Happy 5th Birthday Lucas Wayne! (Skylanders Style!)

On October 18, my big boy turned FIVE years old!! I can't believe how grown up he is!  Since Father's Day we have been enjoying Skylanders Spyro's Adventures so Lucas knew exactly what kind of birthday theme he wanted! MORE Skylanders!

Here's a photo collection to share our day!

The gift pile!

Vinnie!

 Part of the table decorations!

The other side of the table

Smashed sheep cupcakes--regular cupcakes, white frosting, marshmallows, SMASHED Junior Mints & candy eyes!

The 2 smashed sheep in this picture were Vinnie friendly! :)

Wrecking Ball Watermelon!

Prism Break Pretzels!

Spyro's Sprite & other refreshments!

The AWESOME cake *I* made! :)

One of the games we played was "Boom Jet Blow-Out"...the kids had to try to keep the balloons in the air by just blowing on them.  This was hard with the wind blowing.

I'd adapt it if I ever tried it again & make it a team game & have them try to hit it between two people.

Up next we played "Stump Smash's Sheep Smashing Game"--the kids had to sit on the balloons to pop them & who-ever popped the most balloons won. They all liked this.

Cake time!

Daddy being silly...

Super awesome crocheted Perry the Platypus made by Grandma!

Skylander's Swap Force!!

Lily & Lucas

Auntie Mandy & Uncle J.C. & Lucas

Pap, Gram-mama, and Tippy with Lucas

Kristi, Pete, and Alexander with Lucas

Aaron & Lucas

Lucas also got Disney Infinity 2.0 from Auntie Mandy!! He got lots of Infinity loot!

Lucas & his new Skylander's loot!

Lucas with ALL of his Skylander's themed gifts!

Skylanders Mega-Blocks!!

Grayson & Spencer had a sleep-over, so the kids got to play on the trampoline in the dark! (with glow-sticks)

And they stayed up late playing Skylanders!

And then the 3 big boys slept together (with Uncle Tim/Daddy) in the tent in the back yard!

Happy Birthday Lucas I love you!

Sewing To Do List!

I've got a lot of projects on my agenda...here's my list, just to help me keep track:

1. Christmas tree skirt
2 & 3. Lucas' Olaf Jammies (2 sets)
4. Hello Kitty Jeggings for Carolynn from Flashback Pants pattern
5. Blue Jeans for Vinnie (from wool interlock)
6. Sonic the Hedgehog shirt for Lucas
7. Blue Guitar Applique shirt for Vinnie
8. Blue Guitar Shirt for Lucas
9 & 10. Blue Guitar Applique shirts for Grayson & Spencer
11. Pink Heart Flashback Pants or Maxaloones for Lia
12. Custom order for Lindsey M. on FB
13-18. Vinnie's undies
19. Huge pile in mending bucket
20. Custom Faux-Obi-Mama baby carrier

Some Recent Sewing

I was recently chosen to be a "tester" for a new pattern by Everything Your Mama Made.  Lia volunteered to be my model, and got these cute "Harem Pants" in reward. :) 

I think she likes them! I plan to make Lucas, Vinnie, Grayson, and Spencer coordinating shirts with the blue guitar fabric. 

For Christmas I made the boys and Lia matching pjs. I don't think I got a good "action shot" of Lia's outfit. 

I was on a tight budget for Lia's outfit, since I'd spent so much on the fabric and top pattern, so I had to make up my own pattern for the bottoms I really wanted to make. I think they turned out pretty good for something I'd never done before! (I've since bought the REAL Maxaloones pattern & can't wait to make some of these very trendy pants!)  

I bought a handful of snaps from my wonderful friend, Ryan, they have little snow-flakes engraved on them & are PERFECT for this shirt! (The shirt is made from the Fishsticks Jamie Jumper pattern--I just adapted it to be a tee instead of a jumper.)  

I managed to get these awesome matching wool sweaters for the boys from one of my favorite knitters.  It is very rare for the boys to have matching outfits, since Vinnie wears 100% wool.  I found the grey pants for Lucas at Wal-Mart (he didn't really NEED anymore pants, so I didn't want to spend a lot) and then made up these adorable wool pants with a pocket for Vinnie! He LOVES the pocket! I think from now on I'll add pockets to his pants when I make them. 

It's been a little while since I made these but I just LOVE making skirted pants!

These heart pants were a 12-18 month size for my day-care baby, Addi. 

I made this pair of wool skirted leggings for my friend Jamie's little girl.  

Sewing is my HAPPY place. I love sewing and creating. I've always got a bunch of projects swirling around in my head and I love getting to spend time with my sewing machines. (even if it means sewing between 11 PM and 2 AM)  

Vinnie's 3rd Birthday!

Happy 3rd Birthday Vincent James!!

Our TINY boy turned three this month!  We had a HUGE Lego themed celebration with lots of friends! :)

All of the food was free of ALL of Vinnie's allergies and everything except the animal cookies was gluten free too! :)

The MAIN cake! :)

The back-up cake (which ended up NEVER getting cut. :( )

Guess how many Lego in the jar! The middle one was ONLY minifigs!

The gifts!

Pin the Hat, Mouth, or Glasses on the Minifig!

Awesome balloon vinyls given to us by a friend from church.

Pete, Kristi, and Alexander! :)

The Bates family!

The coloring station!

Vinnie said, "This is SO my favorite!"

 Vinnie weighs 23 lbs & is 34" tall.

He is currently under the care of his pediatrician, his allergist, an endocrinologist, and soon a developmental pediatrician.

He is COMPLETELY terrified of water, in any form other than a regular swimming pool.  Even then he is still scared but warms up, eventually.

He is also scared of the potty & has made NO successful progress towards potty training.

He knows several letters and their sounds. He can count to 10. (mostly) He knows many colors and is VERY smart & intuitive.

He loves Lego minifigs and dinosaurs.

He still has curly hair and BIG blue eyes!

His excema is well managed with Elidel (non steroid creme) and he still wears 100% wool or wool/silk clothing.

Long Time No See!

So, after a VERY long blogging break, I think I'd like to make an effort to restore my blog.  Just for my personal use and record keeping, but hey, I'm out there!

So very much has been happening in our lives, it will take a while to get you all caught up! :) I'll try to do month-by-month catch up posts. :)