1950's style pinafore dress.

I have been working so hard on creating my own line of children's clothing. This is a very exciting and stressful time in my life. On one hand I want to create and start selling children's clothing, and on the other hand I know I am in this by myself with 2 little needy munchkins and I don't know if I have the time to keep up with this.

I saw a vintage style pinafore dress on Instagram and immediately all these thoughts came into my head about how to create something similar and create different variations based off of one pattern.

Here is the first result. This is Savannah's Easter dress. Since my daughter takes after my husband, she is very skinny and very tall in the torso, making it very difficult to dress her. She is 3 1/2 years old, a 5t in shirt length but only a 3t in width. I had to take this dress in several times. It buttons in the back on the waistline with 2 covered buttons. It is adorable on her. Unfortunately I don't have pictures with it on because of course she was sick for Easter.

I tried a second time and it went so much faster, to deal with the size issue I added elastic to the back waistline. I made this one for my niece Stella. 

I blended a few different patterns together and hand drafted my own pattern for this dress. 

I would love some honest opinions about the dress.

I'm hoping to base all the dresses off of the original Abby Cadabby dress pattern. I am currently working on a 1 shoulder dress also drafted from this pattern.

So we have finally defrosted from Winter. We were lucky that we didn't get as much snow as some other states but this late storm threw us for a loop. Savannah took her first solo tube ride. She is growing up and getting so much more brave.

She also learned to roller skate. I never thought these were things she would do. She has always been very cautious and nervous.

Here are both my munchins after a trip to the Bucks County Discovery Museum. The museum was quite small but it had everything just the right size for these 2. 

Nolan got some new sunglasses and likes showing off. His sister accessorized.

The kids have both been sick for over a week now. Savannah is on a round of antibiotics. No hospital visits or blood work this time, but it is apparent that their little bodies can't keep up with all the extra work destroying blood cells and making new ones. It seems now whenever they get sick their bodies just give up. 

I am still going strong with my fitness goals. I really don't have any goals but I am keeping steady at 10 lbs lost in 4 months. Exercising for 30 minutes per day, 6 days a week. I am feeling great, just super stressed.

Jake and I started teaching a morning Sunday school class at church. We are teaching 4 and 5 year old's. I love all the kids, they are super sweet, but some are not so happy to have another new teacher and some like to be boys and wrestle the whole time. Needless to say it is very exhausting and Saturday nights are no longer something I enjoy. Preparing for class is pretty difficult with getting the supplies ready, lesson plans and making sure everyone is ready to leave the house Sunday morning.