JSU Alumni Talent/Fashion Show

My sister (Carla) and I originally agreed to do the next fashion show that was in our area...this fashion show was for the Jackson State University Alumni.  While neither Carla or I are graduates of JSU (University of Southern Mississippi '98 and '07, respectively), we still showed support for the Mississippi school.  The fashion show's segment of "Cream Esteem" allowed us to showcase some uber-cute outfits purchased from Ross store (dress on left) and Dillards department store(dress on right).  My husband picked out my dress and I believe he did an amazing job!  My sister dazzled in her dress with gold accessories, and I wowed them with my shoes by Jennifer Lopez.

My son, however, stole the show.  He was so handsome in his blue seersucker suit purchased from Belk department store...his coral shirt and pocket handkerchief (hanky comes from remnants of a coral dress I made last year).  Look at that pose!

He was seriously all smiles on this photo!  This suit was so adorable on him, I just had to make the coral color the Easter color for this year!

Hubby decided to jump in the fashion show (after watching me and my sister on the runway), so the fashion show director practically requested he show up with in suit for the "I Go To Work" segment of the fashion show.  He was, of course, very debonair in his suit (and very handsome to boot).  Lavender with  paisley design is most definitely one of his colors.  Leila was not old enough to participate in the fashion show (which was also a pageant for JSU Alumni dolls), but next year she gets the opportunity to be a JSU Alumni doll!  Time to make a dress! ;)

Mommy and me...I love this guy!

Mardi Gras Parade

This year was Hattiesburg's 2nd Annual Caerus Mardi Gras Parade and the children and I had a great time. The clinic I work for sponsored our float and some friends of an employee drove the float through crowds of 25,000 people! TJ and Leila were prince and princess of our float, named Krewe of Wheezers, and I surprised Leila with her own Mardi Gras top! Complete with some black leggings and boots, she looked adorable! TJ was handsome too in his own Mardi Gras shirt and mask. The parade lasted about two hours...once it as over, we went home, took baths, ad went straight to bed! No one woke up until morning! Who knew how much beads and candy throwing could tire you out!

For my baby, Leila...

I have been sewing quite a bit lately (more than my average of Zero times) and mostly for my daughter, Leila.  Although Leila is not the only child I have, sewing for Leila reminds me of the many times when my mother sewed for me and my sister.  I do have some fabric to make my son some comfy pajama pants, though (I will post the finished product later)!  I have so many craft/sewing projects I am working on, and with the addition of my new Singer Futura sewing/embroidery machine, my projects are limitless!
Below are a few of the dresses I have made for my daughter.  Maybe one day she'll appreciate the little things that I do for her...I know I appreciate my mom, too!

Her daddy's favorite team...Roll Tide!!

She wanted a matching purse for this one!

School photo...isn't she darling?

 

 

Spongebob Rules!

It has been a couple of weeks, but I am excited to post my pics of my daughter's sponge
bob shorts I made. I got the pattern off the Internet and the shorts were for a boy age 7 (my daughter is 3 and they fit my 6 year old son like biker shorts). I will post the link to the cute shorts pattern later, and I will post my next creation in the next few days.

***UPDATE***  The pattern and tutorial I used for the Spongebob shorts came from http://www.craftpassion.com/2011/06/sewing-kid-shorts-with-pocket-pattern.html

I did not use the knitted rib for the bottom hem (I did just what the tutorial stated and cut fabric according to shorts patter) and I did not sew ribbon onto the shorts' waistband for decoration (they were cute enough without it).

Daddy's birthday dinner

Friday night my sisters and I had a birthday dinner for my daddy in honor of his 60th birthday. There was nothing extravagant, as he is not the extravagant type.  Me and the hubs, along with our children, my older sis and her kids, my younger sis and her kids, Ms. Colleen (daddy's "friend" for many years) and her nieces sat down and ate dinner while daddy enjoyed some of his grandchildren.  TJ and Leila  (of course) had to get out in the middle of the floor to do some dancing and the other children followed along with them.  I thought we would be kicked out of the restaurant with all the noise the children were making, but since our party were the only people left in the restaurant, everything was fine. 

Me and the birthday guy (my daddy)

Butter Pecan cake made by Carla

My sister, Carla, seriously needs to start her own cake business! That butter pecan cake was out of this world!!! I also stayed away from sweets for the majority of the week, so I was good and only ate one slice of cake. The cake was one gift that he enjoyed, but I bet he will enjoy the other gifts (money-lol) for days to come! 

Singing "Happy birthday"

Game win!

My lil man had a game (again) versus Sports Grafix at the Doleac Complex last tonight...and they won! The kids were very excited and now their record is 3-4. A couple of those games they could have won, but this is first year coach-pitch (no tee-ball) and a learning process for them all. Leila ran Carla ragged, escaping  here and there while I was helping out in the dugout.
The game ended with TJ giving the other team the last out by chasing the little boy down and beating him to first base. He was excited...the whole team was excited! The coach even gave TJ the game ball!

Day 2- Brazilian Butt Lift...NOT!!!

I didn't do it today! Although it was seriously a good workout, I was very slow moving about today. My husband convinced me to wait until after my PT test this weekend and start Brazilian Butt Lift then. I don't want to be too sore for the PT test and fail! I haven't been to the gym this week, but I have been going faithfully until recently. Maybe if I decide not to go the rest of the week and save my energy (and running efforts) for the test I will do better than the minimal. We shall see!!