New Projects

I'm going to chalk these things up to things that seem easy but for whatever reason I found the problems.

Nursing Bracelet
First I made several bracelets the one I intended, one for Lulu, and one with beads Jessica gave me. Initially I wanted something a bit more neutral than this blog I saw these bracelets on I couldn't find number beads but so figured big beads I could count the beads and that would work, but after trying it for a few days discovered that the numbers were necessary. Counting is way over rated! I found beads and Ric-rack in Wadena but only plastic beads, so I decided to make something fun instead. I put it together at 11pm last night when I got Leo put to sleep, and started assembling the bracelet layout backwards (12, 11, 10, 9, etc...) as it tuns out that makes the numbers run counter clockwise which doesn't work (or at least not or me). In my tired state I had put in the 1-0 in a 0-1 configuration on accident, and a number like 5 backwards. This morning I fixed it.

Baby Burp Cloth
During Lulu & Leo's nap I paid bills, looked for my address list to send announcements, ate a PB&J, cleaned out the frig and started on the burp clothes. Some of the rules I learned from Nana while in town, was ALWAYS iron... so I quickly set up the ironing board, turned on the iron and ironed the cloth diaper and flannel. I rushed to my sewing machine and started to sew on the Ric-rack... hmmm, no one said sewing a straight line would have been an issue. Oh well practice will make perfect. I also learned the hard way that pre-washing diapers was not the best idea because now my ends bow inward... oh well, first project since the 7th grade!

Pajamas
We've been having bedtime problems with Lulu. She seems to only like the footie pj's. All of which were dirty the other night, so I got a 5T from brother's closet (bought it at a bargain the day I found out we were having a boy) she looked at them a little disappointed but I convinced her to wear them because she'd be the same color as Elmo... her new favorite stuffed animal, 10 minute video, and Sesame Street character. Anyhow, when she woke up the next morning she tugged on the pj's saying "Elmo" and wouldn't let me get her dressed at first. I eventually convinced her that she can wear red fleece pants and a red turtle neck to still look like Elmo, but she still insisted on wearing the pj's so I put her arms in the holes leaving it unzipped and tied the legs 2x behind her like coat tails. That did the trick and eventually she took the pj's off for a coat to leave the house.