Things Autumn is afraid/not afraid of...

Autumn is not afraid of...

Real Sharks


The Dark


Dragons


Molly



Autumn is afraid of...

Fake Sharks


Lemurs


Grandfather Clocks


Alarms


Mike and I are always tickled by the things that scare Autumn. It's so random! I mean, she's okay with real sharks but not fake ones? What's up with that? And it's a consistent thing. We gave her a shark book at Barnes and Noble and she's like, "whatever mama and papa." We went to Tyler's a couple weekends ago and showed her his stuffed shark? SAD BABY.

Well, I have one for the cute but sad file. Thursday at Mother's Day Out, the fire alarm went off during nap time! I talked to the teachers and they said that as soon as that happened, there were screaming children all over the place. But not Autumn. Oh, no. Autumn was so terrified by the fire alarm that she couldn't even cry--she just sat there shaking! The teachers were so moved by her plight that they took turns holding and comforting her.

By the time I came to pick Autumn up, all was well but her teacher said she didn't stop shaking for quite some time. Poor little missy. I am not sure if she was afraid of alarms before...I know she's okay with the kitchen timers because they mean food is coming (she's like Pavlov's baby or something) but I know that she's really nervous around them now. We went to my mom's salon yesterday and she wasn't overly pleased by the timer my mom used for my hair. But then, she doesn't like clocks so it could have been that it was the clock and not the alarm. But who knows.

:) My funny monkey.

More Projects!

I've been really busy craft-wise the last few weeks. I have some small things I want to post but I can't put them up here until I mail them to Michelle and and the imminently arriving Baby Rosalie. Which SHOULD be by the end of the week, hopefully sooner!

In the meantime, I CAN show you my mother-daughter aprons!!


Pardon the rough makeup--we took these pictures after my classes last Wednesday and they were just too good not to use. Anyway, the pattern is from Pretty Ditty and I looove it. I made the reversible versions so both of our aprons have a yellow side and a black side. The black fabric is Dandy Damask from Michael Miller (if anyone is interested).


The yellow fabric is from Heather Bailey's Pop Garden and the trim is Clover Dots by Patty Young. You might recognize that one from Autumn's kimono dress.


There's a couple of things I'll do differently next time but the only major problem is that the waist ties aren't as long as I might like. I'm pretty sure I did them correctly, especially since they are too short on both aprons. I guess I could have made the same mistake twice but I'm going to hope not, haha. Anyway, I'll just fiddle with that next time.


Autumn was really into the whole "cooking" thing. I gave her some flour and water, a whisk, and my homemade popcorn salt that's in a "shaker," also known as a sippy cup that Autumn never used. I took out the valve. haha. Yay for repurposing.


Of course, now she gets a bowl out every time I'm in the kitchen and pulls on the step stool saying, "stir? stir?" I have let her play cook before and she pretty much always has some bowls out when I am cooking dinner but for whatever reason, this is the setup she liked the best.


And, here's a short not really edited or fixed up video. Enjoy!


I'm keeping my eye out for a good boys' apron now. Gotta be fair and do some mother-son or father-whichever child aprons!