Earth Day 2010

We went to Walmart today and after putting away all the

groceries there was a huge pile of plastic sacks covering

the entire kitchen. So I decided Manni and I needed to

do a little Earth Day project. . . .

I had all of these cute mini T-shirts (from college) in the

Goodwill pile that I can't wear anymore after losing my

flat tummy and finding countless stretch marks.

(Thank you Manni & Soren)

So, we sewed my shirts into reusable shopping bags. Just

sew your T-shirt closed along the bottom edge and then

cut the sleeves off and widen the neck hole. You don't

have to sew the raw edges on the T-shirts if it is the type

of knit that rolls when you stretch it. I actually let Manni

(3 years old) help me sew the bottom closed. He was

ecstatic about learning to use the sewing machine.

This is a way better use of my cute T-shirts than sending

them off to the Goodwill. Now I get to use them forever!

Manni boy

Peanut and Mannix have been dying to play together but

can't while she is in recover from her 2nd surgery to

repair her blown ACL. Just a few more weeks and they

will be able to wrestle again.

Manni loves bugs. Unfortunately most

of the ones he "plays" with end up accidentally squished

or drowned in the kiddie pool etc.

Sobe at 3 months

Here's our fat little Sobe at 3months

This photo is to show my Dad that Mannix is in fact

larger than Soren!

(Okay maybe not around the middle though)

Back in business (the sewing kind)

Hooray! I got my sewing machine back today! I found a smaller sewing machine shop on google and went to rescue my machine from the 100 machine backup at Rachel's.

For all you Lubbock sewing people, take your machines to Darlene's Sewing Etc.

http://www.lubbocksewingmachines.com/

They had my machine fixed overnight with great service at a fraction of the cost of Rachel's.

I am extremely satisfied!

Spring flowers

We don't have much grass but the weeds growing in our

yard are quite pretty! Manni picks me a bouquet every

time we go out to play.

How I turned a bag destined for the Goodwill into a diaper stash

The only thing I ever talk about anymore is diapers. . .

I've been on a mission to start cloth diapering Sorbaby.

To save resources have decided to sew my own diaper

stash. I have been using several designs and have mostly

gotten my ideas from http://diapersewing.com/and

http://fernandfaerie.com/frugaldiapering.html but the

design below was Scott's idea.

Cut a 15x32 in rectangle from an old receiving blanket

Sew a 4x15 in terry cloth rectangle to the edge

Fold so the terry cloth is in the center 1/3 of the diaper

and sew along center edges of terry cloth strip to secure.

Zigzag open edges of diaper and your finished!

So easy and no cost involved if you reuse old materials.

Waterproof cover made from an old Gortex

coat and polyester soccer jersey.

For this cover I modified the Ultrex/PUL pattern from

http://diapersewing.com/to fit my baby.

Okay so here is the bad part of my mission:

The gortex had lost some of it's waterproof ability since it is

so old (bought in 1995 and worn a ton between Alaska,

Snowbird, and Mt. Hood). So I can't really use this cover. :(

I was going to buy some new PUL and repeat this pattern

but then my sewing machine broke so I can't. :(

I decided to just buy some ready made covers from

bummis and proraps so I can start cloth diapering now

instead of waiting for my machine to get fixed (2-3 weeks)

What will I do without my sewing machine if it is too expensive

to fix? This is one of the few machines that Scott can't/won't

work on. BUMMER!

Matching Boys

Thanks Tia Mayra!

The matching outfits are darling!

The boys playing in the new car that I scooped up as a

garage sale bargain. (Don't worry I didn't let Mannix

actually drive while Soren was in the car.)

Luckily Scott was standing right there as a backup

because Manni got tired of holding Soren while I was taking

the picture and just let go!

The boys all ready for church

We have a giggler

Sorbaby at 3 months

Sorbaby has been giving us some darling giggles lately.

Mama and Manni getting some giggles during bathtime

On a serious note. . .

Have you noticed what a chunky monkey Sorbaby is?

Check out the double chin and cheeks.