Everybody was Kung Fu fighting

Piper passed her Kung Fu belt test tonight. She is so proud and excited as it is her first 'belt' and believe it or not the first thing out of her mouth was "when can I sit the yellow belt test?" Funnily enough we were scanning TV channels the other day and happened across a documentary about Michelle Yeoh of Crouching Tiger fame...lets just say it was the quietest 40 minutes Piper has ever had...she was enthralled. P recently mastered the one handed cartwheel out of necessity rather than the pursuit of skill...I mean, how can one do a cartwheel AND carry a sword at the same time, geez.

ZIZI WANTSYOU!

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GROWING SNOWFLOWERS GIVEAWAY!

Here's a chance to win a growing snowflowers dress of your choice!

The feedback I have been getting is amazing...

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Growing Snowflowersgetting some press

Photograph courtesy of Deb Layden Photography

I'm super honored and really grateful that some of my dresses are getting some seriously awesome exposure on super blogs!

Like PFP Photography and here at More Than This and Une Envie de Sel and here too...Notes from the Frugal Trenches to name a few...in fact, I'm really so honored and I appreciate all the wonderful feedback!

Oh the places you'll go

Snowflower #1 has a cool project she is working on...it involves a spin, a cartwheel and a book! More to follow!

hours of summer entertainmenta package came from Nana and Papa with these cute little balloon powered boats. They haven't seen the water yet, but the girls have spent hours trying to inflate the balloons!I.think.I.got.it.

TWO new dresses for the shopI was drawn to this fabric for purely nostalgic reasons...I mean seriously...it's a rotary phone! I thought it would be cute on little girls who are constantly bugging their mothers to call their friends for playdates. I know in a few more years she'll want her own iPhone(gaffaw) but for now..I dont mind calling. I'm naming this fabric 'have your people call my people'...because...thats just how it is in our house.

call me!

and dress number two

Piper...you make me dizzy...you're a dizzy lizzy! Piper was moving so fast I could barely get a photo in focus....hmm, that gives me an idea! I could call the fabric 'focus Piper focus!' seems I say that enough these days that I even overheard the snowflowers playing a few days ago and after trying to get her sisters attention for several minutes Paisley just yelled "FOCUS PIPER! JUST FOCUS!"...sigh. The kid NEVER stops moving!

the SAGE dress in buttercup

I love making dresses for the girls in linen...and when I spotted this yellow at first I wasn't sure it would work on the snowflowers skintone...boy was I wrong! I was so drawn to it, because to me, it spells summer. Daisies and sunshine and line dried clothes. It makes me feel...nostalgic.

actual attempt at flight

The Sage dress in 'buttercup' will be available on my etsy store in limited numbers.

summer daisyher beauty astounds me on a daily basis.

the flower that blooms in adversity is the most beautiful of all Mulan

more FCA fun

playgrounds rock no matter their size.

look who's watching you

FCA Picnic

Our local 'Families with Children from Asia' had a picnic at a park last weekend. The splash pad was a lot of fun if not a bit overwhelming due to the high concentration of bigger kids. The most fun thing seemed to be this water spout..which Piper commandeered. It didn't take long for Paisley to get in on the action either!Contemplating her next water activity? Where there's water there's fun.