What a difference a day makes!

Yesterday was, well, one of those days. There was only one thing I REALLY wanted to do (finish up a little sundress) and wouldn't you just guess that's the last thing I had time for! I'll spare you all the gory details, but yesterday afternoon while I was in the middle of cooking dinner, picking up the backyard/house, and trying to finish some online work, my little one walked up to me with the biggest diaper blow-out I've yet witnesses as a mom. Yeah, yikes! After the clean up, dinner, the dishes, and work, I found time to finish the dress (and managed to make it to bed by midnight).

And now on to a new, better day, where K has a brand new sundress to wear!

I didn't really use a pattern but was inspired by several types of dresses I've seen just like this, mainly the Matilda Jane knot dress and similar styles from Etsy sellers like Pink Poppies, ArtsandAccents, sararoses3, etc... 

I opted to leave off the aprony-thing in the front, and my straps have buttons instead of knots. My favorite thing about this dress is that the straps are long and adjustable, so she can keep wearing this the next few years until it ends up as a long top!

We usually take a little walk in the mornings, but today K wanted to spend some time in the garden. Wouldn't have guessed at what a big help she is with gardening!

She really loves walking in the garden to check out what's growing and blooming.

We both love this pretty ground cover, although I have no idea what it's called, it has the prettiest little tiny yellow flowers. It grows along my neighbors stone wall, and it started growing in the middle of our garden a few years ago. We leave a little patch of it growing, but have to keep it in check since it spreads like crazy!

Our ivy is also growing back nicely after being beaten down by a harsh winter and hungry deer. Finally there is more green than brown dirt showing in our garden!

But if you ask K, nothing in the garden beats the awesome rocks! Yep, all my little girl really needs to be happy is a nice day, a new sundress, and some rocks! And believe it or not, that's about all I need today, too. :-)

Go, momma, GO!

My hubby and I just finished restoring a vintage push toy for Kate!

I've seen a few of these lately, but this is the first one I found that was in decent shape and sturdy enough to actually use. Tom took the whole thing apart, repainted everything and completely replaced all the hardware (including the wheels) with all new parts.

The foot rest under the scooter is removable so that the child can "flintstone" power the toy by themselves.

The push handle is also removable. Oh, and Tom added the horn to the handles; it's LOUD and makes a greak squeaka-squeaka sound! We took it for a test drive today, it's a hit:

I thought that tray would be awesome for holding snacky snacks, but it turns out to be a great place to store all your treasures, too! What I intended as a quick walk in front of the house turned into a walk all the way around the block. Safe to say we're going to have lots of fun walking together this summer!

Oh, by the way, do you have any idea about a date on this push toy? I can't find any similar pictures out there, and I don't even know if you'd call this a car or a scooter! What do you think?

EDITED: to say THANKS to BomshellShocked for passing on that link to http://wishbookweb.com/ where I found our walker/scooter in the 1947 Sears Christmas catalog! Here it is in the bottom left corner - it is the EXACT same scooter!