Happy Birthday Edie!

Two! She's two!

Edie the Artist

Hi! Remember us? The TrygKerz Family? Sorry for the lack of posts lately. This blog has been a bit neglected. Can I blame summer and it's super-duper busyness? Because I do :)

Yesterday, Edie helped me out with a little project and painted six squares for our rotating art wall. She did a great job!

This morning, I hung up the paintings. She was very proud of her work (and we are very proud of her).

The Spring Dress

Happy Snow Day to all of you that live in the Red River Valley (and most of North Dakota). I'm convinced that we upper Midwesterners can handle disappointment better than any other segment of people thanks to our erratic weather. Remember this weekend and earlier this week when it was super, duper, nice outside? Remember when it reached 4o degrees and everything started to melt? Well, here is our house today:

Not so much melting going on. I guess Edie's dream of splashing through huge puddles of water will come true.

Anywho, way back when it was nice out I had the motivation to make Edie a pillow case dress. The fabric (a sheet) and the bias tape were thrift store find so the dress was practically free to make. I think I'll make a whole bunch of these for the summer. They are light and airy and super comfy. Oh, and Edie actually enjoys wearing it!

I also made her "baby" a matching dress.

If you'd like to see more, check out my post over on the photo blog.

Holy Videos, Batman!

Edie's Valentine's Day Dress

It's been awhile since I've had the ambition (or the time) to sew. I finally decided to get back into the swing of things this past weekend and sewed Edie a cute little dress... just in time for St. Valentine's Day! Other than the dress is being a little long, it fits her quite well. I will have to work on sewing zippers though... still can't quite get that right.

I managed to grab one full length photo of Edie that was in focus (she's a toddler, don't you know)... not the best picture of her, but you get the idea.

And to make up for that not very awesome picture, here is a cute one of Edie and her papa.

Monday with Edie

Since Edie's birth (nearly) eighteen short months ago, I have stayed home from work on Mondays. Currently, I am technically "working from home" on Monday and Fridays and while I do get a lot of work done during nap times and in the evening, it's pretty much impossible to work while Edie is awake. And, to be honest, that is just fine with me.

Monday afternoons are the best. While our morning usually consist of running errands around town and the occasional thrift store stop, our afternoons are generally laid back and at home. She often moves from one thing to another very, very, very quickly. Whether it's putting her boots on, drawing, playing with Legos or reading a few good books, she is usually always busy. We have a great time and I really treasure those afternoons.

A Few Studio Snaps

My cousin's toddler, Brooklyn, came into the studio on Saturday for her 2-year pictures. Of course, I had to bring little Miss Edie Pants so we could (attempt) to get some photos of the two of them together. It was (sorta) successful. Man, two toddlers are exhausting!

Edie trying to give Brooklyn a kiss.

Of course, I took some of just Edie...

Edie, how cute are you? So cute!

Edie, how big are you? So big!

Edie, where's your belly?

Where is your belly?

Where's your nose?

A Quick Visit to Santa's Village

The TrygKerz family was a bit late in a lot of their Holiday festivities this year. We still have a present or two to purchase (crossing our fingers there is still things left at the store) and we just tonight went to see Santa.

This is the second year we've trekked out to Santa's Village at Rheault Farm in Fargo. The Fargo Park District does a fantastic job making it feel like the north pole (and Santa is the best Santa I've ever seen.) Last year, we went out there with my good friend Penny. Check out some photos from 2009 here.

This year (because of our lateness) we weren't able to make it until this evening. Edie has been referencing Santa for a couple weeks now. In fact, every thing with a red hat must be "santa, santa, santa!" She even knows that Santa says "ho, ho, ho!." However, tonight she wasn't too sure about that Santa guy. However, trains are still cool.

Helping out at the Trygstad Compound

(At my parent's house near Erhard, Minnesota)

Mowing the Lawn!

Weeding the garden!

Raking the yard!

Halloween 2010

This year, our little Edie dressed up as a wee Owlet for Halloween.

Kris and I posed as trees.

The costumes were all handmade and pretty darn easy at that. Edie's Owlet costume was a inspired by this costume from AlphaMom, the base of the bonnet/hat pattern was found at Made by Petchy and her wings/capelet pattern was found (and altered a bit) on my fave sewing blog Grosgrain Fabulous. Kris and my costumes were even easier... fake leaves from JoAnn's Fabric hot glued on to thrift store finds.

I'm already brainstorming for next year!