)"

You think she liked it?! :)

I'm linking up to Made by You Mondays at Skip to my Lou so you can see what others have been busy crafting.

It was a cooler day out on Saturday, which made it a great day to hit the playground. Molly, of course, was happy to have this outing (and Chad was happy to get to bring his new lenses along).

Leah wasn't as excited as Molly about the playground, but she did enjoy riding on the frog with Mommy.

Molly loves to swing high with Chad so they can go upside down, but she likes swinging on her belly when she's alone.

I used this tutorial to make Leah a button collar dress. It is perfect for the summer, complete with strawberries and all.

I'm linking up to Strut Your Stuff Thursday at Somewhat Simple so you can see other crafters newest creations.