Oh what do you do in the summertime

I thoroughly enjoy creating things. Lately I've been leaning toward food, because of the instant gratification part. I've made a ton of breads and cookies and savory dinners this summer and really enjoyed my roll as head cook. I have this huge binder where I have accumulated about a million different projects that I want to make, and add to it almost weekly. Here are the projects I've made this week.

I had 9 yards of this fabric laying around and decided to make Alex a skirt and flower. Then she looked so cute that I made a skirt and flower for myself. This is the best picture I could get.

I've been dying to try out this 'Tipsy pot' idea for months and so I finally completed it. It was SO easy and I think it looks great! Now the challenge is to keep the flowers alive, I figure if they die, I can just blame Alex (whose fault it may end up being anyway). The key to the tipsyness of the pots is that there is a rod pounded into the ground. You just thread the pots on at an angle and they stay that way! My original idea was to make it into a herb garden, but I was afraid the chickens would eat them/ afraid I would kill them.

We gave Alex an orange slice a few days ago and she just sat there with it in her mouth like this for about a minute until she reacted to it at all. It was hilarious.

Alex getting ready to brand the cows.

I don't think I ever posted pictures of the Kids Kitchen set we won at the auction so here you go. We actually have 2 of the hutch in the picture. Tyler and I have FINALLY started to fix these up and I am so excited about how they are turning out. I can't wait to post the AFTER pics!