computer woes

Blogging has been a little tough lately since I have been having some computer problems.  I've always used the memory card drive on my old laptop to download pics from my camera...but now that I've got a Mac, it doesn't have this memory card drive...so I'm forced to find the usb cord for my camera in order to load pictures...which I have NO idea where it is.  I'm guessing in a random box over at the storage unit.  It was working out ok to upload them from the old computer...until about 2 weeks ago when the wireless card on said computer quit working and I can no longer connect to the internet with that computer. And  then a couple days ago I discovered that the power cord to my mac got crunched under a table leg or something and it is no longer doing it's job of charging the computer battery.   Grrr, those stinkers are not cheap to replace.  All that to say, the process of taking pictures and getting them on to this blog has gotten quite a bit more difficult.  So, until then, you'll get to experience the amazing photographic performance of my ipone. Lucky you :)

We had some crazy weather last week.  Tuesday it was 55 and sunny and we went to the park...

Then on Thursday we got 3-4 inches of snow!  Finally, Boden got to build the snowman he's been so desperate to build. 

Mr Snowman happens to be tiny because I was not nearly as excited about playing in the snow as Boden was...and all I could find were my fingerless gloves...not exactly ideal for snowman building.  But we had fun.  At least it was 40 degrees by the time we went out to play so it wasn't bitter cold.  The snow didn't last long though - it was pretty well melted by the next morning.

We enjoyed our 1 day taste of snow, and are definitely enjoying the warmer weather now.  Friday and Saturday are supposed to be in the 60s and 70s! Woo hoo!

ready for spring

We have had a couple days of some nice weather here. Yesterday, while all our friends and family in the midwest were snowed in and freezeing, we had a 70 degree spring day! I had been a little bummed about missing all the snow, but it only took about 5 mintues of my kids getting to run around outside for that feeling to wear off.  Here's what we've been up to:



Boden was supposed to be giving Claire a hug...

excited to finally get to use his big dump truck




I've also been doing some sewing and sewing planning getting ready for spring, now that I've finally got all my sewing stuff back together.  Here's the bubble skirt I mentioned before:



and a cute outfit for my friend Laura's baby girl



This skirt was really easy and fun, it really took less than 2 hrs start to finish - I plan to make a few for Claire for this summer and spring.  I got the tutorial from Prudent Baby, one of my absolute favorite websites (layer cake skirt tutorial here).  They have great tutorials for easy sewing projects and tons of other crafty (non-sewing) projects too.

And now, I've got a couple stacks of adorable fabric just begging to be made into spring dresses and skirts


including these fabulous prints my friend Kelly gave me just before I left Missouri.


I'm excited to get started! Kelly, I think you need to hop on a plane and come sew with me for a weekend!