I heart sun hats

Okay I am totally addicted to making sun hats for the kids.  They are quick, easy and the kids always look oh so cute in them.  The first one I made was for Anthony and I used this McCall's pattern that I bought from the thrift store (a real score because it had all the pattern pieces).  

The hat is made out of some old linen curtains and I hand embroidered locally grown across the front.  It fits him perfectly and he keeps it on which is super important.... I really don't like darting here and there trying to catch hats that are being flung off of heads.  Next time I think I would line the brim in a contrasting fabric and maybe use a medium weight interfacing  instead of HEAVY which has resulted in a cardboard-like brim.

My next sun hat adventure was started at 10pm last night after trying to pack for a day at Marineland (more on that another day) and realizing that my dear sweet Ava only had her precious T-ball hat to protect her head (and that hat is NOT cute) so in my insanity I made her the most adorable hat.  I bought the e-book pattern from here and got started right away.  I love this hat and the pattern was so easy to follow with great step by step pictures.  I caused the only problem.... I made it a little small (I should have read the sizing chart a little more closely).  I also didn't line the hat as it called for because I used the serger on all the seams.  Ava does not like her head to be hot so I thought the less fabric the better.  I will be starting a new hat with the same pattern but in a bigger size as soon as I finish this post.  I have big plans for my kids heads.....I'm just hoping that one day they will actually let me take a picture of them with the hats on.

Friday night movies and a Sunday in the land of marine

what more could you ask for out of a weekend...besides dollar store princess high heels.

Friday night is our night to watch movies around here. Lady A gets to pick one movie(usually a Diego action packed adventure) and Mister and I usually pick 2 and get through 1.  When we started our "year of no TV" oh those so many weeks (5) ago we were renting from Blockbuster but quickly realized that it was costing about $24 each weekend and for that price we could have upgraded our cable.  So off to the library I go each Wednesday to pick out our movies of course with the help of Lady A.  The branch that I visit doesn't really have the best selection but we try to make the most of it.  This weekend we popped our popcorn, poured our peach fizzy drink and watched Cinderelmo...which was quite entertaining for all 3 of us. Mister and I watched the Life and Death of Peter Sellers.  I really enjoyed this movie considering I didn't have a clue who Peter Sellers was before the movie but like I said we make the best of our choices. The movie that we didn't watch was Capote so I guess we will be renuing it until next movie night...it makes my choosing a little easier for next week.

 We spent the day today at Marineland in Niagara Falls and we had the best fall weather for our day outside.  Lady A had been there with us earlier this summer and has been chatting about it ever since (although it didn't appear that she was enjoying her self at the time).  This time she loved every minute of it..which made the steep admission a little easier to handle.  We watched the dolphin show TWICE and rode the ladybug roller coaster FOUR times and ate junk food pretty much all day.  What more could a kid ask for... well she did have some other demands that we refused to fill but it was a great day for all of us.