Mr. Golden Sun

Yesterday the sun finally came out to grace us with it's presence! Our Spring Break was feeling more like Winter Break with all the snow, hail, rain and wind we were having. I was quite sad that we weren't going to get any Spring weather over the break. But yesterday it finally came out and warmed up! It was glorious.

We probably should have gone out to a park or something, but we had things we wanted to get done around the back yard and thought we'd better do it before the sun changed it's mind and we missed our chance.

Jonathan got to do one of his favourite things... power wash! Our back deck was starting to look a little... green. While he blasted it all away Edison and I played in the back yard. I also ripped out all the dead flowers from last year to make way for new ones later on this Spring. While I took out all the dead stuff, Edison thought he'd help by following along behind me planting little rocks. He's such a helper!

Pretending to fill Albert's bowl with water 

Mr. Power washer 

                                                                  What dog doesn't like having a tractor driven around on him?

Some of the rocks Edison kindly planted for me 

Watching his dad and the extremely loud power washer

Chasing Albert's tail... Albert is a very patient dog 

Got it! 

Life seems so much better when the sun comes out!

We are looking forward to much more sun this Spring and Summer. We've had enough of the dark, cold, wet, grossness that is winter. Bring it on Spring!

Vrooom Vroooooom!!

It's no secret that Jonathan is basically a child in a man's body. I knew it when I married him and nothing has changed in the almost 9 years that we've been married. However, now that we have a little one, I think he thinks he has even more permission to do goofy things.

Cue the go-cart... Jonathan's newest purchase. What father and son doesn't need a go-cart to cruise around in??

So far, Jonathan has been fixing and modifying a couple things... so he and Edison haven't actually driven it yet. But they did push it up the little hill in our back lane and coast back down to our garage. Needless to say, when this thing actually gets driven, helmets will be in order.

Checking it out, practicing his steering  

Pushing it up the little hill 

Coasting by 

Pulling into the garage 

He even made me sit in it... no guarantees I'm driving that thing though!

I'll post a video when it gets driven for the first time with the two of them in it. Maybe this weekend, if our crazy weather cooperates!!

Adventures in Sewing!

In January, I started a sewing project to make Edison a little stuffed animal called the Tramp Heart Bear. Take a look at my previous blog post if you missed it.

I hadn't really worked on it a lot lately because to sew it all by hand was a lot more time consuming than I had anticipated. I can really only work on it while Edison is napping because otherwise he's into everything... scissors and needles and all. I was thinking all along that I'd have more time to work on it over Spring Break and hopefully finish the little guy off.

Then something amazing happened!!! My Nana bought me a sewing machine as a gift! I was so excited! I will definitely be able to finish this project up much more quickly.

I took Home Ec when I was in high school... and that was probably the last time I touched a sewing machine. So to say I don't really remember anything about sewing is a bit of an understatement. I even forgot that the sewing machine will wind thread onto the bobbin for you... I thought I was going to have to go out and buy bobbins with thread on them. My mom probably thought I was a complete moron when I called her today to ask her if I had to go out and buy bobbins.... "Go read the manual" she said.

Reading the manual (to anything) is always a challenge for me. I will always try to avoid reading instructions to things and just try to figure them out myself. I don't know why I just can't wrap my brain around written instructions. Anytime we buy anything from Ikea that needs put together... Jonathan automatically knows that's his department. I HATE trying to put Ikea stuff together.

I am definitely a visual learner... I only have to see it done once and I'll know how to do something. I would have to read instructions 10 times to be able to figure something out. So after reading the instructions literally 10 times on how to wind the bobbin... and still not figuring it out, what's a girl to do but to resort to YouTube. There are Youtube videos about how to do pretty much anything on planet earth.... including how to wind the bobbin on my particular brand of sewing machine. All it took was one quick video, and off I went.

I figured out how to thread the machine without a problem and after practicing on a piece of fabric to make sure I had the stitch I wanted... I was off to the races.

My lovely new sewing machine, all set up 

My fully wound bobbin 

Threaded and ready to go 

I had to cut the face pieces out free-hand

The first thing I sewed with my new machine... the muzzle and nose 

The face completed 

A glimpse of what he will look like 

Ears!

Well, thats about it for now. I still hope to complete this little project before Spring Break is over. Stay tuned for the completed Tramp Heart Bear!

Pizza Party!

Jonathan is pretty awesome at taking goofy pictures while I'm off at work. He took these pictures of the two of them eating pizza a couple of weeks ago... they had cold pizza for breakfast.... something I think is just wrong... but to each their own.

At the time, Jonathan was growing out (in my opinion) a super creepy moustache... which is now gone thank goodness. So, when I look at these pictures, I have to try to look past the creepiness factor and focus on the cuteness that is the two of them sharing pizza. Edison has some pretty hilarious facial expressions... he's quite the character!