Boys work

Grace, Faith, and I picked David up to go to lunch together today.  While waiting for David to come out of his office building, Grace and I had the following conversation:

Where's that girl going?  Where's that girl right there going?
She's going to work.  Just like Daddy goes to work.
Silly, Momma!  Girls don't go to work!  Boys go to work!  Girls stay at home!

Hmmm...

I'm gonna strap a brick to Faith's head

And maybe that will keep her from growing up so fast.

While making my coffee this morning I heard Faith squealing with laughter in her room, so I grabbed my camera and peeked inside.  And there she was sitting up in her crib and playing with her musical fish tank.

Then to my surprise, she grabbed the rail and pulled herself all the way up!

And tried to climb right out of her crib! 

Faith is growing up much too fast and I really need to figure out a way to slow her down.  She's barely six months old!  She'll be walking and running before I know it.

Cinderella smocked dress

This is one of Grace's favorite dresses.

Mammee and Pappy got it for her for Christmas.  And they found a matching one for Faith.  But Faith's is a little too big right now.

It is so precious!  It is smocked with Cinderella and her carriage.  Grace calls it her Cinderelly dress and wants to wear it every day.

Cats and dogs

Today Grace surprised my by saying right out of the blue...

Momma, cats live in trees.  Dogs live in houses.

I understand why she thinks dogs live in houses because our dog, Chloe, is an inside-the-house kind of dog.  But for the life of me I can't figure out why she would think that cats live in trees...

Mammals and birds

Lately Grace and I have had some interesting conversations after she gets home from school.  Conversations like this. 

Momma, mammals have fur.  And birds have feathers!

Wow, Grace, that's right.  Is Chloe a mammal?

Chloe's a puppy dog! 

Right.  But are dogs mammals or birds?

Dogs don't have feathers!  Dogs have fur!

That's right.  Does that make a dog a mammal or a bird?

A mammal silly!  Dogs are mammals!  I like dogs.

I like dogs, too.

And birds!  I like a hawk.  Can I have a hawk?

Um, no.  Defintely not a hawk. 

Little trees

Grace was preoccupied with something on the back of the couch.

I asked her what she was doing and she replied, "I'm making baby trees!"

 And she just giggled and kept playing.

She used my sewing pins for her baby trees.  All 142 of them.  At least that's my best guess-timate.

It's a nice start

For my very first sewing project, that is.

 I even got a smile from Grace when she tried it on.  Even if it was a forced smile.

 Actually, she seems to like it well enough.

But Grace insisted on taking it off immediately "Caws I need sum black shoes furst!" 

(Because I need some black shoes first!) 

While the dress is not exactly what I had in mind, it turned out okay.  I had planned to add a second tier to the skirt and cute little pantaloons but decided that called for way too much effort.  Especially for my first project.  I made those ruffles at the bottom of the dress by hand.  And let me tell you that was a lot of work.  

I also think the sash is too wide.  I probably need to sew it onto the dress.  Otherwise they'll never stay together.  I can't figure out how to hide the seams if I do that though.  Speaking of seams, mine are fairly straight and unnoticeable.  But the inside of the dress is a mess.  Threads are going every which way and little pieces of fabric are unravelling slightly from the cuts.  Next time I think I'm going to attempt making the outfit reversible so it will look a bit cleaner. 

I suppose it's a good thing I didn't expect perfection from my first attempt!  I'm glad I've decided that it doesn't have to be perfect to be beautiful.  In the meantime, I need to figure out how to make buttonholes.  I made this dress so it would button up the back but I have no idea how to sew buttonholes.  So I have three cute little buttons on the back with no where to go...  I guess it's time to research!