Dear, sweet, faithful readers,
Thank you for not giving up on me. To say the Pruitt's have been busy is an understatement. To reward you for waiting so patiently, here is a long post about what we have been up to the last few weeks. Enjoy!!
We have spent A LOT of time in the car this summer. (I had a great 3 minute video of Lucy crying in the car which is usually what she is doing in the car because she hates it so much now, but we downgraded our internet service so it was taking way too long to load. I'll see what I can do about that.)
We have traveled back and forth to Columbia many times, mostly to see family. Last Monday, we had a wonderful play date at the Columbia Marionette Theater with Lucy's boyfriend (her words, not mine), Will.
Lucy and her Prince with "Cereal" (That's what Lucy calls Ariel.) Not really sure why Ariel has blue hair. It was an interesting interpretation of The Little Mermaid but these 2 were entertained.
A few weeks ago we traveled to Charleston to see a friend and visit the aquarium.
Kind of disappointed you can't see the sea turtle on Lucy's jumper, so let me point out that there is a sea turtle on her jumper.
We also spent a week with Jeff and the CC students at camp. Lucy was the most popular girl there and made lots of "friends". She loves the boys the most, especially Jeff's intern, David. The only picture I have is one of her sleeping in a real big kid bed. She looks like she's about 5.
Seriously, where does the time go???
Tomorrow, we leave for Florida for our annual Hallford Family Vacation (there is actually only 1 person with the last name "Hallford" going on this vacation, however, the vacation stemmed from my grandparents, The Hallfords, so instead of saying the Hallford, Farrout, Rohrlack, Szimga, Dempsey, Pruitt Family Vacation, we'll call it the Hallford Family Vacation).
In case things get a little crazy next week and I don't get a chance to blog while on vacation, I'll continue sharing what we've been up to this summer to hold you over.
This summer has been all about cleaning and organizing. This room obviously needed some work.
I'm not usually the type who would allow anyone, let alone the world, to see a mess this size in my house, so let me explain. We moved into the rental the weekend before the last week of school. Lucy and I returned to Columbia for a week then we left from Columbia to go to Hilton Head for a week of vacation. This picture was taken after returning from vacation and being away from a house I had 3 days to move into and unpack. I once read that you should at least make your bed everyday because the bed accounts for about 80% of the room so even if the rest of the room is a mess, by making your bed you have cleaned 80% of the room. After explaining this theory to Jeff and getting out of said bed to measure the length of the room, we determined that the bed only accounts for about 50% of the room. Either way, I don't think making the bed helped.
While cleaning up that mess of a bedroom, I decided to get started on my organizing beginning here...
Jeff's T-shirt Drawer: Before
After
Allow me to explain Jeff's t-shirt collection. When we met, Jeff had t-shirts everywhere; in his room at home, in the guest bedroom, in his dorm room, in his car, even in blanket form- a t-shirt blanket. Over the past 5 years, I have managed to get his collection down to 2 drawers: 1 for shirts he is allowed to wear out of the house (shown above) and 1 for shirts that should be in the trash but he can't seem to part with so we keep them and he's only allowed to wear at home. I like t-shirts folded neatly in drawers. He likes to pick the shirt on the bottom of the pile, unfold it (and 12 others in the process), decide not to wear it, wad it up, and put it back in the drawer. (T-shirts are a touchy subject for the 2 of us; can you tell?) I took an organization class in the spring and the "teacher" recommends the file method for organizing t-shirts (shown above). So far this has worked wonders for us! For more info on the class go here.
And because I was loving the t-shirt drawer so much, I moved onto socks, underwear, and undershirts (which used to be in 2 drawers).
In addition to all of the cleaning, I have explored my crafty side this summer. Here are a few examples.
How precious are these? And so versatile. These fabric flowers started as hair bows but while sewing a fabric flower back onto a favorite tank for the millionth time, I had an idea. Instead of sewing flowers onto the tank (like they are when you buy an embellished tank or shirt from a store) why not make it into a pin so you can take the flower off when you wash the shirt so it doesn't get deformed and fall off in the washing machine??? Enter the flower tank...
These (the flowers, not the tank-go to Target for that)will be on sale soon on our (mine and my sister-in-laws) website (snailsandpigtails.com), Etsy store, and Facebook page for $5. Don't look for these pages yet. We are working on pictures so stay tuned. (They make great gifts and can also be used to dress up bags, etc. Just saying...)
This little beauty took just about all of eternity to complete...
These will also be on sale at Snails and Pigtails for $45. Think that's a high price? Try making one. Seriously, try it. I'll see you in about 3 months.
And my latest creations...
The Sun Suit
Back of the Sun Suit
Lucy modeling the Sun Suit.
A hamburger and her Pinafore
Back of the Pinafore
These outfits were made for a cousins picture that will be taken next week at the beach. They will also be available for purchase soon. The Sun Suit is available in sizes 0-4t and will be $20-$25. The pinafore is available in sizes 0-3t and will also be $20-$25. I'm working on some flowers for the front of each outfit.
Amongst all of the traveling, cleaning, and crafting, we've had some very lazy days at home...
Lucy "fishing" in her kiddie pool. She was using a magnetic fishing pole to catch magnetic numbers and letters but, after beating the "fish" on the ground a few too many times, the fishing pole broke, so we improvised.
I had a sweet video of Lucy in a purple princess gown blowing bubbles and singing on the front porch, but again, it was taking forever to download.
We have also had some time to explore our new town...
"The Driver On the Bus..." at Tough-A-Truck day. The school bus was Lucy's favorite but the ambulance, steam roller, fork lift, and fire truck were also in the running.
And here is where I had planned to add a video of Lucy dancing with a girl she met when we went to watch fireworks in Augusta for the 4th of July but, you know, it took too long.
Hopefully this super long post with tons of pictures has made up for my lack of blogging the past few weeks. I hope everyone is having a great summer!
