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the surfing penguin all leied up:

if I were a little bit more awake, I’d upright the photos below and the self portrait I took of me in one of my new shirts… but I’m not. so, zzzzzzzzzzzz.

I finished a bunch of clothes this weekend – appliqued shirts for the neices and nephews, 3 dresses and a kurta for sylvie, a shirt for me (not shown) and a shirt and some Pj pants for Will. I’ve thrown in the surfing penguin shirts that Will and I screened a while ago. The pink one was going to be for Liz, but it just needed something. Packing up a new shirt for George, I braved “fixing” the shirt by adding an orange embroidered lei. I like it now, but I’m sending it off to Johanna. The package shown is for Jack and Mattie Ree. I have no idea what size newborns are, but those bloomers (based off a pair of Sylvie’s) sure are cute so small!

I could sit at home sewing for days. I’ve got a pile of Japanese craft books that I page through anytime I have a spare second, and sometimes when I should really be doing something parently. This morning after the family went off to their daytime places, I made the patterns for 2 new shirts for me and 2 shirts for Sylvie. I know just the fabric to use for each, and it is all ironed and folded, ready for piecing and cutting…. But I have to go to work to afford my habit.

Life is so cruel.

For Mother’s Day, the kids bought me one of these:

So, for Father’s Day (yes, it apparently already came), Doug bought himself one of these:

Initially, the justification was that I was having so much fun, Daddy needed something new, too. But, he is now claiming that our children are too cute to be caught by anything but HD. Unfortunately the video quality is too good, and I’m going to have to buy my own production team to clean it up. I just don’t ever want to see myself in THAT resolution. I was quite happy with the strategically placed pixelation.

Will told me he wants me to make him a blue shirt with sparkles all over. All over the inside.

He also told me, “We have a stupid TV” because we don’t really have a TV, we have a computer that falls asleep while he is watching TV if the application is not maximized and we don’t keep touching the keyboard.

Will is home with a fever, again, today. He spent a good portion of the morning re-enacting Indiana Jones in our bathroom sink. Note the amphibious vehicle.

For kids I know:

The dresses are from my japanese pattern books. I improvised the bloomer pattern and added the apron to the blue dress. The shirt applique are my own design. There would have been a picture of the shirt I made for myself, but the only picture I have, you’d have to view lying down. My image software only rotates the meta-data and my blog has no respect for that. This is an example of high tech dissing.

Will is home with a fever of 102 and change. He told daddy, “Daddy, I’m not feeling better. I feel like I am going to be sick everyday.”

I’ve been talking about it, so now I am making good on my promises. Note: These are all thumbnails so you should be able to click on them to get a better view…

Big long weekend.

Tara sent news of the arrival of her baby, Julian. Apparently he came out on cinco de mayo. He is a cutie. I can completely relate to taking a little while to come out of hiding long enough to tell people about the new arrival.

We had a busy weekend that began with the arrival of my 1.5 yards of Nancy Ann by Liberty of London. I had to buy the muy carato fabric because Sylvie has outgrown a shift I really love in similar fabric oh and it has a great name. It definitely lives up to the name! The fabric is silky and the print is perfect. (My Nancy Ann is a little more yellow/red/orange than the sample below)

Friday was our typical homemade pizza and movie night with a brief run to Target to pick out a new Ninja turtle. We’ve been trying to kick the night diaper for Will, and his reward for going a week with a dry bed was a new TMNT. He’s got the entire collection, now. I guess this means he is a big boy.
MOVIE: Will and Sylvie waiting for movie

Saturday, we packed up the family and headed to Marin to watch Indiana Jones. I loved it, but the boys weren’t as excited about it. It was too Lucas for Doug and not animated enough for Will. In the afternoon, Jordan came over to porch. We sat around watching Will climb all over Jordan. Dinner was cheese from the cheeseboard, seared Ahi and smores.

Sunday, we trekked of to the Farmers Market. Around noon, Dennis and family arrived and we headed off to the Adventure Playground, the park, and the steam trains. MOVIE: kids hammering at hammer park.Fully tuckered out, we finished the afternoon with an early dinner at Jupiter. Our kids were asleep early that night. I started ironing and cutting curtains for the School nap room.

Monday started with a short run. After some light yardwork, the boys headed out for a bike ride on the shore and Sylvie napped while I sewed. Sylvie and I have matching shirts, Will’s waist band is finished (third time is the charm!) and I have 2 miles of bias tape. We dined early with the French family across the street.

Sylvie was so tuckered from the weekend, she went to sleep at 7PM and awoke at 9AM.

I promise pictures and video from the weekend when I get home… Or later this week, as I do have work to do.