Wednesday, June 30, 2010
4th of July Headbands
I decided to be festive and make the girls some headbands for the 4th of July. I got the pattern for the white part of the headband here. And then picked out my own fabrics and added the "flowers". Very easy, and fun!
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Princesses and Aliens
Natalie loves to draw. Every day we acquire between 3 and 10 new drawings. They are so cute, I have a hard time parting with any of them. Here is one of Snow White, Cinderella, and two aliens.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Purl Soho
So I'm in love with this blog called The Purl Bee, and I just HAD to go visit their new shop in Soho while I was in New York, "Purl Soho". I think I have a new favorite quilt shop. I bought some fabric to make skirts for the girls, and I can't wait to get started after my sewing machine comes back from being serviced. The cool part is, they have a warehouse in Tustin, and you can call and make an appointment to shop there. I'm so doing that.
Liberty of London fabrics. At $35/yard, an investment, but wouldn't these make the prettiest dresses?
I could browse these books for hours. So many cool projects!
Liberty of London fabrics. At $35/yard, an investment, but wouldn't these make the prettiest dresses?
I could browse these books for hours. So many cool projects!
Monday, June 21, 2010
Don't You Love It When...
this happens? So sweet. And peace and quiet in the car for a good 20 minutes. Ahhhh.
Friday, June 18, 2010
This Crazy Girl
Is being potty trained. Yikes! So far: 3 accidents, lots of sitting on the potty, no successes on the potty. She just can't seem to figure it out quite yet. We'll get there (hopefully sooner rather than later).
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Poolside Baby Shower
My good friends and I threw a baby shower for our friend, Melissa. Melissa has two boys and this baby is a girl, so we were so excited to throw her a girly shower. And on top of that, she is one of the sweetest girls you'll ever meet, we wanted to make it a special night for her and let her know how much we appreciate her friendship. We decided on a red and yellow theme, and used a favorite poolside location in our neighborhood. It was a really fun evening, and we're so excited to welcome Missy's baby girl (hopefully soon ;)...
Saturday, June 12, 2010
30 Rock
After a little shopping on 5th Avenue, my Mom and I ran into Rockefeller Center. Very cool. We decided to visit "Top of the Rock" to get a view of Manhattan, it was awesome! I highly recommend it if you're visiting the Big Apple.
Down below, where the ice skating rink is (during Winter), right now there are a bunch of restaurants, and we had lunch there, which was very nice.
View from the plaza, Rockefeller Center was actually built during the Depression and was considered a very risky project.
Up at the top!
The Chrysler building, which we mistook for the Empire State Building, but were later corrected on a night tour of the city. :)
The view looking down, isn't that cool? (The big building in the distance is the Empire State Building).
The view on the other side-Central Park. It's so huge!! I believe I heard it was almost 900 acres!
It was a hot day, so I thought it was cool that you could see all the sunbathers (look closely) on this bit of Central Park.
Inside "Top of the Rock"
And finally, the Empire State Building, good thing I took a picture even though I didn't realize what it was!
Down below, where the ice skating rink is (during Winter), right now there are a bunch of restaurants, and we had lunch there, which was very nice.
View from the plaza, Rockefeller Center was actually built during the Depression and was considered a very risky project.
Up at the top!
The Chrysler building, which we mistook for the Empire State Building, but were later corrected on a night tour of the city. :)
The view looking down, isn't that cool? (The big building in the distance is the Empire State Building).
The view on the other side-Central Park. It's so huge!! I believe I heard it was almost 900 acres!
It was a hot day, so I thought it was cool that you could see all the sunbathers (look closely) on this bit of Central Park.
Inside "Top of the Rock"
And finally, the Empire State Building, good thing I took a picture even though I didn't realize what it was!
Wednesday, June 09, 2010
We're back!
Got back last night at 12:45 AM, what a trip! New York did not disappoint, we had a wonderful time, just me and my Mom.
Thursday, June 03, 2010
I'll Miss These Three...
When I'm walking around Central Park in New York City this weekend. Love and kisses, see you soon!
Monday, May 31, 2010
Covent Garden/St. Paul's Walk
You thought I was done with the England posts? Nope, just took a little break, still have a few more, so just sit back and enjoy...
So if you've been to London before, chances are you've been to Covent Garden market, it's a great place to visit, it kind of reminds me of 3rd Street Promenade, British style. This walk took us to the market, but then showed us the area surrounding, which ended up being quite interesting.
Here is a playground just around the corner from the market. Looks pretty normal, but it's built over a graveyard (the sign tells you all about it), so that makes it a bit more out of the ordinary. Just one of the many sinister spots in this great city.
After going through the Somerset House, the walk took us to this alley, we thought we were maybe going the wrong way...
...but lo and behold, a Roman Bath tucked in near the dead end. I'm glad we didn't get mugged while traipsing up this sketchy place.
