Oh, to be 2 again.....

I think I was very successful in bringing Sophia's purple butterfly/fairy/princess costume to reality this Halloween. When I decided to make costumes for the girls I couldn't have even hoped that they would turn out as well as they did. Sophia wore her costume all day. A girl has to accessorize though and Sophia needed to add a magic wand, some necklaces and bracelets to complete the look, and when we gave Sophia her "bat" loot bag she treated it like a purse and carried it around the house. And if you look close you can see that Layla is following in her sister's footsteps and is sporting a very fashionable pair of 3-D glasses.


The old joke about having to make Halloween costumes in Canada that fit over top of snowsuits held true this year. As Steve and Sophia carved the pumpkins we saw our first snowflake of the year. I have been busy working on the girls Halloween costumes for the past 2 weeks and all of my hard work paid off today seeing the girls parade around the house, and then the street in their "made to order" costumes.


I wasn't the only one busy today though, Steve and Sophia made some really great pumpkins for the porch.




Happy Halloween! And if anyone needs a little sugar fix we have a LOT of leftover candy!!

It's About Time!

It has been months in the making but I am finally finished. Layla's window seat is complete. The pillows turned out beautifully and I couldn't pass up the opportunity to sew an "L" onto one of the large pillows. I know the seat looks a bit full of pillows but Sophia spent a lot of time arranging them (I wonder who she gets that from) so I thought I would show off her work as well.


If you look out the window you can see that I'm not the only one that has been busy, look at all those houses!

Now that I am back at work I have been neglecting my blog, but not my sewing. I will try to stay on top of it and update everyone on what I have been making.

Happy Birthday Layla!

Layla turned one last week and we had a great family birthday party to celebrate with her on Sunday morning. As you can see she enjoyed her cake.


I recently decided to take a cake decorating class so that I could make some fun cakes for the girls birthdays. Layla absolutely loves teddy bears so it couldn't have been any more perfect of a cake. I know if she could talk, she would have chosen this cake...

...and this outfit. I had to embroider the butterfly on it, what a cutie!


Steve and I now have a one year old and a two year old, I can't believe how fortunate we are to have our beautiful girls.

A Year Gone By....

Well the time has come for me to go back to work. The bags are complete and packed for the girls for their first day with Oma and Opa. It has been a fantastic year for me, watching Sophia grow physically and mentally. Layla has taken her first steps and is starting to let go of the wall to walk to me, so the last item on my "to do" list can be crossed off. What an adventure.

I did a bit of shopping today to get ready for my first day back tomorrow. I'm sure that in no time it will seem like I never left. I can't even begin to recall all of the things that I have done with the girls in the last 12 months. I'll try to do a better recap on Thursday, Layla's birthday.


Such a busy week...first day back to work, 8 year anniversary and Layla's first birthday, and party. No better way to celebrate the end of the summer!

oh and let's not forget about the other girl that I'm leaving when I go back to work...what ever will she do without us???

stickers

This image looks innocent enough until you get a closer look at Layla.



I walked in to Layla's room and Sophia turned to me and said "Mommy, putting stickers on Layla's head." In this instance I'm not sure what the proper protocol is...do I yell at her and once again remind her that Layla is NOT a toy, or do I run downstairs and grab my camera. I think we all know what my reaction was this morning.

As my time at home gets close to an end I'm just grateful that these are the lasting memories I will have with me as I go back to work.

Never thought I'd see the day...

I have heard the myth of babies falling asleep in their highchairs but until today I didn't realize it could actually happen.

Well, I guess I knew it could happen!

Can anyone see the resemblance?

Sophia fell asleep after a long morning at the pool in Mexico, Layla fell asleep after a long morning watching Opa. Apparently both are very tiring activities.

beatin' the heat

There isn't much to do outside during this recent heat wave, but Sophia needed a little cool down after doing a loop around the street on her bicycle.