handsewing for my soul.

Yesterday, shane took olee to science world after his nap time and so I had alittle time and energy to indulge in some sewing. It was so amazingly satisfying and felt like I was feeding a thirst that burned to be quenched. When was the last time I felt that? I was thinking back and realized it had been 6 whole months since I had sewn anything!!! 6 months! Where did that time go? Well, the first 3 were spent on the couch nursing my nausea and exhaustion from the 1st trimester, and the last 3 were spent preparing for, going on and recovering from our big trips to Isreal and Saskatchewan. With a very limited supply of energy going into creating a new baby within me and taking care of my 2.5 year old, the energy left for sewing and creating was hardly there. So all that said, I was very thankful for the time and energy I had yesterday to be creative and throughly enjoyed it.

I also remembered how much I love to hand sew. Last week I made a new curtain for “Our room” aka mine and shane’s room that we just aquired a few weeks ago (as it was our office until then) and now will relish the peaceful uninterupted sleep for 3 more months until it becomes “the baby and my room” as shane will probably end up sleeping in the living room again! Anyhow…

I decided to applique a felt animal onto the curtain as I had done previously with olee’s curtain and finally after much thought chose the kitten. I love cats and even more kittens and so thought it was befitting for my room/sewing room/baby’s room. It respresents playfulness, joyfulness and an inner tranquility that I need so much in my life right now.

I also sewed this little cloth squishy ball for the coming baby. A very easy and satisfying project indeed (machine sewed but still enjoy it).

tulips and sunshine

Springtime is in full bloom here with the arrival of our newly blossomed tulips. The kids were in bare feet today playing on the swingset and slide and the sun shone brightly. It was a beautiful day and we were very thankful for it!!! We went the troat lake park yesterday and the kids were so happy to be running free outside on the big grassy fields and exploring the reeds and bushes by the lake. I was very happy to be outside aswell! The changing weather is very welcome and seams to coincide with the small change in energy I feel (for the better) moving into the 3rd trimester.

I told the kids I was going to go get my camera and so they immediately all got together for a big huggy pose- which kind of surprised me because I thought the last time they did that was just a weird coincidence, but no, amidst the tantrums and screaming they actually do love each other and these sweet moments are so precious that it brings a warm smile to my heart.

This one’s for you mom

Yes, this little photo shoot we took yesterday looks so idylic, and infact it was and therefore had to be uploaded for posterity. These photos are a testament to the fact that there really does exist peacefulness, calm, happiness and cooporation in our kids and even though it may only shine through (what seems like) 15% of the time, it is there and that is the important thing.

Isabela was giving diego a big hug because he was upset about something, and I said “oh man I wish I had a camera to document this” so I ran to get my camera and she was still hugging him, so olee jumped in the picture and then they kept saying take another one but lets hold hand this time, and now just me and olee etc. It was very fun!

Wedding

Shane, Olee and Dayan

We just got back from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan a couple of days ago and still in recovery mode. One of Shane’s best friends was getting married so we hopped on a plane and flew over for the weekend, thanks to airmiles! We had a good time and it was very nice to connect with shane’s best friends. There was no line dancing, but I only heard one non-country song the whole night at the wedding dance! Shane and I kept trying to get in a good 2 step dance, but every time we would try to dance together, olee would see us and come running over crying trying to break us apart so he could dance with us- the 2 step will have to wait!

Jonathan and Amanda (the bride and groom)

Olee had so much fun running around and dancing with the balloons, he must haved popped about 7 of them from rolling on them and each time would come crying and screaming back to us, but then someone would give him another one.

A family photo at the wedding- me looking very pregnant (5 and 1/2 months)