Making clothes for little boys is a bit tough when you don't have one in your house! I used this romper pattern again and made a jon jon for our friend Kathy's little boy. I had to ask a high school friend for measurements, and Leah was a good sport and tried it on for me since it was 18 months, but I think it turned out pretty darn cute!
As you may have seen, Molly's first soccer game did not go well. The second one went much better. Here's a highlight reel of some of the best moments. Molly did great. She went into the game every time the coach told her to, and participated the entire time. After spending much of the last game on the sideline, that was a huge improvement.
As Jen mentioned, Uncle J organized an Easter egg hunt in their backyard for the little girls. Here's a little bit of footage from it.
On Monday night, I made cupcakes for a combined early birthday/Mother's Day celebration for my sister and mom.
There was a yummy surprise inside these cupcakes - chocolate chip cookie dough! My BIL said they were possibly the best cupcakes he'd ever had!
Michelle was excited to finally get some homemade vanilla extract after waiting months for it to ferment.
And by special request, I made these kitchen owl towels for her birthday.
For my mom, I embroidered all the granddaughters' handprints as a Mother's Day gift.
You can see a lot more pictures from our trip on Flickr starting here.
We traveled down to Birmingham (in "Alabana" as Molly likes to say) to spend Easter with my family.
It didn't take long for the girls to get started on some cousin play. We spent lots of time playing on the back porch.
On Saturday morning, we all went to a nearby playground for some fun.
Making oatmeal cookies was a must-do for Saturday evening.
And the Easter Bunny did manage to find us in Alabama.
After church, Uncle J organized an Easter Egg hunt in the backyard.
It was busy day, but Leah found a great spot to relax and listen to Uncle J's music.
It turns out that everyone loves Minnie! (Did you know her full name is actually Minerva Mouse?) Molly has been invited to two Minnie Mouse birthday parties since her own, so I made this apron for Molly's classmate, Elizabeth.
This is a taste of a regular day around here. One of Molly and Leah's favorite activities is playing music in Molly's room and dancing around. So, here's a bit of them dancing.
As I've mentioned before, I am a staff liaison at my church. I wanted to make a birthday treat for one of the staff members, so I tried my hand at English Toffee. Our friend, Eric, made some using this Cooking for Engineers recipe a while back and it was so good. Mine got a big thumb's up in our house too.
I also brought some to a few of my girl friends who happen to be in our own Biggest Loser club. Chad asked if I was trying to sabotage, but since I'm not trying to win this time, I called it "A friend bringing treats." Right?!
I made another birthday dress for one of Molly's friends, Keira. As you might guess, she is also in the popular 4-year-old dress phase. It's been fun trying out so many different patterns. This one is New Look 6613.
Edit: Keira came over to play wearing the dress I made for her, so here's the birthday girl in her new dress.
I also created a cookie monster bow for Keira's little sister, Maya, for her 2nd birthday.
A bit of fun from the field trip to the zoo. They actually did their power walking for several minutes, but it didn't last very long once I got in front of them to take the video. They seemed to think I was a great target for attacking.
