Pantsless

Lately, Amelia has decided that wearing pants is not really much fun anymore. She also occasionally decides that wearing a diaper is overrated as well. At daycare on Friday, she decided to take her diaper off and put it on her dolly while she was supposed to be napping. At least she was keeping someone covered!

Skirt with Pockets

I saw a skirt similar to this from some random blog and really liked the pop of color from the pockets. I had this polka dot fabric that was supposed to be used on Amelia's summer dress, but it didn't work out. So, I gave the skirt a whirl. The ric rac on the bottom really does match and looks much better in person. Amelia got several compliments on it yesterday and she LOVES the pockets.

Coloring

 Almost every night after dinner, Amelia asks to color. I usually only give her a few colors. She gets to ask for what she wants and it is always brown, orange, and one or two other random colors.

Summer Dress

I found this fabric and immediately decided Amelia needed a cute summer dress. I didn't really know what I was doing when I started out, but I think the end result isn't too bad. I love how the pockets turned out. Don't look too closely at the zipper, it still needs work. I said don't look! Oh, and I made a little matching bow from the scraps.

More Match Game

 I made a little drawstring bag for Amelia's memory/match game pieces. She likes to wear it as a hat. Who knows why.

No pictures, please!

Cheese Again

Amelia is getting really good at saying cheese when I ask to take her picture. The hard part is when she rushes towards the camera to say it. We get a lot of EXTREME closeups.

Cheese!

Impatient

This is the face of a little girl who helped her Mommy make muffins and couldn't wait any longer for them to finish baking so she could eat one. Poor girl! Waiting is torture!

Happy St. Patrick's Day (Belated)

Saturday was a beautiful day for playing outside. Amelia decided that Dolly needed to go for a walk. I think she walked Dolly for almost half an hour. Just up and down the sidewalk.

On a side note, this is an entire Mommy made outfit. The bow, the stenciled shirt, and the skirt with leftover fabric from her pillow. 

St. Patrick's Day

St. Patrick's Day this year fell on the home opener of  Sporting KC (Kansas City soccer team). The team's main color is blue, but that just wouldn't do for Amelia. She had to be decked out in green. So, I made a stencil of the team's logo out of freezer paper and painted it on one of Amelia's plain white onesies. It turned out much better than I thought, but don't look too close.

Memory Game

My craft supplies are overtaking my crafty corner. In order to get it back under control, I've been trying to come up with projects that use up scraps. Here I used some of my scraps to make Amelia a memory game. The back of each piece is a dark blue and there are 10 different pairs to match. Amelia is a little too young to play it the correct way, so we just put all the pieces face up. She thinks it is a great game!

Hungry Dolly

Amelia has been a little obsessed with Dolly lately. She decided that Dolly wanted to eat lunch with her on Saturday. Here she is feeding Dolly an orange. Dolly also had some pizza and a drink of milk.

Dolly's Shoes

Amelia's aunt Meredith came to visit a few weekends ago. She put Amelia's shoes on Dolly's feet. Amelia thought it was pretty cool. Here she is replicating it.

Naughty Corner

Rob put Amelia in the naughty corner for about 30 seconds around a month ago. That was the only time she'd ever been there. For some reason, last week she decided that it was fun to go to the corner and pretend to cry. You can tell she thought it was fun.

St. Patrick's Pillow

Since Valentine's Day is long gone and I decided that Amelia needed a new pillow cover for each holiday, it was time for St. Patrick's Day. I didn't want to use the typical 4 leaf clover since I wanted it to be more subtle. Chevrons have been all the rage on crafty blogs lately, so I attempted to recreate the pattern. They could have been a little smaller, but they aren't too bad for a first attempt.

Cooking Time

I have been trying to get my sisters' and my play kitchen spruced up for Amelia. I finally got it finished enough for her to play with. She loved it immediately and went to work cooking a gourmet dinner for us.

Amelia's Quilt

When Rob and I found out we were having Amelia, I knew I'd have to make her at least one quilt. I couldn't decide between two different patterns, so I came to the logical conclusion that she must have both. I managed to get one of them done before Amelia made her appearance. I just finished the second one. Isn't that sad? She's 20 months old. Just a little late.

I can't decide if I should call this Sassy Spinners or Prissy Pinwheels. I'm leaning towards Sassy Spinners, it is more fitting for Amelia's personality (in a good way). The tutorial was found here.

Hello, Grandma?

Amelia pulled out our Wii remotes today and decided to give Grandma a call. She had a really nice conversation with her.

Hooded Towels

Amelia had totally outgrown her cute little baby hooded towels. They also weren't very absorbent or warm for the poor girl. With a quick google search, I managed to find this tutorial. A few scraps later and Amelia had 3 new big, warm towels. She's much happier after bath time now that she stays warm!