It's a Sweater!

Eli's grandma made him a pretty white sweater when he was a baby boy. 

He never wore it. It was kind of girly...

But Iris looked lovely in it!

(would you believe I don't have a picture of her wearing it?!)

And now Greta has grown into it!

Love me a baby in a sweater!

Tutu!

Iris' friend Hanna gave her some clothes she'd outgrown, including a few tutus. If one tutu is pretty, three is prettier...

Right?

Iris' 4th of July Duds

Go see them here!

Here's a sneak peek...

Easter

Eli and Iris' Easter Sunday

We had Stake Conference. Both babies were really really good for two hours. I was so proud of them. We had a family dinner with cousins, and we ate lamb and ham.

Outfits... bow-tie, dress, hair-bow, and bracelet by Mom, sweater by Tutu.

Silly Question

Moose-ish

I love these pjs. 

Kind of like the pink bunny suit from A Christmas Story, only manlier. 

Should I make him some moose antlers?

:o)

More About My Clothesline

I know that my stupid clothesline is way boring, but I just love it.

And look what I (idiot) discovered!

No clothespins!

Okay, so everyone probably figured this out ages ago, but this is the first time I have had a clothesline and a baby at the SAME TIME!

I am so easy to please, huh?

5 Things I Love About My Clothesline

1) The yummy fresh smell of my line-dried sheets. (It smells like Idaho!)

2) Getting cooled off in the hot sun by holding cold, wet, clothes

3) The large amount of vitamin D I soak up while doing the wash

4) The speed! Laundry is done in 4 hours instead of 2 days...

and my mostest favorite thing:

5) Eli's indignation. "MOM! Those are my underpants! Why are they outside?!"

(Aren't little boys drawers the cutest?)

What's not to love?

Pajamas

It is getting warmer (FINALLY!), and as cute as Mr. Eli looks in footie pajamas,

they are simply too hot for him to wear.

Remember his Batman pajamas?

The undershirts I got him came in a pack of 5, so I let him pick out 4 more fabrics... and I made him 4 more pairs of pjs!

I bought fabric and undershirts, 1/2 yard of material is more than enough for shorts and an embellishment on the shirt. Total cost for 5 pairs of pajamas was just over $11.

And Eli had sooo much fun being involved in the creative process...

He is such an artist!

Batman!

Nah nah nah nah nah nah...

Last week when we were camping near Preston, Idaho (the town made famous by Napoleon Dynamite) we moseyed into town in search of something or other... I've forgotten now what it was, but we ended up going to Deseret Industries there. (It's the SAME DI where Napoleon bought his suit!)

I found a yard of fabric for fifty cents.

Cha-Ching!

I have already demonstrated my son's fondness for superheros.

So what to make? He already has a Batman cape, and he doesn't need another pillowcase...

I decided to make pajama bottoms. The cousin we get hand-me-downs from apparently stopped wearing pajamas around age three, and I love pajamas, so I've been looking for pjs in Eli's size now that the weather is warming up.

Ta-Da!

Now here's the problem. I fully intended these to be pajamas.

I even made a co-ordinating pajama top.

Eli, however thinks that these are pants to be worn around and shown off.

For my next project, I will be making myself a shirt that says "My Child Dressed Himself Today"

Do you think I should use freezer paper stencil, or appliqué?

My Little Soda Jerk

I inherited a large cut of super awesome vintage polyester from my Mother-in-law, and it has been sitting around waiting for something to do for quite awhile...

Wait no more!

What might not look great on his Momma, looks great on a four year old!