More from the Kate style archives...some accessories

Kate is now in to...

What's that fancy word? Oh yes, some accessories! (that's from Kate's book Fancy Nancy for those of you who aren't familliar)

Notice the shoes, purse and bracelet

...and of course, the latest bad habit- nail biting! Any one have suggestions on how to stop it? I bought some of the "yucky stuff" to paint on her nails, but it says if it is ingested to call poison control, so I wasn't really very excited to paint it on her fingers, knowing they will go into her mouth. We've tried nail polish with no luck. Any other suggestions?

It is worth it...

Yesterday after our shower, Kate was bundled up in her hooded towel, and looked at me funny. She pointed to a stretch mark on my stomach and we had this conversation:

Kate: "Mommy, what is that?"
Me: "That is a stretch mark I got when you were a baby inside my tummy"
Kate: "I stretched you Mommy?"
Me: "Yes, when you were in my tummy before you were born"
Kate (with a genuinely concerned, compassionate look on her face): "Oh Mommy, I'm sorry I stretched you"

Ok, the darn stretch marks were worth it.

Nursing cover and another apron

These were made last month when I had a few days to myself after my mock boards and while Loren, Kate, Kent and Debbie were in SC. I actually had time to do something!!

Reversible apron for Romina:

Lined nursing cover with boning at the top so you can see your baby (my favorite kind of nursing cover ever!!) and terry cloth and a pocket. Mailed just in time for the arrival of Lindsay Stortz Cashen's baby Ellie!

 

OBX

Part of my spring break was spent in the outerbanks with Loren, Kate, Kent and Debbie. Kate was somewhat less than cooperative, but we had a good time anyway! It was very cold!

A little shopping yielded this cute cake stand loaded with zucchini muffins made with zucchini from last summer's garden:

The garden is waking up!

Kent and Debbie helped me to make the garden I've been dreaming about for the past few cold months. It is loosely based on the Square Foot Gardening method except the author has 4x4 foot raised beds and I have four 2x14 foot beds. This is in the space where my garden was last year, but more organized now! And check out the trellis in the back!! We turned over the existing soil, put up the boards to separate it, amended the soil and put in step stones. It is beautiful! I am very excited. I moved the strawberries and spinach and lettuce that survived the winter to their appropriate spots in the grid.

...and here is my seed starting station in our master bathtub:) So far we've got parsley, brussels, basil, peppers, eggplant and marigolds up!

I'll keep posting updates of the garden as it grows and as the weather gets nicer and nicer!

...and the projects never end...

After a week of totally non-stop projects with my in-laws Kent and Debbie, we are totally exhausted and thrilled to have gotten so much done! Yard work, massive deep cleaning, hanging curtains, touching up paint, etc. It has been awesome!

One unexpected project did crop up that will keep us going for a while. We've had a black spot in the wood floor in our kitchen for a while.

Well, we decided it needed to be addressed. They pulled up the base of the cabinet and discovered a massive crack in our concrete floor.

So then the floor guys have to come and rip up the wood that was affected...

and then Loren and Kent patched the crack

and now it is drying. So my kitchen currently looks like this. I'm glad this will be fixed!!

From the Kate style archives...

Thought you'd all like to see another of Kate's fashion creations. This includes the dress my mom made that I wore on the first day of first grade!