A visit to the farm...

This week Mallory, Abigail and I met my cousin Brooke at her boyfriend's farm to see... well, take a look!

Cows, of course!

I would call Abby ... skeptical.

One of the farm cats had a little of kittens a few months back.

Mal, feeling pretty special.

These cows looked like they were trying to escape.

Knee high by July?

Mallory was promised a ride in a tractor - she LOVED it!
(but was thankful to ride on my lap...)

After we "toured" the farm, we drove to a little park a couple miles from the farm.

"Telephone"

I snapped this picture from an adjacent swing! Ha!

Busy day, tired girl.

Mallory keeps asking to go back to the farm and even prior to this - thanks to her daddy - every time we would drive by a farm/barn, she would say, "Momma, some day, we gonna live on a barn."

So proud of herself!

Bubbles!

It has been so rainy around here that we haven't been able to spend much time outdoors. However, Mallory has been dying to use her $2 rummage sale find rain boots to jump in puddles, so recently we took full advantage of an after storm drizzle.

Coat - check. Rain boots - check. Still in pajamas which makes everything more fun - check. Bubble machine (best $15 ever spent) - check. We had our very own slip and slide activity. (Mallory also had her own bubble wand ... just in case.)

She likes to "catch" the bubbles on her wand.

When you're 2, even rain can't stop you from having fun!

Happy Friday!

Crafty Goodness: Fabric Totes, Kindle Covers

I've been putting my new sewing machine to good use. I made two simple, but versatile lined fabric totes. They're lined in the same fabric as the band on top ... next time I plan to add an interior pocket or two. I know, how exciting!
After a tip from a fellow crafter, I added a flat bottom to each bag so there was a little more room inside.
I am a huge fan of the "button foot" on my sewing machine. Sewing buttons on by hand can be pretty tricky and becomes tedious after about, well, after the first button.
After a receiving a Kindle for Christmas (which I love), I crocheted this cover in a couple hours for less than the price of one skein of variegated yarn. It's cute, but I'm not thrilled with how wonky the flap looks... it tends to curl up due to the tightness of the stitch I used.
I like the crocheted version, but in the interest of time I drew out a fabric sleeve. I made two of these for Mother's Day gifts. I got to use my button foot again because I added an elastic closure (which is actually an unused pony tail holder straight from Mallory's drawer- ha!)

Three cheers for sewing machines!

Mallory's First Haircut ... EVER.

Well. She's almost three.
Her hair is long.

People often think she's older than she is solely based on the length of her hair. Weird, right?

My cousin was coming over to cut Casey's hair, so we threw around the idea of Mallory's first haircut. Her hair is gorgeous. I love it. It's thick. It rarely gets tangled. It air dries flawlessly. If she goes to bed with wavy hair, it's perfectly straight when she wakes up. Casey always jokes it's the kind of hair girls will be jealous of when she's older.

Anyway, decision time. Cut it. It will grow back. After looking back at pictures of her shoulder length hair from a year ago, we wrapped her up in a cape and went for it.

The first cut.
GASP.

Look at that curl.

It's been three years, we had to cut it eventually.
(I keep telling myself that.)

Entertained by Daddy's phone.

Just finishing up.

Super cute!
(It looks crooked here ... I promise it's not.)

The celebratory "sit still" popsicle.

It was a little sad at first,

but I really, really love it.

And now we shouldn't need to cut it until she's four. :)