Adventures With Will

It has been so much fun this summer, especially with Will being a little older.  Unfortunately, I must be older too, because I kept forgetting the camera everywhere we went.  Thank goodness for cell phone cameras, some pictures are definitely better than no pictures at all.

We went to the State Fair and went through the little hands on the farm.  Will had so much fun "planting" and "picking" the food and looked so cute in the little apron that they had for the kids. Here is a picture of us at the end in the FFA cut outs. 

                      

My brave little boy also went on the yellow slide with Joe a few times.  He didn't even seem scared!  He is like his daddy and loves rides. 

Every year Joe's aunt, uncle and their family comes and visits.  It is always so good to see them and it is so much fun when they are here.  When they are here we always have our annual Lagoon day.  I was especially excited this year since it was Will's first time.  We got there and immediately Will wanted to ride the carousel.  We then took him on Puff.  The first picture is Will and Joe waiting in line and the second picture was the best I could get with them on the ride.  On Puff, Will was glued to Joe's side, but it seemed as if he enjoyed it.  Later I took Will again on Puff and he was holding onto the seat restraints and was ready to go. I think that was probably his favorite ride.  I loved taking Will on the rides and can't wait for next year.

This past week we took Will to Gardner Village. What a fun place.  We took him to the petting zoo and he had a blast.  His favorites where the giant pig and the goats.  He didn't want to leave.



It is just fantastic being able to experience these places with Will, it makes them just that much more fun!

Project Time

It has been awhile, but here are a few of the projects that I have been working on. First I made a diaper clutch.  It has been so handy to keep in the car so we don't have to always bring the big diaper bag. I found the tutorial here.

I also made Will a backpack. This project took me a little longer than I expected because I could not find the slider that goes on the straps.  Thanks to the D.I. I was finally able to find the elusive slider to finish this project. I found the tutorial here.

I made a Boppy cover for my brother-in-law's new baby. The patterned that I used was simplicity 3561.  I didn't follow the pattern exactly, which is shocking, I know.  I changed the closer to a zipper rather than Velcro.  It looked good, but I am pretty sure that they will never be able to get the cover off, whoops.

I finally started working on two different projects that I have been a little hesitant to attempt.  The first is a skirt.  I was a little nervous to sew an article of clothing in case it didn't fit.  Luckily it turned out even though the pattern was almost too small (note to self, patterns run smaller than store bought clothes). The pattern was McCall 5591.

The second project that I was hesitant to try was a quilt, but I really wanted to learn.  I am not done yet, but thanks to two amazing friends I have it sandwiched together now and I have just barely started machine quilting it.  Here is a picture of where I am at right now.

I took a little break from my sewing projects and started the Hunger game series, and can I just say that I loved them.  I couldn't put the books down. If you have not read them then I highly recommend them.  Another book that I have read recently was the Maze Runner.  It took a little bit to get into, and I enjoyed it once it got going. I am still up in the air about the ending, I guess I will just wait to see where the second book takes it to make my final decision. 

It has been a great summer and hopefully I will not take so long to post again.