Adventures of the Loveless Family

Thursday, June 19, 2008

Solstice ~ 11 pm

On a forum I visit, someone shared a link about the solstice and the "big" moon that we'd be able to see tonight. At 9:30, I checked and our moonrise was supposed to be at 9:53 pm. At 10:30, I remembered that I'd wanted to see it and ran to the back door to check out the moon. It still looked kind of neat, but there was a weird blur underneath it. I wanted to try to take a picture of it, so Scott set up the tripod for me on the back porch and this was what I got. I took several and this was my favorite. It was the last I took, right around 11. And now I'm blogging about it instead of going to bed like I should have. I'm going to be tired at work. Again. Tomorrow. Good night!

Wednesday, June 18, 2008

My Family

Some online friends of mine pointed out this great tool you can use to make your own family bumper sticker image. Well, Megan spotted mine and wanted to color her own. So, we went to the website, she picked out everyone's bodies & heads. Then we printed it out and we set her up at the table with the markers & scissors. This is what she came up with...she's so creative :)

Thursday, June 12, 2008

Molly's turn!

I finally finished Molly's dress like Megan's last weekend. It ended up just being too much fabric, so I cut the bottom tier down and shortened it. I think it still twirls pretty well :) Molly loved it - Scott said that when she wore it she told everyone "Mommy sewed this dress for me." It's a little wide for her - she's a skinny minnie - I need to learn how to alter these patterns before I start sewing!

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Peek a boo!

Just a fun picture of Molly from today. This is her favorite place to hide when the girls play hide & seek in our back yard. Note that there are only 2 places to hide there, and one involves climbing into the flowerbeds which isn't really encouraged :)

Megan's Ladybug Dress

This is my latest creation for Megan...a very twirly strawberry & ladybug dress. I used a McCall's pattern and made the bodice a size 5. When she tried it on, it was huge and didn't look good at all. So I had to remake the bodice in a size 4. While I was at it, I also ended up doing the straps as ties rather than regular straps as the pattern called for. I love this combo of berries, ladybugs and polka dots and she loves it too. So much so that I woke up this morning to her calling me asking for help getting the straps tied!

And one more of her swinging in it. Sorry her face looks shiny, I couldn't figure out how to fix it in Photoshop and the picture was too cute not to share!

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Fun Long Weekend!

We had such a fun weekend. Having three days off was great, and I wish we could do it more often. Saturday, we just kind of hung out together around the house. While the girls napped, I went to Joann's and picked up a few things at the Memorial Day sale. I picked up a really cute planter for $7 too. When I got it home, I stuck some herbs in it and will bring it inside to keep fresh basil in my kitchen year round :)

Sunday morning, Scott got up and went on an early ride with the Harrisburg Bicycle Club. When he got home, we went for a picnic at Gifford Pinchot State Park. Nothing fancy, just bologna sandwiches & PBJ. The girls had a blast just going there to eat and then check out the playground very briefly. It was really busy plus Molly was tired and ready for a nap. Here's a picture of Megan trying out the seesaw.

When we got home and while the girls were napping, I did some sewing and finished up a dress for Megan (watch for photos!) while Scott took another bike ride.

We didn't feel up to cooking, so we had leftovers for dinner. The girls dined on the patio and had leftover pancakes & sausage from breakfast the day before. They loved it!

Monday, we just lounged again. I did some more sewing and finished up a pair of PJ shorts for Megan. Scott did some more bike riding. We hung out with the girls. It was just such a fun relaxing weekend, it makes me wish I had long weekends more often! To top it all off, the weather was great - in the 70's & 80's every day, but not too humid (well, not till Monday when the thunderstorms started to roll in).

Sunday, May 11, 2008

Happy Mother's Day to Me!

Scott was quite good to me this year for Mother's Day! He got me a new lens for my camera - a 50mm F1.4. All of today's photos were taken with it and I can see this one quickly becoming my favorite. It is so clear an sharp, even to look through the camera with it on. I took the photo above with no flash, and the aperture set to 1.4 - I love how the center of the markers is in focus and everything else is blurry. Very cool!

Megan in jammies after eating donuts for breakfast. Again, no flash, and just window light, I think. It just looks so clear and crisp compared to no-flash photos with my other lens!

It does well outside too. Before lunch, we went to the park to burn off the sugar high from the donuts. It was overcast and chilly, and the jungle gym is in the shade. Molly played on the "little playground" while Megan played on the big one. Molly loved sliding and sliding and sliding. On the "big playground" Megan met a boy who will be starting Kindergarten with her in the fall. Maybe they'll be in the same class - they seemed to get along pretty well!

Wednesday, May 07, 2008

Matchy-matchy

Today the girls wore new dresses that I picked up for them yesterday at the outlet mall. They loved them, and they really liked having matching shoes, too! I love the dresses on them - I can see them getting a lot of wear - aren't they cute?

In other news, I discovered today that Molly can swing herself. I put her on the swing and gave her a few pushes. Then I walked around in front of her to take a few pictures of her swinging on her "big girl" swing. After a few minutes, it occurred to me that she was still going pretty well, and she was going high

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: Name: Christie; Location: New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States

Some days, I don't even know who I am. Probably because I go in so many different directions. First and foremost, I guess I would say I'm a mom. Megan and Molly's mom. They are the loves of my life, next to Scott, that is. The three of them absorb a significant amount of my attentions and affections. Scott and I have been married since May of 1998. We got married just a week after I graduated from Truman State University with my BS in Math. We were high school sweethearts.

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