The Weekend

Summer weekends are so full - there's just so much to do in the summer. This is especially true with a toddler or maybe it just seems that way because we take more pictures.
Festivals, water fun, and just getting outside to enjoy the weather quickly fills up every weekend. After saying that, I should admit that we did consider just staying inside on Sunday as it was sooo hot. We're glad we changed our minds. Here are some pictures from our fun weekend.

First things first: garage sales Saturday morning, here's Henry playing with his favourite find.
Lunch at Kitchener's beer and rib fest.Some adventures at the Splash pad. He's much more adventurous when holding my hand.We found out Henry loves homemade pesto.
A quick dip in our local creek.Swinging on the swings with Uncle Corey.Checking out car-free Sunday in Uptown Waterloo.
After a busy hot weekend, we are very ready to stay inside and watch the thunderstorms that are called for today, we'll probably have the rubber boots out at some point too.

Summer Outfit

I sewed up this summer outfit from Heather Ross` Weekend Sewing last week. I am pretty happy with it, probably shouldn't wear the pieces together though - there are limits to my frumpiness.

Apart is better. This is the summer blouse. It feels and looks a bit like I am wearing a sheet I think. Could be to do with the fact that it is made from an old sheet. But it was easy to make and I am happy to consider it a practice version - I have plans to make a couple more before summer.

The skirt I love. I made it from a table cloth. But it was quite a bit more work than my table cloth circle skirt. Still I got to reuse the finished edge on the bottom and save myself from hemming. And it`s a really nice drapey linen type material. Think it will feel really nice to wear in the summer. And I stuck to my resolution and added a pocket to the skirt, just in one of the seams. I took the advice from Heather Ross` website and added one extra panel (that was all I had enough material for) and I think it is enough.