Sunday, April 8, 2012
Friday, April 6, 2012
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
What To Do When All We Have is Rain, Rain, Rain
On Saturday we got up and decided we wanted to do something fun... but there was only one problem... it was raining... what a big surprise. I know I can speak for my family at least when I say, we're sick of the rain!
Anyways, I digress. Okay, so what to do on a rainy day? We decided to do something Jonathan and I have always talked about doing, but have never actually gotten around to doing... we drove out to the Vancouver Airport and watched airplanes take off.
There is one street at the airport... appropriately named Airport Road, where you can park right at the end of the runway. When the planes take off they fly right over your car! It's super cool!
After driving around exploring the little island that the airport is on, we found the road we were looking for, parked the car and brought Edison up to the front with us so that he could look out the front window and watch them. He loved it!! He yelled and screamed and pointed every time he saw a plane, it was so cute!
Jonathan, being the airplane nerd that he is, has an app on his phone where you can listen to the control tower... so we could hear all the planes as they were being cleared for take off... less than a minute later, there they were, flying right above us... and then into the clouds.
Some of the planes were bigger than others... if we could tell it was going to be a big one, we'd get out of the car and brave the rain for a few seconds to watch them fly right over our car.
I took one video... please excuse my terrible video camera skills...
Anyways, I digress. Okay, so what to do on a rainy day? We decided to do something Jonathan and I have always talked about doing, but have never actually gotten around to doing... we drove out to the Vancouver Airport and watched airplanes take off.
There is one street at the airport... appropriately named Airport Road, where you can park right at the end of the runway. When the planes take off they fly right over your car! It's super cool!
After driving around exploring the little island that the airport is on, we found the road we were looking for, parked the car and brought Edison up to the front with us so that he could look out the front window and watch them. He loved it!! He yelled and screamed and pointed every time he saw a plane, it was so cute!
Jonathan, being the airplane nerd that he is, has an app on his phone where you can listen to the control tower... so we could hear all the planes as they were being cleared for take off... less than a minute later, there they were, flying right above us... and then into the clouds.
Some of the planes were bigger than others... if we could tell it was going to be a big one, we'd get out of the car and brave the rain for a few seconds to watch them fly right over our car.
I took one video... please excuse my terrible video camera skills...
Edison loved seeing the airplanes, even if they were just parked
While we were exploring, we found the Coast Guard
He could see the parked airplanes
Very excited!
He had to try on my sunglasses of course!
We stopped by the BCIT Aerospace Technology Campus and peeked in the windows on the way out... lots of big airplanes and airplane parts in there!
It was a very fun outing and well worth the drive out there. We hope to go back on a nice warm day because there is a really nice grassy area with park benches that you can sit at to watch the planes take off. As fun as it is to be stuck in the car... we thought the grassy area would be nice to have a picnic on when the weather gets nice. Until then... I'll continue to daydream about the sun...
Monday, April 2, 2012
Tramp Heart Bear Completed!
The Tramp Heart Bear is complete! If you want to see previous posts on the progress of my little project check my Getting My Craft On and Adventures in Sewing posts.
I'm proud of myself for a few reasons:
1. I re-learned how to use a sewing machine.
2. I've sewn something that actually looks like its supposed to.
3. I've actually completed a project... I have a bad track record of starting projects and not finishing them.
After I had sewn the arms and legs, I knew I had the hardest part ahead of me. I had to stuff the arms and legs and then pin them onto the body and sew the body together. I was a little worried about sewing stuffed limbs on with a sewing machine... but it actually wasn't so bad.
Once the ears were sewn onto the head and the limbs were sewn onto the body, all I had to do was stuff the head and body and then attach the two. The book says to attach the head and body with a straight stitch using floss... however, I'm already starting to doubt whether this was a good way to do it. Edison has already started picking at the floss and I'm a little worried that if the floss breaks at any point, his whole head will fall off. I might remove his head and find a firmer way of attaching the two pieces so I don't have to worry about decapitation.
Edison really took a liking to the little bear right away. As soon as I gave it to him he hugged him and gave him a kiss... it was really cute! I wish I had the video camera out. Edison played with him for quite a while and took him everywhere he went.
At bedtime last night, Edison wanted to cuddle with his new friend and actually fell asleep holding onto him. That was when I really started to worry about his head falling off... because when Edison wakes up in the morning he usually doesn't cry... he sits up and plays in his crib. I was a little worried that he'd pick at the floss and off would go the head.... and then he'd probably pull all the stuffing out while he was at it. But I called home today and Jonathan assured me that the bear was still in one piece. Whew!
Well, my first little sewing project is complete and I'd say it was a success. Onto the next project... I just have to figure out what it is first...
I'm proud of myself for a few reasons:
1. I re-learned how to use a sewing machine.
2. I've sewn something that actually looks like its supposed to.
3. I've actually completed a project... I have a bad track record of starting projects and not finishing them.
After I had sewn the arms and legs, I knew I had the hardest part ahead of me. I had to stuff the arms and legs and then pin them onto the body and sew the body together. I was a little worried about sewing stuffed limbs on with a sewing machine... but it actually wasn't so bad.
Once the ears were sewn onto the head and the limbs were sewn onto the body, all I had to do was stuff the head and body and then attach the two. The book says to attach the head and body with a straight stitch using floss... however, I'm already starting to doubt whether this was a good way to do it. Edison has already started picking at the floss and I'm a little worried that if the floss breaks at any point, his whole head will fall off. I might remove his head and find a firmer way of attaching the two pieces so I don't have to worry about decapitation.
Ears, arms, and legs
A glimpse of the finished product once sewed and stuffed
I had to use safety pins as I still don't have any regular pins. Note to self... it's much harder to use safety pins with a sewing machine as they are much bulkier.
All pinned together and ready to go
Poly-Fil... I hardly made a dent on this bag... I'm going to have to find something else to stuff...
Fluff for brains
Sewing the arms and legs on
Attaching the head to body with floss
Ta Da! Done like dinner
Edison really took a liking to the little bear right away. As soon as I gave it to him he hugged him and gave him a kiss... it was really cute! I wish I had the video camera out. Edison played with him for quite a while and took him everywhere he went.
At bedtime last night, Edison wanted to cuddle with his new friend and actually fell asleep holding onto him. That was when I really started to worry about his head falling off... because when Edison wakes up in the morning he usually doesn't cry... he sits up and plays in his crib. I was a little worried that he'd pick at the floss and off would go the head.... and then he'd probably pull all the stuffing out while he was at it. But I called home today and Jonathan assured me that the bear was still in one piece. Whew!
Well, my first little sewing project is complete and I'd say it was a success. Onto the next project... I just have to figure out what it is first...
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