Easter

Hello Everybody!

This Easter was pretty exciting for us. This year Miss O Developed a good understanding of why we celebrate Easter. It makes this Mama proud to hear my little three year old tell me the reason we celebrate Easter is because Jesus died on the cross for our sins.

Of course, the Easter Bunny made a stop by our house as well, which was super fun and magical.

 Our Easter was pretty low key this year. DJ had to work, so we had dinner with our neighbor who also did not have any big celebatory plans. We worked out in the yard some, watched a movie, and relaxed.

Hello Spring

The weather here in Southern Arizona has been so wonderful the last month or so. We have noticed a shift in our habits, and are finding ourselves drawn outdoors. Ahhh, Spring time is wonderful!! Now that Spring is officially here, we have gotten brave and decided to plant our warm weather plants a little early.

Last year, our garden was a bust. I will admit, we didn't put the time into it we should have. This year, however, we are ready. Be prepared folks, because there is lots of fun to come in regards to the garden. We have lots of plans for this little 1/4 acre of ours. We are expanding this year! Plans are being made for new beds, and if we are lucky some small animals might find a home at our little urban homestead!

The Tee Shirt Dress

It can be expensive to keep your kiddos clothed. We are pretty lucky. My parents usually buy most of the kids' cloths, which is a blessing. It helps us to save so much money. I try my best to get as much use out of my kids clothes as possible. This is easier for Miss O than it is for Short Round. Miss O's dresses can be turned into shirts, which stretches the use of the clothes out a couple of seasons.

Recently, I was digging into my pile of projects to start and found this tee shirt dress. The tee shirt is a 24 month shirt that still fits, but is just too short.  This project was so simple. I just measured and cut fabric, then attached it to the shirt. I had to go back and make the hem shorter in order to give her some more mobility.

She is in LOVE with this dress! It looks so cute on her! After I finished this dress, I started going through her dresser looking for more shirts to turn into dresses. I found a bunch of 2T shirts and have already paired them with some fabric. I hope to get these finished for her soon. The great thing is that dresses are the one thing that she loves to wear, but her wardrobe is currently deficient in. These tee shirt dresses fill that need in a super frugal way!

 

California Part Two

 So once again I was going to write this post last night, but Bates Motel got in the way. Oops!

While we were in California we visited Yosemite National Park. My Dad had the opportunity to show off the beautiful park and play tour guide. The munchkins had a great time. Miss O was super excited to get her National Park Passport book stamped with a new park.

We only got to see a small part of the park, and were not able to do much hiking. My grandpa was with us and he is in poor health, so not much walking for us.  Yosemite is such a beautiful area.  I hope we can plan another trip to see more of it someday.

California Part One

 I had every intention of writing this post last night, but DJ and I got caught up watching Bates Motel. Oh Netflix, how you suck us in with your automatic start of the next episode.

Anyways, to the point. Recently, the munchkins and I took a road trip to California to visit Mema and Poppy. My Aunt and Grandparents had never driven across the country before, so when they made it to Arizona, the stopped and picked us up.

Oh my, those kiddos were so excited to see their grandparents. We got to stay with them for two weeks, and visit a part of California that we have never seen.  Most of the visit was spent just hanging out and catching up with family, but we were also able to do some sightseeing and celebrating while there.

Mariposa is an old mining town, and has a lot of history. While there, we were able to visit a couple of the local museums.  I took so many neat pictures!

I know my mom's eyes are closed in this picture, but I love it you can see how happy she is to be with her grandbabies again.

 

The weather was great while we were out there. It was sunny and in the upper sixties for the majority of the visit. Flowers were in bloom everywhere. The kids spent hours out in the yard playing and picking leaves and flowers. Some were put in vases, but the majority were use as hair decorations.

While there, Poppy celebrated his 54th birthday!

He had the day off so we were able to spend it with him. We all chipped in and took him out to dinner at his favorite local restaurant.