little helpers and organ grinder
As a way to get a few moments to myself yesterday morning to do some yoga I put the girls in charge of feeding Violet her breakfast. To relieve some of the stress of handing over this responsibility I stripped Violet down to the diaper and let the girls have at it. Surprisingly, they got most of the jar of baby food into Vi’s belly, but that doesn’t mean there wasn’t a bit of a mess left over. Being the control freak that I am, I had to keep telling myself that Vi got what she needed and that I also got some solitary time.
Mike had another gun show planned for the day. In order to keep the ladies satisfied he set up a fun day for us all. We met up with the Gearys for lunch at the Organ Piper Music Palace. I can’t begin to describe the experience other than to say that the place is one big Wurlitzer organ that serves pizza. Mike was so excited because he comes from a family of musically inclined folks, but his mother and sister are also talented organists as well. We told them that they both need to come visit one more time just to see this place. The pictures don’t do it justice.
Just a short video to show you some of the bells and whistles involved in a performance (literally).
April 26th, 20105:06 am at
Mike sure has a knack for finding funky little places to hang out. The place cracks me up, but ANOTHER gun show…seriously? I heard he bought a new baby at this one, too.
April 26th, 20109:41 am at
That is some seriously high class entertainment!!
April 26th, 20107:28 pm at
Looks like they have it covered! I’d relinquish feeding duty to anyone who likes doing it – do they like cleaning up too? That would be wonderful if they did
Had to share a sewing dress pattern find with you – they’re in the process of updating their shop to buy the pattern (should be available to purchase later today) but you can find the blog post with photos here
http://portabellopixie.typepad.com/portabellopixie/2008/07/portabellopixie.html
I am buying it and plan to start sewing it for Nikki asap – looks perfect for collecting eggs from the chickens
Anyway, your girls are always dressed so cute and thought the designers fabric choices/designs had your style written all over them – hope you like 
April 26th, 20108:08 pm at
I love the feeding time! The girls did a great job! Vi looks mildly impressed.
April 27th, 20101:04 pm at
Ah, the ambiance of that place. How’d I miss that jewel?
) Love the feeding, too–then can the girls be in charge of bath time, too?
May 3rd, 20103:37 pm at
Erin-
I’ve been meaning to get back to you about the dress pattern you linked to. I’ve had my eye on Portabello Pixie for a long time now and am very tempted to buy one or more of their patterns. I know my girls would love me to make them that dress. Nikki will look adorable in it, too. Can’t wait to see what you end up doing.