What a weekend

Saturday marked the kick-off of the neighborhood flea market season in Munich, one of my all time favorite parts of the summer. After a leisurely breakfast of coffee and muffins, we spent the entire day wandering through Haidhausen and snapping up deal after deal.

We bought an infant bike seat, a hiking pack, a whole bunch of toys and shoes for charlie, a couple of records, shoes for me... and we also snapped up a bunch of free things like a crawling tunnel for C. And the weather, which was predicted to be cold and rainy, turned out to be beautiful, so we spent our free time between markets lounging in the neighborhood's many roundels and plazas. Beautiful.

We ended our adventure at the Biergarten/Beer Hall Hofbräukeller, which amazingly has a HUGE indoor play area for kids. We will definitely be going back.

Sunday was more leisurely but we did manage to get out of the house to go to the playground. C takes his Kid O car with him wherever he goes.

What a fantastic weekend! And next week... vacation!!!

More Projects

Well I am on a crafty roll. I sewed this sweatshirt from Sewing for Boys

and reupholstered our dining room chairs with a (wipe-able) laminated cotton. Hooray!

 

(sorry about the dark photos. It was 1am. The only time I have to craft...)

Finished

I love to craft and knit, but boy am I horrible at finishing up projects. Which is why I am so proud to present this sweater, which I just finished yesterday, which is the from the Purl Soho book "Last Minute Knitted Gifts".

The buttons have his initials!

After spending Sunday at the infamous "Fabric Market Holland" I am armed and ready to tackle even more crafty projects. Let's hope I can keep the momentum going.

Almost like summer

Yesterday was a spectactularly beautiful day, and since today is a bit gloomy and rainy and it looks like it will stay that way through the weekend, I wanted to post some pictures to remind myself that spring really is right around the corner (really! really!).

We went to two different playgrounds. Needless to say, C was exhausted, but it was a wonderful time. And he discovered the joy of wiggling his bare feet in the air.

Oh, you know, just walking

Charlie has been walking for a couple of weeks now, but it never ceases to amaze me. I love to watch him toddle around.

Tiny shoes

I just bought two pairs of tiny shoes. One for now, one for later. My little C is getting so big!

What a day

Yesterday was the first truly beautiful day of the year. Sunshine, blue sky, amazing. We really took advantage of the day and got out of the house and spent the afternoon lounging in the Flaucher Biergarten. Here are some shots (of course, they are nearly all of Charlie. Of course). Oh, and my weekend goals? The only one I got around to doing was the balcony goal. With this kind of weather, embroidery and closet clean up will have to wait.

Weekend Goals

I've started setting a few fun, loose goals for each weekend to keep it from slipping away into an oblivion of trying to clean up and finishing laundry. Here's what I have planned this weekend:

Image Via Design Sponge

Try my hand at embroidery. The Design Sponge Embroidery 101 has inspired me. I am thinking of grabbing some of Charlie's clothes (and maybe some of my own) and embroidering some fun phrases.

Break in the balcony. I finally spruced up our balcony. We bought giant outdoor beanbags, solar lanterns, a bright rug, and a proper wagon for our grill. So on Saturday we're having some friends over to try out the new arrangement. I am planning a Make-Your-Own Kebab station, Blood Orange Margaritas and some sort of dessert (still meditating on that one).

Not my closet. But inspiring nonetheless. Image via Real Simple

Sort out clothes. My closet is a mess. I keep putting off purging my clothes - first I wanted to wait until things went back to "normal" after having Charlie, then I wanted to wait until the summer, then the winter and... well yes. I still haven't done it. I really want to take everything out and only return a few, really good clothing items but I am terrible at getting rid of clothing. Every time I start, I try everything on and usually decide that I actually will wear that dress I have never had on/funny looking sweater/itchy shirt. Ugh. I want to try this again this weekend and see how far I get.

What are your plans for the weekend?