Self Portrait of a 4-Year Old

What happens when you let a 4- year old use a digital camera?

You end up with 124 photos similar to this one!

3,214

3,214 . . . the number of miles I've driven in the past six weeks.

124 . . . the number of times Davis hummed the "Star Wars" theme song on the drive home.

1,298,212 . . . the number of grains of sand brought back to Maryland from the beautiful Florida beaches via shoes, luggage and little bodies.

92 . . . the number of sunscreen applications I administered while on vacation.

6 . . . the number of new teeth Kale decided to grow on our trip.

We had a great southern vacation.  I'm glad to be home and hope to catch up with blogging very soon.

Hand-Me-Downs

He loves his sister's hot pink crocs.

And she's okay with that because they're too small for her now.

Tri-State Tour

We leave in a few days for our summer vacation. We'll be spending time in Georgia, Florida and Alabama over the next 6 weeks.

We're looking forward to seeing family and friends. Bob and I will even have a weekend at the beach sans children (thanks to a dear friend's wedding)!

Hopefully I'll get to check in a little while we're away.

Giving Handmade

This past weekend we went to a birthday party.  Happy Birthday, Scarlett!  We had a great time!

I loved how Meg's apron dress turned out and wanted to make one for little Scarlett.

Of course, at the last minute I decided I needed to have a cute little bag to wrap it in.  I found this great tutorial for a reversible patchwork bag.  I see lots more of these bags in my future.

From T-shirts To Throw Pillows

My aunt, Andrea, visited a few weeks ago. She brought up a couple of her favorite old t-shirts and wanted me to make pillows out of them.

Side note: Have I mentioned "To Kill A Mockingbird" is one of my favorite books (I know so original for a southern girl). Have I mentioned the author, Harper Lee, was a Chi Omega at The University of Alabama, and I met her during Homecoming week.

I love pillows. I used this as an opportunity to learn a new skill - making and sewing piping onto a pillow. I searched YouTube and found some great videos on how to make your own piping.

I hope you like them, Andrea. See you later this summer!

If you think you might want to try these, prep the t-shirts by ironing on some feather-weight interfacing.

My Fancy Camera

Bob gave me this fancy camera for Christmas. To date, I've used it once.

On Christmas Day.

My goal is to spend the next few days figuring it out. I thought sewing had a lot of terminology I'd never heard before.

But Aperture?

Wish me luck. I'm hoping this DVD will help.