Surviving Summer

***Wednesday July 7th, 2010***

Now that we have officially taken Lone out of her old Montessori and deposited her in a new one that does not run through the summer, I realize it's time for this momma to step up with the fun. I'm going to try to come up with or search out a cool project to do with her every day. Today it was cutting out clothes from magazines and dressing her lovely dolly, that daddy Dale drew.

True, it does seem like we shopped in the dance club, pick up section of the magazine, but I didn't have much of a selection. It's fun to watch her dress the doll and to see what she thinks looks good on her.

On a weirder note, Dale put up one of those free standing, hanging lines for me and I was so delighted. Seriously! As I hung clothes, I felt positively wonderful doing my chore.

Where has my coolness gone? I'm beginning to believe it is slowly seeping out of me, one day at a time.

BEAN BAG FUN

***Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010***

I must admit I am a neat freak. I clean some part of my house every day. Not because I want to, I hate cleaning!! But there always seems to be dirt and animal hair lying around somewhere, usually in plain site. I try to make up for my need to clean up after everyone, by making it a fun environment in our home. A fun environment, where an irobot vacuum is constantly humming.

We've discovered that bean bags are a blast.

I guess that's why they've been around for generations!

We bought these "FatBoy" bean bags from our friend Micheal's store "Michael Thomas", in Port Hope. They are a big hit with Lone and her friends and Dale uses them too. Now that I am without my baby in the belly, I'm sure I'll be using them more often, as well.
Smyth really likes this little bean bag chair that we have in the kitchen. I owe the idea and thanks to my friend Sara, whose four month old Audrey, was the first to baby test it. It molds really nicely to a baby's form and allows them to sit up.

SMYTH DALE MULLINS

***Sunday June 20th, 2010***

Been very busy enjoying our new, beautiful baby girl, Smyth. She arrived on June 2nd at noon.

Just waiting on my ink and then "Cherubsn" clothing to follow...

Old Man and Cool Kid's Bathing Suit

***Saturday, May 29th, 2010***

Have not been feeling great lately. Mostly just hanging in there, waiting to have this little baby. Tagged along to the park with Lone and Dale yesterday. There was another little girl at the park, about a year older than Lone, so of course Daddy was forgotten or "Dale" as he is called. The girls played happily together for a while, but I guess ignoring Dale and not allowing him to help her on the swing was not enough for Lone, she actually heckled him and made fun of him to impress her friend. "Hey old man!" she yelled to him, from her precarious perch on the big girl swing.

I bought this diva bathing suit for Lone on our trip to Mexico. It also came with bikini bottoms. Some may think it's too much, but I just couldn't resist it!

You can find it at www.myskova.mx

Glow

***Wednesday May 26th, 2010***

The other night I found myself full of enough energy to turn on my sewing machine. Usually sewing is a day time thing, done during the days that Lone is at school. This particular night, the minute the little light came on, I felt my my mother (who has been gone over a year), there with me. I then remembered that she had often sewed in the evenings, with the very same sewing machine that I am now attempting to master.

I've often wondered if she would like my sewing creations. She herself, was quite talented on the sewing machine and it was only a day or so before, that I had pulled out the beautiful, turquoise and yellow baby bag, that she had made for me just before Lone was born.

As I studied the bag and her handy work, I noticed a little rectangle of white cotton near the mouth of the bag and peering closely, could just make out the faint inscription, "NANA".

I'm going to try to turn my machine on at night a lot more often.

Clothes

***Thursday May 21st,2010***

Won't be long now...

Sprinkle

***Wednesday May 19th, 2010***

Lone and I were lucky enough to have a baby "Sprinkle" thrown for us this past weekend. It was a lot of fun and the presents sure were welcomed. Lone was so spoiled that I think she might even be more accepting of her baby sister's arrival...at least if we remind her that she wouldn't have the beautiful fairy costume or baby "My Little Pony", if it wasn't for her sister.