new favorite pattern

Found this lovely earflap hat pattern and love it. I already made one in teeny tiny size for our good friend's little guy who will be born in January. I got most of it done in one nap time so it really is a simple pattern to follow. I've already got one going in purple for one of my sweeties too. Great way to use up my yarn stash!

For baby BST

play dough

I made play dough!

It was so easy and I was bummed when I realized I only had blue, yellow, and green food coloring so I couldn't make more fun colors! Oh well, Avalyn still loves it and it won't be long until it is all mixed together anyway.

Here is the recipe I followed. They also have a recipe using jell-o but I was afraid the scent would make it much too appealing to Miss Avalyn.

Helper Tower

Josh built the helper tower last week and Avalyn has been loving it so far. She can climb in and out on her own with just a few days of practice. Here she is helping to clean up after spaghetti the other night. She even slides it over to the table and wants to stand and eat instead of sit in her chair.
Josh used this tutorial and it was very straightforward. We had to buy everything including screws and paint and it cost just $40 for us to build. Pretty good deal compared to this.

hello!

Hope you had a nice long weekend! We had a great time and enjoyed a BBQ with family. Josh had to work some of the time but it was nice to relax when he was home.
I also found out about the greatness of pinterest this weekend.
So...Today we are starting a new project! The tutorial looks pretty straightforward and I have been thinking about something to make it safer for Avalyn to help us at the counter because last week she stepped right off a chair when she was helping me. We have a counter height table so the chairs are higher. She got quite the knot on her forehead. Now to decide what color to paint it!

Source: ana-white.com via Annie on Pinterest