Friday, April 23, 2010

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)



Thursday, April 15, 2010

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.

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

I am extremely satisfied!


Monday, April 12, 2010

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
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



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.