Pajama Party

I love to sew for two reasons. One is that I can make things much cheaper than I can buy them. I think it's a pretty well-known fact that I'm a cheapskate thrifty. And the second is that I can make something exactly the way I want it. There's a lot of things that drive me crazy about store-bought clothes. I just like it done well.

So, when Sew Mama Sew decided to do a pajama sew-along this month I was ready. Not only did I want to make pajama pants for all my boys, but I had already bought the fabric. I was at Goodwill the other day and found the cutest striped fitted sheet...yes, a sheet. It was in great shape (actually it looked like it had never been used). So, I used the fabric for my boys pants and the elastic for the waistband. I estimate that I made these four pairs of pajama pants for about $3.50 (that would be $2.50 for the sheet and $.99 for the pattern - on sale at the fabric store). I also bought an adorable vintage sheet to make pants for me, but I didn't get those done. Something about having 3 boys and being sick for the last two weeks factored into that.

So, here's the sheet.

Here's the pattern.

And here's the end product.

Beach Boys

Aiden was off of school on Thursday and Friday so we headed to the beach for a few days. I think Aiden would live at the ocean if he could. All he wanted to do was either be at the ocean or in the hot tub.
Josiah, however, did not care for the fact that the waves would not stop coming in. He kept looking for the button to make them stop. Every time a wave would lap at his feet, he would yell at it and tell it that it was making him crazy.
Isaac was such a good baby and he even took naps on the beach a few times.
We had a great trip!

The end of summer and back to school

Who has time for blogging when there so many fun things to go and do?? July was busy with Bible School and Aiden birthday. We went to Dollywood at the beginning of August and then came home to Josiah's birthday and a surprise visit from Bamaw!

I've come to realize that the end of July/beginning of August will be my busiest time of the year, with birthdays and the beginning of school. Aiden began school on August 17th. I'm substituting again this year and have already worked once at the Academy with four more days scheduled to work in September and October. I really enjoy subbing, especially at the Academy.

Isaac is really growing. He has his 9m appointment coming up and I'm looking forward to seeing his growth progress. He's starting to get really heavy and hard to carry! His eyes are still blue...yay! He is army crawling, but has yet to get up on all fours. That's what his brothers did, so I'm not too surprised. Isaac is such a happy baby and likes to giggle and clap. Of course, he loves his brothers and watches them in awe when they wrestle. I'm sure he can't wait to join in.

Here are a few pictures of the last few months. Now that we're back to a regular schedule, I hope to get even more sewing done. I look forward to that!

July 4th boys

I love this picture. Josiah is making sure that his mouth is smiling big. Isaac is trying to figure out what's going on. And Aiden is making sure you can see the star on his shirt. I made these shirts for them to wear on the 4th and they were so proud of them.

Freedom, Give me Liberty, God Bless America

Look at my big boy sitting up!

Isaac is growing and doing new things every day. We are so blessed to have him in our home. He brings such joy to us. His big brothers love him so much and are so kind to him and help with him as much as they can. Aiden feeds Isaac his bottle and Josiah will go get diapers when it's time to change him. They love giving him toys and making him laugh. Saac has started giving slobbery, open-mouthed kisses and Aiden thinks this is just hilarious.
After working on it a few times, Isaac sat up today on his own. He's growing so fast!

Baseball is over/ 9-year anniversary/ Josiah says the cutest things

Aiden did a great job in baseball this year. He really enjoyed it and told me that he would like to play again next year. The poor guy gets so hot though. I don't blame him. I wouldn't want to play baseball in 90 degree weather either!

Here are the cupcakes I made for his baseball party. I shoved several cupcakes together and frosted them all as one. The kids thought it was cool, so that's all that matters.

Matt and I celebrated 9 years of wedded bliss. He took me for a surprise dinner at High Cotton and these flowers were at the table waiting for me. I kinda like him. :-)

And last, but not least, Josiah has been saying the cutest things lately. He was eating dinner when all of the sudden he began to cry. When I asked him what was wrong he said, "my tongue bit me". We tried not to laugh as he was very upset.

Oh, how fun it is to sew for girls!

This is the same pattern as the outfit I made for Isaac, but a dress of course. I made it for Sophi's birthday. How cute is she?