Freedom

With the house on the market, we’ve had to take down gates, remove doorknob covers, and open the house up to MonkeyBoy. He is loving the freedom. He now helps himself to food in the pantry and delights in playing in the master bedroom. Up until last month, we still had the [...]

Lego Play Mat

I mentioned sewing projects in my previous post, and I wanted to come back and post some pictures. First is my standard two-year old gift – an embroidered apron and some felt food.
I didn’t get a good picture of the food, but the top bun has “sesame seeds” and the tomato also has [...]

Spy Bag

I’m on a spy bag making kick these days. I made my first one as part of a blog swap with a friend of a friend in Japan. Then I made a few for birthday gifts. And I made a super jumbo packed one for MonkeyBoy for our recent plane trip. [...]

Car Play Book

While preparing for our recent trip, I knew I needed some activities to keep MonkeyBoy in his airplane seat. One of the things I wanted to make for him was a small playmat that he could use as a scene scape as well as a storage device for his toy cars. I didn’t [...]

Glee!

MonkeyBoy had great fun today attending the birthday party of one of his friends. It was held at a play center that we frequent, and for the first time he was big enough to go off and play without me following right behind. It was blissful to be able to sit and chat [...]