Purse! Look What I Made While Sewing!

So, Morgan and I are LOVING our new sewing/project room. He likes to be a "good helper" and take my scraps and cast offs to make his own projects. He's all about the projects. I recently went shopping for a new purse because I've tossed the diaper bag, but still have to diapers, wipes and snacks. So, I guess that you can say I'm in a transition period for purses. I've just been throwing everything in the bottom of a giant bag and it's been a mess. I sewed up this version of the Miranda Day Bag from Lazy Girl Designs. Let me tell you! There is nothing lazy about the design at all. It was a lot of work. I think I've ripped out about half of the seams at least once. But, I'm just a beginner. I really like this bag because it has 2 looks depending on how I close it on the inside. There are a ton of pockets that I customized the sizes. My wipes, diapers, coupon organizer, camera, cell phone, comb, lotion, hand sanitizer, mirror and pens all have their own little pocket.

Whew! Ok, I guess I'll go clean the kitchen now. The new microwave will be here in 30 minutes. Yea!

Village Mommies Gingerbread Houses

Morgan is getting to be so much fun! His communication skills have a lot to do with that for sure. He is really into projects and I've been trying to include him on any projects that I do here at the house. He does slow me down quite a bit. But, he so very badly wants to help. He calls himself "a good helper". He's is my sweet little helper.

Carrie leads our Village Mommies playgroup. She is so creative. We are so lucky to have her. She's done everything from treasure hunts to craft projects. Morgan made his first Gingerbread House. Or, as he refers to it, his candy project.

Projects!

My sewing/craft Room (aka the tiny closet in the Dr. Seuss playroom) is now my sewing/craft area! It's a work in progress. I already had the paint from the playroom and found the fabric on sale for about $1.25 a yard. I hung over-the-door shoe hangers on both doors. Those things are amazing! Lowes sells them the cheapest at about $8. Ikea is all over the place along with a few Black Friday finds! The ribbon rod is an .88 cent piece of PVC. Brandon, our neighbor and electrician, wired the closet yesterday. I'm so excited to finally have a place that I can just close the door on projects in the works. The little metal cabinet has tons of papers, coloring books and other art supplies for Morgan. He is calling it our project room and now LOVES to do projects with me. I spent the afternoon installing things on the walls and going through a lot of stuff that has been stored in boxes for years. I haven't been much into art like I used to be simply because it was just a pain to get to everything. There are a few more tweaks and decorative things that I'd like to do in addition to the overhead lighting. But, it's coming along. Thanks Dan for letting me take over this closet!

I'm NERVOUS

Morgan has refused to go down for his nap unless he is only wearing his underwear. I tried for over an hour. He just kept taking all of his clothes and his diaper off. He did tell me that he wanted to pee pee in the potty in the middle of it all and he did. But, he has NEVER worn underwear. We haven't even bothered to start potty training. Now, he is asleep in his bed in ONLY his Elmo underwear.

....hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.... big mess for Martha to clean up in a couple of hours?!?!?

What did we do October 2009?

Well, as I mentioned in my previous post... I've been MIA because of a few crafty projects. We also kept pretty busy with all the Halloween stuff this month. I think that we went to eight parties/festivals before October 31st even arrived.

We missed the Halloween festival at Becky & Dow's church last year. We made sure not to miss it this year! We went to our city's festival, the pumpkin patch, Bass Pro Halloween, a Halloween party at Leah's house, Grapevine Main Street Festival and our own church's festival. Morgan now automatically asks for a bounce house if I tell him we are going to a party.

The Boogie Woogie Choo Choo is always a big hit. Morgan and Zoey rode it all by themselves.

Lynn came to town for a quick trip and we met up with Stephanie, baby Taylor at Spud's house. Everything you see in the backyard is his own private patio. I should take pictures of it sometime to really appreciate all the work that he's done. The space is simply amazing.

Our sweet little Darby turned six. I can't believe that she's six years old already. Mary MADE that pumpkin cake! So talented Mary! Darby had a Halloween dress up party complete with a pinata and pumpkin decorating. A few girls missed it because of the swine flu. Darby got the swine flu a few weeks later.

Annie and her granddaughter were able to come to town for Darby's birthday. Thanks Annie so much for making the day special!

Morgan and I go to the library at least once a week. Does anyone else notice the genius behind his tower? (hint: look at the color)
This is Morgan's "cheese" face for his pictures.

Yes, he is still my little thumb-sucker.

We stopped by the ghoulish dental booth at the Grapevine Main St. festival. This shows where Morgan needs to brush when we get home. The dental techs said that I was doing a good job brushing his teeth. I was shocked because this is after his teeth were coated with several HOURS of candy.

Morgan chose red and CJ chose blue. Melissa, they said that CJ's teeth looked good too. Yea for us! We aren't rotting their teeth after all!

I made Morgan's costume this year. It was part of my huge learning experience in my little world of sewing. He has boots that go with the costume too. But, he refused to wear them. He's a generic superhero. Explanation... Well, Morgan LOVES Spiderman and Batman. But, he calls both of them "the man". So, he went as THE MAN.

Here's Morgan in part of Bret's Scooby Do costume. The ironic thing is that this is really the only part that Bret would actually wear. Ahhh.... toddlers.