I ordered some yarn and it came in. Some yarn…ok lots of yarn. I plan to make Great Uncle Angus from Jean Greenhowe’s MacScarecrow Clan. It would be nice to have the whole family. I say plan because I bounce from project to project so who knows when I’ll get them done.

Scamp came from the same book. Which reminds me. I really must ask my friend if she has another Jean Greenhowe book. She got the MacScarecrow Clan when she went back to England to visit her family. I think she also has the Mascot Dolls. I really want a little policeman or a bobby I think is what they’re called. Oh so exciting. Excited for projects that are yet to be.

I forgot to mention this on Isabelle’s tenth month recap because I’ve gotten so used to it. Isabelle has gotten amazingly squirmy! I used to be able to set her somewhere and she would just stay there. But once she figured out she could stand and move around that was it for the staying there.

It started in her stroller. So one day she turned around and just stood up. Since then she barely stays still in that thing.

Then it happened in her little massage chair. She would turn around in the seat, then stand up, hold on, and bounce a little. And if I try to buckle her in, man she would complain.

Now the funniest squirming is when I’m trying to nurse her to sleep. She turns onto her stomach and gets her legs under her and then sticks her little butt into the air. Once she even stuck one of her legs up in the air, my silly squirmy baby. All while latched on still.

I wish could take some pictures. But in the case of the stroller and the chair I’m too busy making sure she doesn’t fall. And the nursing well obviously I don’t want to show the boobage.

Isabelle has a lot of bright shirts like this. When she wears them her little diapered booty is hanging out because she doesn’t have any skirts and it’s too warm for pants. So I made her a tiered skirt. She looks so adorable in it.

It’s made of muslin because that’s what I had on hand. It’s simple and will go with any color. I was rushing to finish it because the urge to sew it up happened on the day she turned ten months old. I wanted her to be wearing her new skirt for our family picture and Alan had to go to work soon. So it was rushed, rushed, rushed and therefore a little sloppy. The mistakes are not noticeable unless you look for them though. I’d love to make some more. I wonder if it would be hard to make one for me?

I found the link for the tutorial through Pink Trees but the page for the tutorial seems to be gone.

Feeling a little blah lately. After our weekend of visiting with friends and swimming I’ve sort of been in a slump. I’ve haven’t felt like doing anything. I just sit and play with Isabelle. And when the opportunity comes up where I can work on the quilt or knit I think oh I can do that now since Isabelle is playing but then I just sit there and think it and don’t do it. I’ve barely been on the computer as well. Whenever I open it Isabelle just wants to pound on the keys. I’m amazed I even drew something and posted it today. That’s how very blah I’m feeling.

Today as Alan was jumping on the air mattress holding Isabelle and saying “whee” I was like “NOOOOOOO!! Stop jumping on it!” And then right before he left for work it was all soft and yep, there was a leak. He was all “Man that sucks“. I’m “Well yeah, it’s not a trampoline!” He patched it up but didn’t blow it up fully so the patch would have time to set. So now it’s all mushy. No fun at all to sit on when your butt sinks to the ground. But Isabelle didn’t seem to mind.

Go read Silly Parent #18, Yanking the Button