Happy Birthday Scott!

Today is Scott's Birthday and I thought it would be fun to make a Top 10 Great Things about Scott List! 

Top 10 Great Things about Scott!

1. He is a WAY better Dad than I could have ever dreamed. Molly is lucky to have him as her Pop Pop!

2. He's wicked smart!

3. He's hilariously funny (especially when woken up earlier in the morning)

4. He works hard so that I can stay home with Molly and he thanks me for staying home.

5.  He's very supportive of those he loves. One recent example: He watched Molly every Sunday morning for the past four and half months so I could go do my long run. He never complained. He drove up to Canada so I could do my race and cheered with Molly as loud as he could. 

6. He's always thinking of a better, more efficient way to do things. 

7. He can tell you the name of any actor/actress and what films they've be in. 

8. He's easy going. He'll go along with just about any plan that I come up with though he does draw the line at some of my crazier ones. 

9. He's crazy creative!

10. He is the best husband! Long ago, my Mom made me make a list of what I wanted in a husband. When I met Scott, I knew he was the one because he was everything on my list and more. 

Pinterest Thursday - DIY Tent

This might be the coolest thing I've made from Pinterest! I even got to purchase a drill bit which made this extra cool because I felt super handy. Interesting fact, drill bits are cheap!

I started by gathering my materials. My Home Depot didn't have 48" long dowels and mouldings (or at least I couldn't find them) so I purchased the 36" ones. I figure Molly is still little so she doesn't need a tall tent. I also found some great fabric in my stash that was perfect for this project. I had purchased it years ago intending on making a cat pillow cover. Well I never did it and now this fabric was perfect for my project. 

Drilling the holes in the square dowels was easy-peasy. It was harder making sure I was centered before I started drilling. The round dowels fit into the holes I made on the square dowels like a charm. 

I then hemmed the fabric for the tent and sewed elastic onto each corner. I, unfortunately made the tent fabric a little long so I need to hem it again. I'm hoping to find some time over the long weekend. 

Molly loves her new little tent and I've even found the cats sleeping in it. I had intended on keeping it in the living room but the wood floor does not make a grippy surface for the tent legs and it keeps collapsing on Molly. I think it will be fun in her bedroom. 

A friend suggested that I include how much Pinterest Thursday costs me so I'll be including a break-down of the costs at the end of each post from now on. I'm excited to see how the costs of some of these projects compare to just buying them at the store. 

Total Price for this Pin: $23.17

Breakdown of Costs:

Oak Dowel $3.98
Square Dowel (4) $13.40 ($3.35 each)
Spade Drill Bit $4.19
Elastic $1.57
Fabric Free

The Wednesday Links from Around The Web 5.22.2013 Edition

This Kid Just Died. What He Left Behind Is Wondtacular!

Mind Your Sushi Manners

RIP "Professional Photographers" - Such Bullshit!

The New Flickr - What it all means

(Knitted) Elephants for Oklahoma - all you need is an hour and some scrap yarn! Get knitting!

A Day in the Life 5.19.2013

A few weeks ago, one of my favorite Twitter Mamas suggested that we do A Day in the Life Photo Challenge. I jumped immediately on board because I LOVE documenting my day and I LOVE seeing everyone else's days. I'm nosy like that. 

The photo challenge was this past Sunday and I have to say I had so much fun doing it! I had even more fun checking out everyone's photos and seeing what they were up to in the Flickr group pool.

Francesca is already ramping up for another challenge and I am excited for it. She's thinking of making it even more challenging by only photographing her day in black and white. I love this idea! It adds a great dynamic to the challenge. 

You can see all of my photos in my Flickr Set.

1. 7:24 am Wake-up Time!, 2. 7:51 am COFFEE, 3. 8:48 am Doing Molly's hair, 4. 8:50 am Molly rummages in the diaper bag, 5. 8:55 am We're heading out so I have to get Molly's stuff together., 6. 9:10 am Getting myself ready, 7. 9:22 am Heading out to breakfast!, 8. 9:30 Breakfast at our new favorite restaurant, 9. 9:30 Breakfast at our new favorite restaurant, 10. 10:45 am Zoooooo, 11. 11:05 am Sleeping Jaguar, 12. 11:15 am Gorillas! Nina and Pete (the old ones), 13. 11:25 am Zoomasium!, 14. 11:58 am Swinging at the park, 15. 12:26 pm Picking up more yarn for Molly's sweater, 16. 12:45 pm Lunch!, 17. 1:34 pm Knitting while the non-napper plays. Molly took a nap on the ride home from the Zoo and the transfer did not take., 18. 2:15 pm Off on an adventure!, 19. 2:45 pm exchanging of yarn for proper dye lot!, 20. 3:15 pm Pit Stop at Fred Meyer, 21. 4:00 pm Making mini frittata muffins for breakfasts, 22. 4:15 pm Snack Time! Molly finally fell asleep so I'm going to enjoy my snack and knit., 23. 6:40 pm Dinner!, 24. 7:15 pm After dinner and bath, it is time for some playing and reading., 25. 7:15 pm After dinner and bath, it is time for some playing and reading., 26. 8:09 pm Time for Hobbits!, 27. 8:36 pm Dessert! Strawberries with whipped cream., 28. 9:05 pm Finished the jacket for Molly's birthday doll (which still needs to be made). This jacket is a smaller version of the one I'm making for Molly's 2nd birthday. I'm hoping this small version can help me figure out the sizing on the big one., 29. 11:02 pm Time for sleep! Goodnight!

Toddler Lifejackets

Molly is a true water baby. She loves being in the water more than anything else in life. We attend swimming lessons once a week (and starting in June, twice a week), visit the beach as much as possible and take lots of baths. 



As the weather begins to hopefully warm up, I plan to spend even more time at the beach and lake. I've been concerned though as Molly is fearless with water and I don't want her to drown. Last week a friend sent me information about life jacket sales through Seattle Parks & Rec.



On Saturday, we headed over to Greenlake to get Molly her very own life jacket  The people selling the life jackets were great! They weighed Molly and then fitted her for a life jacket  We ended up getting one that was slightly too big with the directions to really tighten it up when she wears it because she was on the cusp of sizes. 



I'm looking forward to playing with Molly this summer in the water and I feel better knowing that she'll being wearing a life jacket that will help prevent accidents. 

FUTURE LIFE JACKET SALES: Seattle Parks and Recreation will hold sales of low cost life jackets on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Evans Pool at Greenlake on the following dates: June 15th, July 20th, August 17th and September 21st. Life jackets are $20 for infant and youth sizes and $30 for adults.