We went to our second outdoor birthday party in the last 2 years. It was so much fun and my friends went above and beyond planning. Not only did we have a fabulous time hanging out with friends, but Julius had a great time. I asked him the morning of the party if he remembered Enzo (who we saw many months ago when he was born). He shook his head yes (I was a little skeptical). I told him that today we were going to his birthday party. He squealed with delight and asked, “Is that guy going to have a cake?! And we will sing ‘Happy Birthday’?” I guess we can safely say the guy likes cake.
Patricia ate more than Julius did at the party. She eats far more than Julius ever ate at this age. (I guess that’s why she is in the >99th percentile and Julius was in the 10th.) She ate multiple types of cheese, a pile of grapes, broccoli and pizza. And this was after she’d already had an entire can of kidney beans for lunch. That’s 3.5 servings of beans for those who are curious. The lady loves beans. We started giving her beans as a protein source when we realized she was consuming 90% her calories in solid food instead of milk. I’m so glad she is a great eater and I hope it continues.
It’s been two weeks since our basement was finished and we’ve been moving things slowly We managed to squeeze my hand-me-down sewing desk from the unfinished side into the finished side. This meant I could finally do my first project down there. For the last 2+ months my stuff has been packed away in the garage or compressed in the basement, which has really put a damper on my crafting. Most of the last several months of blogs have been old projects that I had done in preparation for when Patricia was born and I am almost out! Maybe now I can start stocking up!
This project I started to finish off a little home improvement that I started months ago. The idea was to create some little baskets as storage for hats and gloves. I ended up with this cute little reversible basket that I think would be adorable for storing lots of things! It didn’t work for what I wanted, but I am going to put it in Patricia’s room or on my sewing desk.
Reversible Storage Basket
- 1 yard of burlap fabric
- 1 yard of heavyweight upholstery fabric (or similar)
- Cut 16″x16″ square of burlap and upholstery fabric
- Fold burlap in half.
- Stitch along both sides with 3/4″ seam allowance.
- Fold out corners so finished seam is in the center. Press flat with your fingers.
- Mark a 6″ line perpendicular to the center seam to form a triangle.
- Stitch along the line you marked. Repeat for other corner.
- Repeat steps 2-6 with upholstery fabric.
- Turn burlap fabric so it is right side out.
- Place inside the upholstery fabric. Right sides should be sandwiched in the middle.
- Match the unfinished edges of baskets up.
- Stitch along the edges of the basket, with 1″ seam allowance, leaving a 3″ gap.
- Turn basket right side out. Stitch along the top side of the basket 1/2″ from the finished edge to finish the seam.
