Sunny Days!

Ahhhh the joys of summer.....keeping busy all day doing fun things and crashing hard....at night.... isn't this a cute shot....look at all of them....

Why are they so tired??? Well sum it up to say...pool time! Today we visited with my best friend and her sister at their pool. Oh it was so relaxing and fun! The kids played and splashed and ate snacks and ice pops! I got to visit with my friend and we talked all about Disney, of course. We picked out characters for our tees for Disney. It was sunny and clear, low humidity...and we had just an overall great time! Thanks Le for having us!!!

So did you see this awesome video from utube??? I just love the family dancing and singing and enjoying each other and Disney... it makes me cry everytime I see it. Here is a pic of the girls watching the video... and a link to the video for you to see http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=128903000630&h=Z65ka&u=elAUc&ref=nf

So this past weekend I went to see my friend Carla and we went shopping...of course. I bought some embroidery stuff for my machine. I was having issues with thread breakage and bobbin thread showing thru the top. I didn't want to start all my Disney appliques without addressing this first. The Janome dealer really helped me figure out the problem and with all the changes I made....my machine works great now. YIPPY!!! I was able to applique Belle onto this Provincial Belle apron dress. I had the dress part done but not the applique. Then I added a sweet eyelet underskirt to finish it off. I am hoping Brooklyn can wear this to Story Time With Belle near the castle on our second MK day.

The pattern was Carla's Precious Dress. I made a top underneath and a dress overtop with the same pattern.

Sorry these pics arent the best...it was night time and our camera doesn't do nighttime pics....don't worry...hopefully we will be getting a new digital soonerish!!!!

Here is Brook's Big Twirl....

The back has a sweet bow....

OK that was PLENTY of pics of that...hehehehe

So I captured a pic of Brooklyn getting the mail while riding bikes...

Oh and I made this cute little memo board for holding cards or pics or memorabilia. I made it with left-over Jennifer Paganelli fabrics! I mixed lines here but really her fabrics look great together no matter what....I just love all of her stuff....did I mention that before?? I heart JP fabric!!!!

Here's the back...

and with some cards...

OK so that's it for now! We are off to get some KFC! Bad I know....but I don't make fried chicken so thats our only option. Have a great week! Thanks so much for reading along!

(Just to add a little mystery...I have some news coming up soon that I will be able to share with you all.....hehehehehe....no hints either.)

An excellent day today....Friday July 10, 2009

One of our very own disboutiquers, Tiffany or T as we like to call her, had a sweet little baby girl today! I saw a pic of her and she is so adorable....oh little babies are the best! Congratulations to T and her hubby Brandon and to big brother Gavin and big sister, Lili! Much happiness!

So while T was laboring away, I have to say, my kiddos and I were at the beach! (Oh the guilt!) It was a gorgeous day...about 72, breezy and mostly clear... a few clouds...but a perfect beach day. The tide was in so the kids played right at the shoreline and had a blast! And I was able to catch up a little with my friend. :)

When we returned home, I finished up the last tee for our Magic Kingdom Day #1. I realized that the girls never actually tried their skirt and tees on yet. Whoops! So they did and I captured a few shots. I have to say that normally by this time in July, we haven't had any rain for weeks and all the grass is dried and shriveled up....but this year our lawn is looking mighty fine still. A big thanks to my awesome hubby who takes good care of the outside stuff! Anyways, here's what we have....

The girl's tees have yellow and red ribbon and the adults have black and red!

Gotta have some twirling going on.....

Thats all for today....stay tuned for more!! Have a great weekend everyone!!!!

Been Busy!

Hello Again! It's been a great week so far! The weather continues to amaze me! Just gorgeous! And we have been able to really get out and enjoy some things this week! Let's see I last time I wrote, we were going to the pool. It was such fun and the kids swam and swam. We had lunch and they swam some more!

