Finished!

I had this idea that for Christmas, I could sew everyone fleece pants...nevermind that I break out the sewing machine maybe 3 or 4 times a year! I went to Fabricland and found some supercute material for Keira and some flannelette for Aidan that I just couldn't resist - I was sure he would think it was 'cool' and 'awesome' and it was in clearance, so it would be great to practice on. I guess I should have made his stuff first if it was for practice...


This is Keira's pants (and shirt since I only bought 1m and her stuff is so small). I had everything cut out and I made them yesterday. I always pick the worst times to sew. I had had my sewing machine sitting upstairs for about a week but I decided to wait until I was babysitting all day before starting her stuff!


I'm so proud of how it turned out! My previous sewing experience is pretty much all baby blankets so this is a major achievement for me! My favourite part is the little ruffle on the bottom - so cute! The only thing I don't like is that the neckline is huge, but since everything else is a bit big on her, maybe she'll grow into it...

Then today I made Aidan's cool awesome pajamas. The fabric is actually really cool! I made sure I cut out everything so that the road on the bottom of the fabric was also on the bottom of the pants, arms and top. I think it turned out pretty good! Also my first attempt at sewing a ribbing neckline and ankles on (at least that I can remember). While I was sewing the shirt Aidan noticed it and said 'Is that for me Mommy?' so since I didn't want to lie I told him it was supposed to be a surprise for Christmas...but since he noticed it, I made him try it on a couple times so that I could make sure it would fit.

I still have his and Michael's pants to make, as well as 2 baby blankets - and my mom reminded me of Christmas baking when I talked to her yesterday!! We're going up to Kitimat for Christmas this year and leaving on the 19th or 20th so I'll have to get moving on those projects too, just wanted to stop and show off these first :D

Off to School...

I thought it might be fun to take pictures while we got ready to drop Aidan off for school one morning.

Keira always gets excited when I hold her up in front of her clothes. I'm not sure why this is - maybe she just likes reaching out and grabbing stuff! Today she picked her BC Lions shirt to wear.

While Aidan waits for breakfast, he finishes putting his hockey stickers into the book he got from Parker's birthday party.

Breakfast time - he's really into oatmeal and asks for it lots, especially when it's cold and he wants to warm up :) You can see his cool ZooPals pig cup and his library book from school hanging on the back of his chair as well as his awesome Superman placemat that Michael got on one of his business trips to Edmonton.

Keira had her own cereal for breakfast. She's not much of a breakfast person - or I don't have that much patience to sit and feed her in the morning. Either way she doesn't eat a whole lot.

Hanging out in her highchair with her favourite piece of the play food set - the tea pot.

Taking off her socks is so much fun. Then she offers them to someone while saying 'Hem, hem' which is her word for 'here you go' or 'I want this' or 'thank you'

Of course offering them to Aidan is fun, but when I offer to put them back on her feet, she takes off into the living room!

Getting ready to leave. This is probably the highlight of her morning. She grabs her blankie or Cheer Bear or both and is down the steps pulling on the door handle ready to go - nevermind that she doesn't have any shoes or a jacket on!

Aidan takes a little longer to get ready - he has to load his backpack up with his library book and lunch box, get his shoes and jacket on and if it's cold, mittens and hat. You can see Keira already reaching for the handle here!

All set and ready to go! Aidan conveniently lost his zip in polarfleece liner for his winter jacket from last year, so I had to buy him a new jacket this year. Hopefully it will fit him next year too. He looks pretty good in it!!

They're both thrilled that I'm taking yet another picture of them. Actually, some days I drive Aidan to school so I can run some errands (or maybe just cuz I'm lazy!) and Keira gets very upset because she's waiting at the shed door for the stroller to come out. Now that it's snowed it takes us 10 min to get everyone into their winter gear and she gets to ride on a sled! She had such a great time the first day.

Once we get home, she heads straight for the couch where the remote is...it's time to watch her favourite show Yo Gabba Gabba!

She likes to sit on the couch with blankie and a teddy (or puppy in this case) but it's just such an exciting show, she has to stand up and dance!!