My Little Pony T-Shirt Part 2

So I made a t-shirt for Catie and I love it and she loves it.  And then they came out with a My Little Pony movie and we made plans to see the movie with some friends.  Sadly those plans fell through and the girls had to go without us but they needed to go in style so I put together some shirts for them.  There are a lot of them so get ready.

To make all of these shirts I used my Silhouette and iron on vinyl.  Most of it is flocked but a couple of them are smooth.

We asked all the girls what they're favourite ponies were and used those characters for their shirts.  Here we go,

Applejack

A shirt dedicated to Rainbow Dash.

Pinkie Pie, love this one, especially on the pink shirt!

And another Pinkie Pie, how awesome is this one?  Love it even more than the last.

Princess Celestia turned out better than I thought it would, and check out that tiny cutie mark on the shirt sleeve.  There may have been tears of joy shed over this one (oh and not by me, by the owner).

The shirts for the girls were a big hit but we didn't stop there.  We had three ladies taking these girls so we made them shirts as well.

Rarity looks so fancy in white.  It's hard to see on the black shirt but this silhouette is down on the right hand corner of the shirt.

I loved these three silhouettes, I think they look classy (if My Little Ponies can look classy).

And lastly we made another Rarity, this one looks so great.  This image is again down in the bottom corner.

Then on the back shoulder of this shirt we added some diamonds.

So these girls all had a great time at the movie but none of these shirts took care of Catie.  We made plans for Catie and her two cousins to go together and they couldn't go without a shirt either.  Catie already had a shirt but I wanted her to have something new and I had a spare white shirt for her anyway. Twilight Sparkle is Catie's favourite but I think she has the least interesting Silhouette so I got a little fancy with this one, I love all the details.  And also I just wanted to add more and more to these shirts so on the back I added a Silhouette of Spike. She loved that part even more than I thought she would.

I let Catie choose who should be on her cousin's shirts so for Gwen she picked Rainbow Dash.  I loved the one I did above with all the different poses but that was a larger shirt, I knew they'd be way too tiny if I tried to use all 6 of them so instead I just chose my favourite four.  Then I added a basic silhouette of her to the back of the shirt.

and lastly she chose Fluttershy for Bryn.  This is easily my favourite MLP shirt I've made.  I found an image of the silhouette on this Etsy shop and used it for my image and then added a little Angel bunny beside her and a cute little squirrel on the back.

All three girls loved their shirts and looked super cute going to the movie together.  Success!

That's probably the end of MLP shirts for a while, I've outfitted most of the fans I know.

Big Hill Springs Park

 A friend of mine recently posted about the trip they took to this park and it looked so fun that we went the very next Saturday. 

This is a provincial park about 30 minutes from my house. There's a nice "hike" you can go on though its really more of a walk. We walked for about 20 minutes and around every turn there was anew little waterfall. 

We threw leaves in to watch them flow down the river. 

Halfway up we sat and enjoyed some snacks and played in the water. 

There are rocks to climb

And then at the bottom there's an awesome very shallow, slow moving creek that Catie loved. 

It was a perfect morning activity and I think we'll plan to go back yearly. 

Evolution of a Blog

I think it's time for me to face up to the kind of blog I'm writing here.

Since I started here in 2006 it's become all different things. It started out as a way to vent my feeling and often included dramatic boy related thoughts. Then I got married and it was all about wedding and married bliss. With a baby came a baby blog and then my favourite of all my blogging phases, the crafty blog.

For quite some time I had a new craft to share, every single week day and I love the new skills I learned and the things I learned about myself. As that crafty period has started to dwindle I've been posting less and less because I know so many readers are only interested in the fun projects I did and don't care about my beautiful girls. 

But it's time to be honest and admit that I'm just not inspired the way I once was and things are heading in a new direction.  I've re-covered just about every baby object I own and there just isn't anything left for me to experiment with, and it's the new projects that got me excited. With a second baby my free time during the day is limited and gets put towards important things like the mountain of laundry I have waiting to fold or the next episode of scrubs to watch. 

I suspect that from here on out you can expect a family blog, full of photos of fun activities we've done or funny things the girls have done. There will be a crafty project here and there because that's still part of who I am, just not the focus for now. So if lots of photos of my girls is boring then I won't be offended if you move on and find someone new who is crafty like I once was. Let me recommend a few of my favourite crafty blogs to get you started.

• A Girl and a Glue Gun
• House of Smith's
• Make It and Love It
• Project Run and Play

I'll still be here, blogging away though so check back occasionally. And to peak your interest here's a list of some things you can expect to read about in the future. 

