Sewing

Happy Box, Back to the Park, and Snuggles

The best kind of days start out with snuggles on the couch.

Toddler and husky snuggling on couch

Most parks in Pittsburgh have reopened while following social distancing guidelines and man did it feel good to take Sadie to the park last night!

I think she forgot what a park even was. She kept saying “oh!” and smiling at everything. 

Toddler on swing

Toddler smiling at park

I did something else I haven’t done in a while last night. I baked a pan of cornbread!

We all chowed on that for dinner along with barbecue chicken and vegetables. 

Cornbread

I am very pleased to report that Sadie liked the cornbread. I wonder if she will have my level of love for cornbread as she grows up, haha. 

Speaking of levels, Jimmy said I reached level 200 of motherhood because Sadie handed me a booger in the car on the way home from the park. How many levels of motherhood are there? I think us moms should come up with a scale of mom-type things that happen at each level 😉

Sadie spent a few minutes relaxing in our fire pit once we got home from the park. 

Toddler playing in fire pit

In other news, I have dubbed my little box of thread as my happy box. Every time I pull out my needle and thread, I am in my happy zone. I’m currently working on a shirt for Sadie and can’t wait to see how it comes out! 

Box of thread

Are you currently working on any projects?

Do you like cornbread?

Mermaid Girl, A New Addiction, And Trying To Style My Hair

Jimmy dressed Sadie in a skort the other day while I was working in the kitchen and he was pretty concerned when he brought her out to see me. Here’s how our conversation went.

Jimmy: Babe, is this a skirt?
Me: No, it’s a skort. It’s a skirt with shorts underneath. 
Jimmy: Oh…
Me: What?
Jimmy: I thought it was just a skirt so I put her legs through one hole and then when I picked her up she just felt like a mermaid. 

Pink toddler skort from Children's Place

Sadie’s “mermaid” skort 😉

I looked at Sadie and sure enough, her legs were together in one leg hole of the skort just like a little mermaid. We had a good laugh after that.

So, I am becoming addicted to sewing. I bet you didn’t see that coming based off of my last post, lol. I got brave and bought fabric to make Sadie another dress.

Handmade toddler dress that was sewn

This one came out better than the last one, but I still don’t really know what I’m doing. I do know I’m having a ton of fun, though!

It took me about three days worth of nap times to put it together, which admittedly wasn’t the most productive use of my time. Seeing Sadie in her new dress was worth all the time spent accidentally poking my finger with a needle and looking up hand-sewing tutorials, though!

Hand-sewn toddler dress

Speaking of tutorials, I found a hair styling tutorial I could actually follow and do! It was for milkmaid braids.

It may me a little messy, but taming my hair is tough, so I’m calling it a win 😉

Milkmaid braids

Do you wear your hair in different styles?

If you have young children, who dresses them?