Crazy Daisy Blog: Peace and Quiet!

It's been one of those days. The kind of day that makes you wish you had neglected your children and just stayed in bed...but I got through it and both girls are napping and dinner is in the crockpot!

My husband underwent knee surgery yesterday so that pretty much means I have to pick up the extra slack around the house, not to mention waiting on him hand and foot...I kindly delegated the task of caring for our dogs to my 14 year old son..who in turn kindly forgot this morning. So first thing this morning I was jumped and drooled on by an overenthusiastic 200 lb Saint Bernard and my derriere sniffed by my Siberian Husky.

Things didn't get much better after a Mr. Hanky moment with my youngest daughter in the bathtub. I ended up giving her 3 baths today. I think it's safe to say that you can measure how bad your day is by how many showers you take and how many baths you give. So far I'm clocking 2 showers for myself and between my girls I've given 4 baths. *sigh*

Oh well, the night is young, right? I think I hear a margarita calling me tonight...

So in Crazy Daisy news, about a month ago my dear friend Gwendolyn gave me a bit of a challenge that I jumped into with both feet but then my enthusiasm petered out a bit once I ended up seamripping half the dress and having to redo it...only to seamrip again and redo it AGAIN! It's a prairie dress made from corduroy with a pleated bodice and puffed sleeves. Good thing I love the finished product! FYI...I have no intention of ever making another one of these things!

Ready for a picture overload? A couple weeks ago I received about 10 yards of fabric and told to make what I wanted and send her the bill...pretty much a designer's dream! The good news was that the fabric coordinated very nicely together so that I would be able to make many matching outfits to mix and match. The bad news is that it almost coordinated too well. Remember that part of The Brady Bunch Movie where Mike Brady (the dad) was to show off his architectural design to different firms and it was always the same design (his house)? Well, I was terrified of making the same outfit over and over because the fabric was so similar...so I had to get creative! I have to admit that I am soooo bummed to have to give these outfits up because my little one looked downright edible in them! I made them with my husband in mind...I know that sounds weird, but the dude seriously cannot put a matching outfit on my daughters to save his life. These outfits are perfect because you just cannot mess them up! Each pair of pants matches every top (or pretty close!).

I LOVE this dress/top. I think at first it'll be a dress but it fits my 4 year old perfectly as an adorable top! She'll get a ton of use out of this one! Plus the bee fabric is tooooo cute!