Coffee Date Dress

Rachel and I made a dress! We were trying out her sewing machine to see if it was worth keeping (ended up selling it on KSL in about 1/2 an hour) and also teaching Rachel how to sew. We used the Coffee Date Dress pattern from BurdaStyle. The instructions on BurdaStyle are not working, but available on the designer's website. We left out the ruffle, and added a lining. Adding the lining made the whole project a big pain, but our [free] fabric required it. Not bad for the price of a zipper!

Keratin

Anyone who knows me well should be shocked at this picture.

I had Rachel take a picture of my "pregnancy nails" so I could start biting them again. For some reason (and this happened with Maggie, too), my nails got incredibly long the last week of pregnancy. I think the reason I kept them for 3 weeks after is because I didn't do much driving.

Also, I'm wearing my wedding ring again, yay!

I love my family

Impromptu Craft

John came up with this idea this morning while I was sleeping in and he was entertaining Maggie. They strung styrofoam pellets onto a piece of ribbon and made a necklace for Maggie. She decided the styrofoam was "ghosts".
Incidentally, the styrofoam came in a box of fabulous Bakersfield exports from Dewar's.

M-A-G-G-I-E

Halloween Jam Gifts

John took a few jars of peach jam to the families he home teaches. He had to dress them up first though. Paper is My Mind's Eye Boo to You Bewitching Webs.Of course, Maggie had to make a card too. Hers will go to her papa.

Boo!

Here are some fun pictures Erin took of the kids yesterday.

Maggie is wearing a shirt I made her from an old black T-shirt. I kept the neckline intact to make it easier on myself, and appliqued a candy corn shape out of a scrap of fabric from last year's candy corn pants. I made one for Dalton too, but John found this cute glow-in-the-dark ghost onesie, and we couldn't resist.