happy mama's day♥

a little late, but here's our day...

first we walked to the 'bagel store' (aka Noah's bagels). 

Owen got chocolate milk

and Maya adamantly insisted on apple juice, until she saw Owen's c.milk and so there were tears...

but then a few bites of bagel later...

and all was well.

we walked over to a nearby pond and checked out all the duck babies...

Maya dressed...

and Maya undressed...

I forget what this is called but this year the blooms are in abundance...

It was warm and sunny and spectacular. 

Yay for mama's day!!

seersucker skirt

I've been wanting to make this skirt for awhile. [I just love this blog. Dana, the mama/blogger, has such a perky attitude and comes up with the cutest clothes-ideas that a beginner like me can tackle.]

So since it was her (baby Brook, our niece)

first birthday I decided to give it a whirl.

And since she was turning one I thought she should have a number one shirt to go with it. 

And then I decided that Maya needed a skirt to go with Brook's skirt.

Two outfits for two baby girls:)

And Owen needed a shirt too so I stenciled his drawing of a bobcat onto a tee...

And then I decided that since all the Myklebust-Alleckson cousins were going to be together that they all needed a stenciled tee with their age on it (Brook - 1, Maya - 2, AJ - 3, Owen - 4).

And here they are in their duds...

Maya Ginger and Grandma Ginger...

Maya and AJ

Cleaning up spilt Cheerios...

Fun day, fun party:)

Maya's art

I came downstairs after taking a shower and saw Maya's lovely drawing (with an addition from Owen of their names).

Next, I saw her pink stool.

Oh well, no biggy. Super easy to clean off...

Then I saw my chair!

That little stinker!!!

It's in the washing machine now. We'll see.

I'm actually more annoyed that I can't find the top to the marker. 

I don't want it to dry out.

Luckily she's totally adorable and I am over that yellow slipcover.

I have been for sometime but it's low on the list of priorities. I wish I could sew one...

Home, sweet home...

It's not the first time I've used that title and I'm sure it's not the last. 

I ♥ our little home. 

But, times are changing and we're looking to new horizons. So, this weekend we worked on our curb appeal. 

1st we cleared out the clutter...

Bought a couple truck loads of bark dust....

and spread it all about...

[Can you see Maya in the window? She's wearing the dress I sewed her...picked it out on her own w/out any coercing from me:)]

In the backyard too...

That's our little earth machine, humming along, year after year, doing its composting best.

This is how we all felt @ the end of the weekend. None of us ('cept little M) took off all our clothes and fell asleep on the armrest of a chair, but definitely illustrates how we felt...