Pumpkin Pie

So, Pumpkin Pie is not a very common here in Mexico, but I wanted to make one, and the result was great, I took this recipe, but alter it adding cardamom, pumpkin seeds and nuts.

I love how my kid now helps with the baking and is so interested on it, I didn't tought this was going to happen so soon.

Also I made a pair of sleepers for him, I finally make the right pattern so now I will make him some pretty ones, but at least they fit him.

Good bye Titanic

Yes, Titanic was the name of my car, a 1985 Chrysler Dart K Van.
I owned it for 8 years and, Oh, the adventures we had in him.

Sure I'm going to miss it.

Recovery juice

On Sunday night I went out, my couple stays with my kid and I went to the get groceries, and enjoyed very much. I have no family in Mexico and I'm a single mom, so we don't have any contact with his father family, and he is not going to school right now, so, I don't get much solitary time, I don't think I need a lot, but a little isn't bad, singing Bob Marley while choosing fruits I found a Californian Pomegranate, larger than Mexican ones, and I tought why not? (usually I just buy local products).

I got a lot of apples to include in the recovery diet for my son and then I got the idea of making apple and pomegranate juice (jus 4 scoops of sugar, a quarter of pomegranate, 3 small apples and water in a blender) and I have to tell I'm getting adict to it, it's just great. I also save the pulp to give him as a puree with raisins.

Hard Sunday

So after the doll, we went to the party, give it to the girl, and get back happy an tired, my little one felt sleep while I was looking for the sleepy time story book, and I took this picture, not knowing what's going to be next.

After midnight I start to hear him bread loud, we co-sleep so I just hug him and cover with more blankets, but at 5 he start to cough and have a hard time breathing, so I stand and took him to the hospital, it was pretty stressing because my car doesn't work well and I had another car in front of mine (I live in a building), I was alone and the lights went out when we were about to go out so I had go down 7 floors in the dark.

When we arrive to the hospital he was better, but still it was necessary to put some medicine to inhale and he didn't like the mask so we had to force him, that part was horrible, at some point he starts to ask me for chichi (breast) even we stop it about 2 years ago, then his godmother arrives and he calm a little.

We went out of the hospital, for the medicines, and then home. Where all of us, Alicia (godmother), Aníbal (her couple), my child and me watch Nemo, he felt better and didn't show any sign of illness after, the doctor said it was only some kind of throat infection.


So I'm very grateful that my child is so healthy, because experiences like that are very hard.

So finally on Monday we got to make our ofrenda (altar) for the day of the dead.
Like it?

Doll for a birthday girl

So I'm trying to resucite the English version of my personal blog, I have the Spanish one.
We will see if I blog in both.

I got this pattern long ago, from Make Baby Stuff, and last night it was the day for it.
I love the opportunity that a birthday (or Christmas) gives me to create, and I love when there is a little girl involved since I have a boy and, even when I don't think there should be gender toys, I do have to close some part of my brain when creating for my kid (name dresses, skirts, etc.).
So I tought I was going ti make a dress, but instead I remember this pattern and went for it, I got the first arm wrong because I didn't realize at first that I need to leave some sewing alloance extra from the pattern. But I have to say that I love it, I have invented many dolls, but this one has a great proportion and size, I wish I would had time to make clothes, but I knew of the birthday one day ahead, so this was the result.

I also bought in the Mercado (market) some little clay dishes and wood spoons and a chair.

And here is my sweet little one taking care of the doll before giving it.

Gratitude

What I comented on Soule Mama blog.
I am grateful for...
For the Día de Muertos (Day of the dead) celebration coming, because is my favorite, and all corners, schools and offices are full of color with altars, everywhere, that sure make you feel happy, better than the usual gray city. And I'm grateful capacity of forgiveness from my little 3 years old boy, from who I have so much to learn, and for have found a little school for him, and for him being happy with it, and for the lady who is helping me with my chores in exchange of the furniture that I will left behind when I move, and for the sewer who is helping me with my little baby sling shop, and for hearing these two ladies chatting about how happy they where of going out of the house for a couple of house and work, and for my boyfriend who got fired and that was exactly what he wanted, for our family and friend, and for being able of hugging a sad friend, and for my sewing students, always so motivated.

I got a purchase!

It is always so exciting!

I haven`t got time lately to dedicate to my on line store, I have been so busy doing all the things for my educational center, here at home. I have been creating any way, but only for gifts or my son´s school stuff.









But yesterday, the volcanic earrings were sold and today they where sent.












I am very happy for the center witch will be open to the public on May, I am a midwife or doula, or something in between and I will be teaching pregnant women and their couples how to prepare for birth, breastfeeding and how take care of their babies, and also I will be giving baby classes, with music, motor skills, visual arts and sensory experimentation including taste, it's so much fun, it's so much work. I have made this mats for the babies and the cube, and I already have four balls for pregnancy workout classes, so I am getting close to it.


















Sometimes I don't like when homework is for the parents and not for the kid, as it usually happens with toddlers, but I try also to find an opportunity to explore new activities with my kid and involve him as much as I can. So they are working with transportation topic now and we chose thy subway, and it was a lot of fun, Itzcóatl (my son) help paint this and it was the first time he actually enjoy to paint. There it is my little one painting and painting himself, and his masterpiece and my hand with his foot print.
He was not very happy of wearing his box, but at least his teacher's got it, in home he would cry just with the perspective of it.






















Here is also a cat I made for the wind that comes from under the door (that should have a name, but I don't know), a glass bird made by a friend who hasen't decide yet to open her Etsy shop, a puppet cat for a classmate of my son, a robe or bib for art work for my son and an awesome mermaid with a mirror inside of a couple of little doors that I just got, very Mexican kind of work on metal.



























































Well, I say good bye now and hope to contact you soon.