Khakis turned...

40's inspired sun cap (tutorial found here)

And playtime-friendly snack bags (tutorial found here)

Tage had a pair of pants with a hole in them and you can imagine how excited I was to be able to use them for some kind of project. I actually made that sun cap twice (it was too small for Mase's big ol' head the first time) and made two of these nifty snack pouches and I have a bunch of fabric left over. If I made the pouches again I would sew the velcro onto the inner fabric before putting all of the pieces together (the tutorial has you attach the velco at the very end). We'll use them all the time-- I used ripstop for the inner pouch so they are washable-- and they fit a whole sandwich with room to spare.

In case you were wondering, you can even stick a treat into the outer pocket. That might be my favorite part! 

Weekend project anyone?

Weekend Fun

You'd think all I did this weekend was bake...

Prudent Baby's Apple Cream Cheese muffins

Whatever's Baked French Toast

The Larson Lingo's Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough cupcakes

And Tage's favorite Sweet Potato Blueberry Bread by Bonnie the Baker

Add to that 11 hours worked between two jobs, church, the farmers market and a bike ride-- and there you have our weekend fun!

Oh, and I almost forgot, we watched Lance Armstrong and the Amgen Tour of California ride by our street on Sunday. So cool!

Sunny San Diego

I wish I could regularly fly down to So Cal and just spend the day walking on the beach and shopping in the awesome antique shops they have there. I'll settle for special occasions though!

Me, Julie, Amanda, Heather and Mel

There are lots of gorgeous photos from Heather's insanely beautiful baby shower (taken by Mel) HERE.

The best part? Getting to spend the afternoon with some truly phenomenal women talking marriage, babies, home decor, parties and just life in general. Let me tell you, life is good.

Parenting Lessons Learned the Hard Way #1

Do not keep phone numbers stored in your cell phone that you would not want your toddler dialing at 6AM on a Saturday morning.

Weekend Fun: Mother's Day

Mason made his first Sunday school project: a Mother's Day card

There were definitely tears in my eyes when his Sunday school teacher handed it to me!

Saturday I actually spent in San Diego but have no pictures yet (there were some super star photographers there so I just plan on snagging pictures from them when they post them.) Tage and Mason had a father/son day (thanks honey!)

Sunday we had my mom and brothers over for brunch then relaxed for the rest of the day.

I hope you had a wonderful Mother's Day!

Fridays with Aunts Wendy and Cece

Happy Friday!

Weekend Fun

These are actually photos from two weekends ago, but I got them from my friend Veronica this morning.

Our two little chefs in training.

In case you were wondering, her little guy on the right is wearing his shirt around his neck like a cape. How much do you love 2 year-olds?! :)