new paths . . .

I did something today I've hadn't done in over 16 years.

I bought a bathing suit! A TWO piece no less! (A tankini.)

I did *not* take pictures to post, either. You can thank me later. :)

I *did* enjoy a wonderful time at the pool with Jocelyn, Kim and my sweet Sawyer! This time, since I was in the pool playing, there aren't any Sawyer swimming photos. But I did catch a few of him after we'd headed back for lunch . . .

Look at that sweet little head! And a neck that's made for being kissed on by his Neesey!

I think that pool play wore the boy out.

Definitely. I bet he took a great nap this afternoon!

After Kim took Sawyer home for a nap, Jocelyn and I had another crafty afternoon. Last time we got together we worked on her wreath -- from this post. She didn't finish it that day, but I've got a finished picture of it now . . .

Didn't she do a great job?! I love it!

My sister loved the idea, so she made one too, only she used burlap to make the ruffle and decorated it with pine cones. She sent me a picture of it this evening (along with a text that she had hot glue gun burns over 50% of her body)!

I'd say the burns were worth it -- she did a marvelous job!! I want to do one with burlap, too -- and use some autumn mini-corn with the husks for my decoration. We'll see. I also want to do an acorn wreath. And a pine cone wreath. And a starlight mint wreath. Ummmm....I really have a wreath obsession right now!

ANYway, today we went in a different direction. Today we played dress-ups!

Joc had found this really cute shirred maternity top on DIY Maternity HERE. She wanted one for herself so she went through Jason's closet and came out with a handful of dress shirts that he couldn't wear anymore.

Then we pulled out the tape measure . . .

And started whacking off excess pieces . . .

And finally a couple of hours and a spool of elastic thread later, voila . . .

And hubba hubba! Isn't she darling?!

She was thrilled with the shirt, but she's the one that made it so cute! She wants about five more now. LOL!

The empire waistline was a challenge at first, but I think I got the hang of it quickly, and it really makes this man's shirt oh-so-feminine! I'd never used elastic thread in clothes sewing -- just in crafting. It was really easy to work with.

We ended up trimming the sleeves and cuffing them, removing the collar and then reattaching the collar tab, and creating the empire waist. Such a beautiful girl . . .

Just glowing!

:)

keeping it cool . . .

Where else? By the pool!

Sawyer, Kim & I headed over to Jocelyn's yesterday afternoon. Joc's community has a nice little pool, and she was gracious enough to invite us over for a swim. With the temperature hitting 100 degrees yesterday (not including the heat index) getting relief by a dip in the pool sounded heavenly!

Sawyer was ready to make the trek over there. He's so darling in his little hats -- and he's so good about keeping them on his head!

We got over there and found that we pretty much had the pool to ourselves. There was one other group of four, but they left not too long after we got there. It was like a little private oasis!

This was Sawyer's first dip in a big pool since last summer. He didn't want to have anything to do with sitting in his floaty, but he was perfectly content to swim around with mom holding him. And he got a big kick out of splashing Aunt Jocelyn!

BUT . . . what he *really* wanted to do was ROAM!

Yeah -- he walked every inch of the pool area.

And explored the landscaping.

Gave the mulch a taste test.


Enjoyed a swing in the big wicker porch swing.


Enjoyed a strawberries and juice break.


Went through Neesey's purse (now *that's* dangerous)!


And managed to successfully open Aunt Jocelyn's water bottle and get a drink from it, too.

I'm willing to bet that little man slept like a ROCK last night!

And so did his mama and his Neesey!

:)