All Things Supercinski

Josiah and Daddy enjoying some Saturday morning snuggles. Is Josiah really asleep?

Yeah right, but aren’t they so cute?

I finally finished my “essential” list of baby sewing items, I think. I just ordered some PUL so I might go ahead and make some diapers as time permits, but we’ll see. Preparations for teaching my first Bradley series are quite time consuming these days.

First, I ripped apart my old ring sling, added some brown backing fabric and made myself another pouch. I like my old pouch sling, but this one is a little roomier.

Then I made a new ring sling with a lighter fabric.

And a nursing cover…

I finally finished a mei tai carrier for myself. I revamped how I sew them (padded the shoulder and waist straps, added an adjustable crotch area so that you can carry baby forward-facing and put on a sleeping hood) and have gotten a lot of practice by making them as gifts. The first one is mine and the second one is one I made recently for a friend.

I gave my Moby Wrap away, so I need to get some material for that (or purchase some from a friend with extra?), but it takes no sewing. Now Baby will be adequately carried around while I chase Josiah!

These are some links for April 25th through April 26th. Enjoy!

• YouTube - Twenty-First Century Waterfall -
• Texas Water Development Board -
• Convert DVD to Avi and Mpeg using bitRipper -
• Declarations - WSJ.com -

Tonight is Josiah’s first night to sleep in the “Big Brother Room”. We’ve been talking about what a big deal it is and playing in there for a couple weeks now, but today, we bit the bullet and moved the crib in there (no way are we messing with his sleep right before a new baby is around to mess with mine enough). He cried for a second as I got up to leave and he asked me to stay with him for a while, but he calmed down after a short discussion on how everything was the same, just in the big brother room now. He sang songs and talked for almost half an hour, but is sound asleep now, hooray!

Just what does this wonderful sounding Big Brother Room look like? Well, let’s take a little look. This is the Big Boy Bed before we put the crib at the foot of the bed. My father’s very talented wife painted the truck for us. You can’t see, but there is a little Josiah and a little Pa in the window.

And the train table is out of the living room!

Josiah likes it, too. This is how he smiles for the camera. Didn’t you know that was a smile?

These are some links for April 7th through April 25th. Enjoy!

• Declarations - WSJ.com -
• MercatorNet - A new analysis shows that in less than three years Pope Benedict has spoken out on marriage 111 times. -
• Riots, instability spread as food prices skyrocket - CNN.com - The issue is also fueling a rising debate over how much the rising prices can be blamed on ethanol production.
• Three Kids? You Showoffs. -

Al Mohler: Parental Rights in Education — Constant Vigilance Needed

Thus in a little over 100 years, the Democratic Party - and much of the Republican Party - has been transformed from a champion of “parental rights and rights of conscience in the education of children” to a party whose leaders believe that parents “don’t get to impose” their views and values on what their kids are taught in school. Do American parents see anything wrong with that? Apparently not: The majority of them dutifully enroll their children in government-operated schools, where the only views and values permitted are the ones prescribed by the state.

Homeschoolers’ setback sends shock waves through state

A primary purpose of the educational system is to train school children in good citizenship, patriotism and loyalty to the state and the nation as a means of protecting the public welfare,” the judge wrote, quoting from a 1961 case on a similar issue.

TED | Talks | Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity?

This video was compiled months ago.

While I don’t necessarily agree that the Fed physically prints money, the Fed’s policies have much the same effect.