Momcicle Mania: 05/09/15

Emilia's Sophies Universe Crochet

Bright and joyful colors

Part one: rows 1-8

Part two: rows 9-15

Part 3:

The link to the fantastic woman that created this crochet a long is Dedri and she has graciously shared this pattern on her page.

Genevieve's Sophies Universe Crochet


She loves her blues, purples, and neutrals

Part one: rows 1-8

Part two: rows 9-15

Part three:

The link to the fantastic woman that created this crochet a long is Dedri and she has graciously shared this pattern on her page.

Katy's Sophies Universe Crochet


Cool colors

Part one: rows 1-8

Part two: 9-15

Part three:

The link to the fantastic woman that created this crochet a long is Dedri and she has graciously shared this pattern on her page.

Hannah's Sophies Universe Crochet


Autumn colors

Part one: rows 1-8

Part 2: rows 9-15

Part three:

The link to the fantastic woman that created this crochet a long is Dedri and she has graciously shared this pattern on her page.

My Sophie's Universe Crochet along 2015

I started this blanket and fell in love. I am going to make one for each of my girls. Each of my girls have picked their colors. Now I need to get organized and start.

Here is mine- I will post updates until it is finished.

And so it begins- I wanted a blanket with COLOR- to shake off the winter months.

And she grows.

and she gets her first red tulips

and her second set of tulips

and now some roses

amd another row of tulips

The link to the fantastic woman that created this crochet a long is Dedri and she has graciously shared this pattern on her page.

Earth Boxes with Genevieve

Genevieve has decided to have a garden this year. She did some investigating and decided she wanted to use earth boxes. She found a YouTube video on how to make them for $20 dollars a piece. Here is what we did.

We started with Roughneck containers. We used small and large containers.

Drilled half inch holes into the lids about an inch apart. Then we cut the lids out of their frames.

Cut a 6inch PVC about 6 inches long (this is a twelve inch length- that we cut in half. Then drilled 1/2 inch holes as close as we could.

Two and a half inch pipes to support the lid inside the Tupperware. The PVC is 2 inch diameter.

We measured for the soil well and the watering spout.

Perfect fit.

We filled with dirt and Genevieve started planting. Please remember to put in drainage holes. See the video.

Love that she is participating in this from beginning to end. Really glad that when she was drilling the 6 inch PVC and caught her jeans (twice) that she persevered.

And now we wait to see them grow.

TheYouTube link uses only the larger containers but we did some smaller ones for the herbs and lettuce.

Color Run 2015

Hannah and Emilia participated in their first 5k this spring. I think these will be occuring much more often.

Genevieve joined us on this trip- it was a beautiful day for both running and watching.

The view coming up on the race was fantastic. I am always amazed by the energy and joy that greets you at these events.

Once your their- getting into it is a necessity. The desire to iclude everyone left Mike with some color, too.

Hannah and Emilia got into the first wave and now the party starts. The music is so loud and the people fantastic. Everyone from every walk of life- not scared to mingle and share some color and play.

And the run begins.

40 minutes later and the run is over. More color and some water to cool off.

And on a final note- My daughters are amazing. I got overwhelmed looking at these pictures and feeling so proud that my daughters love and support each other. I always worried that my my oldest and youngest would never have a "sister" relationship- they do. With a 14 year age difference- my oldest embraces, supports her relationship with her little sister. It makes me proud of the woman she has become and makes me feel like the world is a better place.