Disneyland-My only project this week

Our season passes to Disneyland expire this week. We have had season passes three times and have loved it. We have had so many memories; Jedi Training, Alyssa and Nathan pulling the sword out of the stone, Snow White and Prince Charming riding the carousal with us and helping Savannah down from the horse, Nathan saying he wanted to marry ALL of the Disney princesses, Nathan kissing Ariel, Musical chairs with Alice and the Mad Hatter, dancing with Mary Poppins, cotton candy, churros, and the list goes on and on.

The kids are always asking to dress up and I never let them, until yesterday. They all dressed up, they all were so good, and we had our last trip to Disneyland one of the most memorable trips ever. I was so happy that Alyssa, my big 10 year old, wanted to dress up too!! She LOVES Alice from Alice in Wonderland. She has an Alice backpack, and when she said she would dress up as Alice and even be Alice for Halloween, I got sewing! So, here is my project for the week. Alyssa's Alice Costume. It only came in a size 8 and Alyssa is a size 10, so I had to do some refiguring. I am not good at refiguring; I sew best with patterns. The apron turned out a tiny bit big, but overall the costume was great!

Arya loved seeing all of the characters. I love the way she is holding Minnie's hand in the photo. She didn't want to leave Minnie and I had to pull her away as she was hugging Minnie because she wouldn't let go. Alice played musical chairs holding Arya's hand and helping her up and down from the chairs. It was so precious and that is why I LOVE Disneyland. Many magical memories for years to come!!

Our Mexico Trip

The photos speak for themselves; awesome trip!

My Bear Scout!-Project #4

BEFORE and AFTER:

Nathan has been in Cub Scouts since February. In March he earned his Bobcat. In April he earned his Wolf. After that he got really motivated and started doing scouting things all of the time. Unfortunatly, due to some leadership changes, the group didn't have a pack meeting. Pack meetings is where they get all of their awards.

September 2 was the most recent pack meeting and Nathan was counting down the hours! He was so excited to get all of the badges, pins, beltloops, and arrow points that he had been working on since May. He ended up getting his Bear badge, 1 gold and 7 silver arrow points for Wolf, one gold and three arrow points for Bear, his Leave No Trace award, his Outdoor Activity Badge, 20 belt loops, 10 pins, and his favorite, his religious square knot. That one was really important to him.

I am so proud of all of the work he has done (and all of the work he gave me to sew these things on!!). Scouting is great!

MY Boy Scout Tote-Project #3

This was my FAVORITE project I completed this week. My son started scouting in February. He is so excited by it all. He completed his Tiger, Wolf, and Bear Badges all in 7 months! He also earned three other major patches(Outdoor Activity, Leave No Trace, and Conservation award), his religious square knot, 2 gold and 10 silver arrow points, 18 belt loops, and 13 pins. I knew I would need a place to put his 'stuff,' so I whipped this baby up in about three hours. The fabric is Robert Kaufman and I LOVE it! It is so soft and perfect.

Here is the flap without the belt loop glued on and after the belt loop is glued on. I took one of my husbands' old belt loops. I also want to make one in the light tan for a dear friend who has 6 BOYS!!! She is a super mom and deserves a scout tote. If you want to buy one of these amazing totes, just visit my website, A Mi Amor, with the link in the upper right corner of the blog.

Dude Shirt-Project #2

Thursday was Hawaiian days at school and Nathan didn't have a thing to wear besides his swim trunks! So, I whipped up this shirt last night. (Actually it took me four house, which I think is a long time. I was working until 2am and was soooo tired on Thursday! I had trouble with the collar.) Anyway, he was thrilled with what he calles his 'dude shirt.'

New Topics-Project #1

Point #1: I don't know that many people read my blog; just my good friends and some family members, but I started it as a journal type blog for the Grandmas and Grandpas. They don't see my children much and I was hoping to keep family updated with all of the great adventures we have. Well, I don't think they have looked at it much.

Point #2: I love to look at blogs by other people. I love looking at totes, quilts, twirl skirt are my newest search, and anything that I think is cute and I may be able to duplicate! SO, I think I will try to post one project each week that I am working on or have finished. Maybe I can inspire someone!

Here is my first 'project' for the week.

At my kids' school they are collecting items to auction for a fundraising event. They make these huge themed baskets and auction them. The 2nd grade theme is Wild Animal. I made this tote for them.

Back to School

Here we are! Another year of school! Alyssa started fifth grade, Nathan started third grade, and Savannah started 2nd grade. Arya and Alanna were fine with sending them off to school and having only each other to play with! The kids were all a little nervous about going to school on the first day. They know their teachers; they had them last year for Math. The nervousness comes from wondering what their teacher for math will be like this year! They all go to the next grade up for Math. For Alyssa in particular this is scary because she is going to 'Middle School Math!" She has to go 'upstairs' and that is scary, I guess. But they all did great, they love their teachers, and they are so excited to go back on Thursday.
A tradition we have that we started on Alyssa's first day of kindergarten, is that we always go over to Baskin Robbins on the first day of school. We sit and talk about their day and have ice cream. Each year we do this, the image that always comes into my mind is Alyssa's first day of kindergarten. She was wearing the cutest little overall outfit. I remember her getting chocolate all over her face. Such precious memories!




















Above: The two pictures on top are of Alyssa's first day of kindergarten. She was all smiles until we got her inside the school!
The next photo on the left is Nathan's first day of kindergarten. He is so cute, but it is Savannah that cracks me up in that photo. She was so mad she couldn't go with them to school. I LOVE that photo of her. The photo on the right is of Savannah's first day of kindergarten. She is just beaming! "Finally my turn!"