Thursday, November 24, 2011

sew.....what?

ya.
sewing.
the week after coming home from florida, was the school bazaar.
every year for the bazaar, i do a bit of sewing.
it's my little contribution...
but, finding time to sew is another thing altogether!
so i dug around in my stash of fabric & this is what i came up with:

the colours aren't true from the pic...i don't know the lighting was off or something

i only had enough fabric to make one blanket....
in the past i make 2~ one 42" square & one smaller.....like these i made for a client of mine as a baby gift.
the smaller one has all the tags on it....so versatile~one can clip toys & soothers to them and babies always find the tags on blankets & play with them.



they are quick & easy to make
and they are oh sooo cozy for the wee one!!

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

florida!!!{part 4}

i know, i know....it's been a long post people.
bear with me, it's almost done.
because now we're on our way home.
friday morning we pack up the van.
it's drizzly & overcast~but still really warm this morning, and we promised the kids we'd head back to the beach so they can swim in the ocean.
we're planning on going back to the beach that we found on our way to orlando.
it's just a bit north of daytona...it's the palm coast actually.




 did some beach combing....look what roni found {it was a bit gross but cool at the same time}
as the kids were swimming, just a ways out we saw this family swimming by....
as it was hazy out, it was difficult to focus my camera.
this is the best i could do...


what an amazing way to leave florida, watching the dolphins swim in their natural environment!!
it's one thing to see the dolphins at seaworld in a tank up close...
but to see them in the wild is way tooo cool!!!

leaving florida was sad, but good.
we had an A~MAA~ZING holiday!!
we may need to come back someday....i'm just say'n.

we saw the cotton fields driving through georgia...
ripe & ready for picking....

then.....
when we came to west virginia....
SNOW!!!!
what????
yup, snow!
i know..gasp, right?!?
the snow didn't last long though,
by the time we got to new york, all was green again.

all in all, we had a great time, made great memories and loved every minute of it!!
now.... it's back to reality & routine.

p.s.
a HUGE thanks to my sis & her generous hub who made this trip much more possible for us to do!!

{so thanks for putting up with such a long post just on our holiday happenings}

Saturday, November 19, 2011

florida!!! {part 3}

wednesday morning we head out to...

animal kingdom!!

i think our family enjoyed this park the most :)
this park had amazing rides and a lot of interesting shows & things for the kids to see.
for the rides with longer wait times we would would use our 'fast pass' ticket to move to the front of the line!!
this way we could do some of the more popular roller coasters more than once!
                                                                                                                                                                   
                                                   
     




loved 'finding nemo'....

this tree is in the centre of the park....from the movie 'the lion king'...
up close you can see all the intricate carvings in the wood.



we stopped for lunch along the way....

this was the only orange we saw in florida...an asian orange
bananas....
look how tall the bamboo is behind eryn...



thursday morning it was back to.....
 we got to go back for free on our original ticket!
the first ride up....

the kraken!!
 check out the last two rows....
 next up.....

 journey to atlantis....
wayne & the kids(except eryn) went on this ride twice.
i was wet enough & didn't want to get soaked!!


 just a little wet don't ya think?!?
                                     


roni won the prize!
 so, we took in the sea lion show to dry off


 next, we checked out the sharks....ooooo freaky!!!

look who we found at seaworld.....dory!!!!


then they fed the sharks....


then out for levi's birthday....
medieval times!!


this was sooo much fun.
great food & a great show!
our voices were horse by the end of the night from cheering on our knight.
 notice there are no utensils....
you eat with your hands & drink your soup from the bowl.
 it was a long day, packed full of fun :)