Nap Time RSS

Obviously I use nap time to sew. And now that Vera has been on just one nap a day (which can be anywhere from 2 hours or a beautiful gift of almost 4 hours!), it cuts down my work time. So I’ve found a few little tricks to help keep things as efficient as possible. One is keeping things moving like an assembly line. I guess you could call it a one woman assembly line, but it has kept things moving. I don’t sew one bib at a time. Actually, I keep to one step at a time. One nap...

When I was pregnant with Vera, I bought a journal with the idea that I would write to her about my experiences with being pregnant with her, her birth story, her milestones, and family stories and other things along her life. The idea came from a culmination of various journaling and writing I’d done when I was younger as well as realizing that as time passes memories fade. What better way to capture her life and what was going on around her and in her family than real time journaling? I didn’t get a chance to start the journal before...

I’m as addicted to Pinterest as anyone; have you seen that funny pin going around saying something like “I’m just going to look at a few things on Pinterest before bed, and WHAM! It’s 4 hours later!”….ya, that’s me. I have to restrict bringing my phone up to bed with me because once that Pinterest app is open, I can’t seem to control myself. One of the things I noticed is DIY canvas pictures….and have loved them all! But then I read the instructions and was not happy with the complicated instructions or the time it requires to take. Yet,...

OK, so maybe you are a little sick of pumpkin at this point, but if you are anything like me that won’t happen!  And you probably have several extra cans of pumpkin hanging in your cabinet.  So I thought I’d share another nap time dessert to whip up to keep the love of pumpkin going and use up what you have leftover. Here is what they look like when you are all done and ready to eat them: This is what you need: 15oz. can of pumpkin 2 cups flour 1/2 cup shortening 1 egg 1 1/4 cup packed brown...

One of the things that I think most moms (and dads) are really good at are utilizing their nap time efficiently.  It’s a skill, and one that gets better with time since most little ones tend to nap less as they get older.  So in honor of Thanksgiving and the coming season of eating, I thought I would share a very quick little dessert you can make that does not cut into your precious nap time!  Or, one that takes less than 10 minutes from start to finish, which is less time than some toddler melt downs!  This a great...