Shorts (with pockets!)

Leave it to Linda at Craftaholics Anonymous to come up with a great pattern and tutorial for these adorable shorts with pockets. Don't you love her fabrics?

Kimi is expecting her 4th boy in a few months, so Kimi - you'd better get sewing (plus, I'm sure C would love some more comfy shorts)!!

Basic Boys Pants

Kimi - this post is especially for you (with 3 little boys, she is always looking for cute boy tutorials and one son in particular loves "comfy pants").

Dana at MADE has posted a great tutorial for basic boys pants. Adorable, eh?  LOVE her fabric.  For those of you out there with boys, she is posting boy tutorials all month, so be sure to check back.  For those of you without boys, you could use this tutorial to make pajama pants for your girls :)  Thanks, Dana, for sharing your skills!!

Valentine Countdown *Free Download*

I thought it would be fun to make my kiddos a Valentine Countdown, and thought I'd share what I made.  I did a boy version & a girl version.  To be honest I made the girl one first, but then when I saw how pink it was I didn't think my husband boys would like it- hence the two versions.

Download the girl version here

And download the boy version here

The circles are the perfect size to attach a Hershey Kiss or Hug on each one.  I used glue dots so that I will (hopefully) be able to reuse them next year- I also mounted mine on cardstock to make them a little sturdier & cuter.
What better way to countdown to Valentine's Day than by eating a piece of chocolate??  I do suggest you make one for each child: 3 kids + 3 advents= no fighting over the chocolate

My Boys' Ties- Updated with pics

Speaking of my cute boys and their Easter clothes, I had a couple of people at church ask me about their ties.  I said I would blog all about them :)  For my 4 year old I followed this tutorial and made him a real little boy tie.  My one thing I learned from this- just follow the pattern.  I originally cut it out and I thought that it was too long.  I cut out a big chunk from the middle (a good 6 inches, I know, dumb) and dangled it around his neck thinking that it looked about right.  As the hubs was trying to tie it around my son's neck this morning- we realized that I had created 2 problems. #1 the tie was not long enough (who knew that the knot would take up SO much length of the tie) and #2 the tie never really got very skinny (because I took the skinny part out) so was rather difficult to tie.  Luckily the hubs was able to do a "deacon knot" as he calls it and although the back part of the tie is REALLY short, it looked fine from the front.  I'm going to try and fix it by adding some length (and some seams) in the middle- or just start all over with my lessons learned.
For my littler boys I used the Lil Guy's Tie pattern I purchased from Make It and Love It Etsy Shop .  She gives very detailed instructions and pictures- fantastic pattern and tutorial for those like me who really don't know how to sew.  I used this pattern for the boys' Christmas ties, so I actually whipped the Easter ties out pretty quick in one evening.  When we got home from church our sweet neighbor snapped a couple of pictures of our boys- keep in mind they had been at church for almost 4 hours, hence the untucked shirts and backwards hat on the oldest.

Little Boy Tie

How cute is this tie?  After googling and searching forever, I finally found this tutorial so I can make Easter ties for my boys.  Thanks to the Purl Bee for this awesome tutorial.

Car Cozie {my boys would love these}

This Car Cozie tutorial from My Little Gems could possibly be the perfect solution for the toy cars that are everywhere in our house. Plus what a convenient 'to go' toy when we have errands to run.