We also attended Kid's Day at the Physick Estate and I took lots of pictures of all the fun activities that were set up! Here is the actual house and grounds. Really pretty too...great for a photo session...which I did ask about too...hehehe...always got to mix in a little business.

The first thing the girls wanted to do was Aunt Emily's Drawer (dress up tent)..... look at these beautiful little ladies!

Then they wanted to get their faces painted...

Next up was the touch tank...this kept Devon occupied for at least 20 minutes...she started answering questions by the end...lol...for example....do you know what the orange "dot" is for on the top of a star fish??? Well, read to the end of the blog and I will tell you..... :)

Starfish

Sea Urchin

Sarah read some of the stories of rescues on the backboard....

Brooklyn wondered away and look who she became...

This lovely Victorian lady showed off the old toys of the day....many are still around!

Brooklyn and Sarah tried to swing the ball up and into the cup...they were successful too!

I love this picture.... this trolley tour guide was awaiting his guests and Brooklyn joined him on the bench. He agreed to have his picture "immortalized" forever.....hahahaha

Jacob's ladder...cool!

Well, Devon was still by the touch tank so Sarah and Brooklyn went over to make a bonnet! This is a cute project. You cut a paper plate center with an "x" shape...fold the triangles back. Staple lace and flowers and decorations on it. Add ties! How's that for a tutorial????

Yes, back to the touch tank...lol

Finally I got the girls over to the other side where there were more amusments.....bubbles and little carnival throwing games. Plus pony rides!!!!

Hey...do you recognise this pony??? It's Tonka!

And Tony the Pony! Remember them from the birthday party? Yes well we only have this one place that does pony rides and they do quite a booming business.

The girls found another touch tank with this huge conch!

And another starfish!

The canine unit arrived and Brooklyn found this nice bloodhound to pet...he was off duty!

Did she knock em all down?

Yup!

One last dress up outfit ...

And we were done for the day!!!!

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Earlier in the week (after our pool day but before the Kids Day) we met daddy for lunch then visited the zoo and park. They put in rides and I promised the girls we would go on them so we did! They built this cute ticket booth...

And they have a real little electric train....all shiny and new! We got to sit in the coal car! It has a recorded whistle that sounds like a real train!

Look we all fit!!!

It was a fun little five minute ride through the woods on a path...we choo chooed and waved!

Then we got in line for the carrousel!

Sarah got on the tall giraffe (which unfortunately did not go up and down...grrr) I gotta remember to check that kinda stuff!




Brooklyn on a zebra...

and Devon too!

Round and round they went to the tune of Puff the Magic Dragon! I know cause I hummed it for the next half hour!!! We then stopped by the cool gift shop...outside was this bear...say grrrrowlll!

Hey! its Devon Giraffe and....

her sister, Brooklyn Giraffe. I so wanted to get these cute masks! I felt like we were in Disney for a sec wondering throught the gift shops....oh how I long for that! Do you browse too????

The we were off to the playground again...swings...

and tubes and slides!

And shortly thereafter we returned home! With the kids worn out, I commensed sewing! I finished up the coordinating dress for Brooklyn....as you may recall, I made Devon the Dalmation dress (she wore it to the Kid's Day event) and this was Brooklyn's request... a Dumbo dress. You already saw pics of it but here were a few close-ups!

I learned how to combine font letter files on the embroidery machine to make whole words! This is the cool Disney font I purchased! I ended up hand piecing Dumbo...it was easy enough!

Always gotta fit in some twirls...

The baton is the newest thing...they are trying to learn to twirl it! They have this video which teaches cheering and baton twirling... its cute!

So there you go...a busy week! I am really getting going on my Disney sewing! I am making Minnie Tees for our Tuesday at Magic Kingdom....if you are going with us...you gotta get your tee....please see me for sizes and I will whip one up for you!

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Oh and before I forget....the orange dot on the starfish is a water intake valve...they take in the water and use the water inside their body to move around. Did you know that??

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Coming Up - Whale of a Day and other fun things I am sure!