• Family Photos
• Potty training
• An awesome ice cream party
• Some alphabet photo props
• A trip to Big Hill Springs Park
• And some My Little Pony T-Shirts (I'm addicted)

Staycation 2012

This year we talked about what sort of summer vacation we wanted and ended up deciding we'd stay at home and do all sorts of fun things.  I was determined that we would do something fun every single day and taking a photo made me accountable.  In case you don't follow me on Instagram here's a re-cap.

We started on a Friday and went to the Science Centre.  It's fairly new here in town and we'd been wanting to go, this was the perfect opportunity.

Catie played in the kids area and had a blast.  We watched a movie about butterflies and had a great time exploring.

Nest we went over to the wave pool which is one of our favourite places.  We often struggle with Eden but she was super well behaved today.  These photos are thanks to my sister-in-law's underwater camera.

I don't have a photo of Sunday but we took some time and taught Catie how to play games on the computer.  It's really been a nice treat for me, because in the morning, instead of waking me up she goes and plays on the computer.

Monday was my birthday so there was extra celebrating.

We had planned to go to Calaway Park, the forecast called for rain in the afternoon but they lied and it rained all morning.  To save the day we hopped in the car last minute and drove to Drumheller where we ate lunch and toured the Dinosaur museum.  She was a little young for the museum so she ran from exhibit to exhibit with very little pause but it was still a great day.  In the evening we ate cake, perfect.

Tuesday morning we picked up a couple of Catie's cousins and headed over to the theatre to watch the My Little Pony Movie in new t-shirts.  The day was so beautiful that we hit up the spray park in the afternoon and then went to a belated birthday dinner.

Wednesday was hot so we filled up the pool and spent the day eating popsicles and enjoying the sun.

Thursday we headed down to Magrath to meet up with my family but I didn't take a picture so you'll just have to imagine Catie playing in the backyard with cousins.

Friday was my favourite.  We went to the Fish Pond with all of her cousins to look for frogs.  Catie almost instantly fell in some super disgusting water and was horrified.  We dried her off with a blanket and then she was good to go.  She caught the first frog all by herself and we all took photos.  Then we found a snake and a super tame butterfly.  The playground was the perfect capper.  Grandma is the best for coming up with the plan.

Saturday, my brother got married.  It was an awesome reason to get the family together and in the evening we took photos (there will be a post on that later).  Check out that cake, awesome hey?  It was a group effort, I take credit for the icing.

And the final day of our staycation was filled with more cousins and a drive home.

Awesome week.  Hopefully to be repeated some other year.

What the Girls Wore #96

The theme of this post is going to be, Random Things Eden Puts in her Mouth.  Also, Eden has reached the age where she's especially difficult to photograph because she's so on the move, a lot of these photos are blurry but I'm using them anyway.

Everytime I turn around there's something new sticking out of her mouth, a hair clip.

A comb

More comb

I took Catie to the dentist for the first time and she was a rockstar.

I thought they were planning on counting her teeth only but she was was so relaxed about the whole thing that she got a full cleaning.

  She thought the glasses were cool, she got to watch Treehouse and when she was done she got a toy... what's not to love.

She liked the suction, thought it was funny and she thought the tooth brush tickled.

 

 Walk/Bike Ride

These girls are pretty darn lucky to have the best Dad ever.

Playing outside

 And continuing on with a rice cake

I've talked before about how much we've loved having Catie in gymnastics and not too long ago we went to our last class until September.  In the final class they let parents and siblings in and give them certificates at the end.

These foam tunnels were fun for Eden

Eden loved this tunnel the most and went through it over and over again.  Catie would lead the way and Eden would follow.

Getting her certificate

Continuing the things in Eden's mouth... rice cakes

The other day Eden figured out how to clap, it's adorable and she's so proud of herself everytime.

The other day in the car Catie and Eden were playing and Catie was pretend biting Eden's fingers.  Eden laughed and then Catie proclaim, "Eden, your so yummy!"  Love these girls.

 A hot day and some water on the deck

Two girls in a laundry basket

Canvas Art

Quite some time ago I went to a friends garage sale and scored this huge canvas for really cheap. I didn't know what I was going to do with it but I knew I would find a use so I bought it. It's been leaning against a wall for months and months. We have this big space above out mantel that was perfect for it so I finally got to work. 

Before I post a photo keep in mind that this canvas was impossible to photograph well, the details just don't show up well. 

I'm sure most of you have seen this pin, but it' $175. 

I took some heavy cardboard and cut out my letters, glued them on and then painted the whole thing ivory. 

The quote are lyrics from a song. The band is called Mae and the song is called The Sun and the Moon. It's the song we danced to at our wedding and Catie's middle name is Mae.

Sometimes this phrase is exactly how I feel, other times it's the reminder that I need. 

And I swear that from far away you can see exactly what it says, you don't even need to squint.