And if you bend over, and look through the foggy window, you can catch a glimpse of the Roman bath that was found in this basement sometime in the 1800's, and has been called that ever since, although it's not for certain that it is, in fact, Roman.
Along the Thames, there is a monument called Cleopatra's Needle, it is the oldest monument in London, dating from about 1450 B.C. Sphinxes flank each side of the needle, and here, I'm pointing at the shrapnel that hit the statues during World War I, still there for all to see. I am still amazed at how much of this city was destroyed by bombing in the World Wars, sad, really.
This is the Water Gate in the Enbankment Gardens. The Embankment was constructed around 1870 and just to give you an idea of how much work was put into building the Embankment, the banks of the Thames used to lap up to these steps, where the Archbishop of York used to live. The Thames now runs about 100 yards from the gate.
Lunch at Strada, I put this picture in to give you an idea of the view: the front of St. Paul's Cathedral.
St. Paul's, the last time I was here, I was watching the Lord Mayors parade where they break out a really cool golden coach that the Lord Mayor rides in.
Trafalgar Square, surprisingly very busy for the middle of March
Me and the hubby
This street was a bunch of booksellers, selling old books. Pretty cool, I'm sure my Dad would have loved to browse through these shops. Just a little street tucked into the hustling bustling St. Paul's area.
This street survives from the 1700's, you can tell from the bowed glass in the downstairs windows. So friggin' cool!
Who knows what this street looked like 300 years ago, I would love to know...
And finally, Benjamin Franklin's house. He lived here for much of his later years, and it's the only residence of his that is still standing. They did an awesome job of restoring the house, much of the original features are still in existence. And I learned this interesting tidbit: if you want to tell which structures are reproductions and which ones aren't in London, look at the brick on the outside. The buildings with darker brick (probably from pollution), are the originals. You can see a reproduction building to the left of Ben Franklin's house in this picture.
So if you've been to London before, chances are you've been to Covent Garden market, it's a great place to visit, it kind of reminds me of 3rd Street Promenade, British style. This walk took us to the market, but then showed us the area surrounding, which ended up being quite interesting.
Here is a playground just around the corner from the market. Looks pretty normal, but it's built over a graveyard (the sign tells you all about it), so that makes it a bit more out of the ordinary. Just one of the many sinister spots in this great city.
After going through the Somerset House, the walk took us to this alley, we thought we were maybe going the wrong way...
...but lo and behold, a Roman Bath tucked in near the dead end. I'm glad we didn't get mugged while traipsing up this sketchy place.
And if you bend over, and look through the foggy window, you can catch a glimpse of the Roman bath that was found in this basement sometime in the 1800's, and has been called that ever since, although it's not for certain that it is, in fact, Roman.
Along the Thames, there is a monument called Cleopatra's Needle, it is the oldest monument in London, dating from about 1450 B.C. Sphinxes flank each side of the needle, and here, I'm pointing at the shrapnel that hit the statues during World War I, still there for all to see. I am still amazed at how much of this city was destroyed by bombing in the World Wars, sad, really.
This is the Water Gate in the Enbankment Gardens. The Embankment was constructed around 1870 and just to give you an idea of how much work was put into building the Embankment, the banks of the Thames used to lap up to these steps, where the Archbishop of York used to live. The Thames now runs about 100 yards from the gate.
Lunch at Strada, I put this picture in to give you an idea of the view: the front of St. Paul's Cathedral.
St. Paul's, the last time I was here, I was watching the Lord Mayors parade where they break out a really cool golden coach that the Lord Mayor rides in.
Trafalgar Square, surprisingly very busy for the middle of March
Me and the hubby
This street was a bunch of booksellers, selling old books. Pretty cool, I'm sure my Dad would have loved to browse through these shops. Just a little street tucked into the hustling bustling St. Paul's area.
This street survives from the 1700's, you can tell from the bowed glass in the downstairs windows. So friggin' cool!
Who knows what this street looked like 300 years ago, I would love to know...
And finally, Benjamin Franklin's house. He lived here for much of his later years, and it's the only residence of his that is still standing. They did an awesome job of restoring the house, much of the original features are still in existence. And I learned this interesting tidbit: if you want to tell which structures are reproductions and which ones aren't in London, look at the brick on the outside. The buildings with darker brick (probably from pollution), are the originals. You can see a reproduction building to the left of Ben Franklin's house in this picture.
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Build-A-Bear
Grandma Sue took all the cousins to Build-a-Bear while on our trip to Utah. Natalie and Annie loved every second! We had such a great time, and now have a bear named "Sparkle" and a horse named "Shiny". Natalie told me she never wanted to leave Utah, I told her she wouldn't be able to go to Disneyland whenever she wanted if she lived in Utah. :)
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