Sunday, May 11, 2008
Happy Mother’s Day
Hope you all are having a great day. I was surprised with this:
I was at the kitchen counter when I heard a rolling noise. I turned around to see Isabelle pulling a little wagon. Inside was a box of chocolates, an orchid, and a bamboo plant. 
The box of chocolates was a big hit with Isabelle. I let her choose one piece then I closed it and put the box on the kitchen counter. Well she is so tall now she can reach up there without a chair. So what did she do? She helped herself to some chocolate of course.
She sat there holding it in the palm of her hand, taking tiny little bites out of it.
And making this face saying, “cheese! cheese!” (She wanted her picture taken)
When she was done taking her tiny bites I told her to put the rest down. But she wouldn’t let go of it. It just sat there melting in her hand.
It finally melted away into a flat messy blob. That’s when she decided to put it down. All she managed to do was smear chocolate all over a plate. So we had to wash it all away.
Ok off I go. Alan’s up now so he’s going to bring me to a fabric store!!
May 11th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
Happy Mother’s Day! I hope you get a chance to enjoy some chocolate too!
May 11th, 2008 at 8:36 pm
oh so sweet
have fun in fabric store! i’m sure you will 
May 12th, 2008 at 5:07 am
Hi!
I just wanted to say I think you take amazing pictures of Isabelle. What camera do you use? The colours in your pictures are so vivid and clear.
I also enjoy reading about your crafting projects.
//Lotta (mom of Isabel and Sofia)
May 12th, 2008 at 5:19 am
What a great surprise! Am totally loving that girl’s grin. She knows she’s too cute for words!
May 12th, 2008 at 5:43 am
She looks so proud of herself pulling her little wagon! What a great surprise!!
I have an off the subject question for you…I just bought the Spring 2008 Cotton Friend magazine and I wanted to make a few tops from it. The problem is I don’t know how to determine the sizes; how do you know?
May 12th, 2008 at 4:18 pm
Lotta - thank you! I use a Nikon D80.
Shanna - Well they usually have the size listed somewhere. For example this book the sizes are listed on the front cover and on the patterns. Here’s a converter for the sizes. Also you might want to check around in the “how to make” section. They might have a measurement chart in cm like this. If you have a chart like that, the translation is: bust - バスト, waist - ウエスト, and hip - ヒップ.