Goal for the Week

This is the embroidery family portrait that I started.

My goal for this week was to accomplish three of the four family portraits.  Well, I completed one. Of 

the Eldest Babe.  It is not that they take so long...it is just that I get completely distracted and this past week was full of a sickness I haven't shaken and moving about.  Oh yeah...and a busted laundry machine.  So I am going to be a bit more realistic with my weekly goal:

To complete a summer to-do list, to write down a list of what to make and do for the Littlest of Babes before their arrival and to make a summer reading list.

22 Week Baby Bump Watch

More than half way!  The bump has really grown in the past week I feel.  Although the all day sickness has dissipated, the hotter days are really being felt.  It makes getting around so awkward.  Last week I purchased my first ever pregnancy pants.  When I showed them to the Papa he was intrigued.  He had never seen pants with an elastic for a growing belly.  My non-use of the pregnancy pant definitely showed in his amazement.

The growing bump has also made me realize that...Oh My Gosh!  We are going to have a newborn in our home very shortly.  I need to craft, I need to organize, I need to wrap my head around this.  We spent an evening in Ottawa at the G-units house because I was meeting a dear friend.  While there, I rummaged through the children's clothes closet.  All of us parents stick the clothes that the babes have grown out of there.  It was neat to go through and see clothing that both my Babes have worn and that our Littlest of Babes will have clinging to her chunky breast-fed body.

Today, I ordered her the first item from Mama.  It is a cute little onesie from Vital on Etsy.  Check it out!

Anyways, the last week has been a bust with a sickness, moving about from here to there and realization of the impending Babe.

New Feature: Goal for the Week

(image borrowed from the lovely Lucky)

I  came upon this little thing at Te and Baby.  I thought it would be mighty helpful to write down a goal and accomplish it.  Although a million things are on the go at once, if I write one down and put it out there I may stop procrastinating and actually get to it.

This week's goal:  To complete 3 family portraits.  I started this project last week by picking out amazing fabrics and embroidery thread.  I am eager to get started.  My inspiration is from the blog 365 lucky days. She is completing a yearlong project of embroidering a portrait each day.  I didn't want to draw the family portraits and was hence inspired by this lovely project.

Pictures to come.  Possibly at the end of the week because hey!  I am trying this goal thing.

So our camera has seriously hit its end of the road. The buttons no longer work which means no setting timers and getting What the Mama Wore Wednesdays. This may entail buying a new camera but it is Christmas and we have a lot of expenses. Not to mention the Papa's contract is coming to a close soon (?). So for today's craft I actually did make the above tree, with silver sparkles rather than gold.

The link to the instructions can be found here my loves.

GETTING GEARED UP FOR YULE TIDE AND WINTER SOLTICE

This is such a special time of year. With the snow beginning to fall, families come together, apple cider warms our insides and hearts, and rose colours our cheeks and noses. For us this time of year has become so great because we get to imagine with each other, create, decorate and spend warm time indoors (and mostly cold times outdoors with Daddy).

We have begun to start creating some traditions and one has been to write to Santa Claus. He has been very good at responding and although Charlotte isn't quite ready to print yet, she tells me her ideas. She always wishes for other people and for happiness for her loved ones. Above is also potato stamps that we made to create our very own wrapping paper. Charlotte was very impressionistic with hers, but you will have to wait and see.

CRAFTING

On a recent trip to the library I found this amazing vintage 1980s book containing children's crafts for each month of the year. Me and Charlotte worked together creating this little Halloween inspired kitty cat which is meant to promote the learning of shapes.