A Few Stitches...

I have been doing a bit of sewing... not as much as I'd like to, but I have managed to complete a few baby blankets for friends and family who have all been so blessed with new babies of late! This first one was for a friend from Iowa who had a baby boy at the end of January. She likes blues and browns. (So do I!)And this one was for my new niece Miss Lola! She was born at the beginning of March and is a sweet honey buns for sure! I'm actually super happy that I had lots of left over squares from this project and look forward to making something with them!
And if one sweet niece was not enough, Miss Celine joined the clan at the end of March! Miss Celine is a tiny itty bitty super yummy peach, especially next to her big brother Z! Ohh, so lucky to have all this sweetness in one family:) I also made a matching bumper pad and skirt to go with this quilt, but forgot to take a picture! The prints have kind-of a 70's feel to them. Very fun and I've got scraps left over from this project too.
Yeah, so the problem is that I have been accumulating some new fabrics... not exactly sticking to my new years goals... I guess it's no time like the present to remind myself of my goals. Next week Ted and I are getting away to northern MN and I plan to take my machine along. Maybe I can get back to some of those nice half done projects just waiting for me to finish them.

I did also make a really neat baby boy blanket for another friend, but you will have to wait a few weeks to see that one since she may just be reading this. I can say it was a really quick pattern and I LOVE how it turned out. Stay tuned for more sewing updates and riddle solutions...

Riddles...

I wonder if I still have any followers? I won't blame you if you have given up all hope of me ever blogging again. I have a really good explanation. Really. GOOD! But first you have to play a game with me. Can you guess what the photo is of that I have just below? If you are in the "in crowd" you can't play this game... You know who you are...Ohh, Me, Me, I know, I know!
You will have to come back tomorrow and I will explain to you the artistic wonders of the image...

Long Time, No Speak...

How! Long time no speak... Yeah, I kinda fell off the face of the earth for a little while. I think it's that homeschooling thing. Now that we are done for the summer (Praise the LORD!) I can finally do things like catching up on laundry, cleaning the toilets and tub (PLEASE!) and catching up with you! The girls made these costumes sometime in January and had fun putting the beads around the bottom. A little "Indian" dance just for you! And I think I am safe to say Indian and not Native American since I am (some part) probably from the Sioux tribe. Although I did not consult the Chief on that, so I may be wrong...
Haya, Haya.... Let's see, a Red Head and a Blondie, they don't look too tribal to me, but they sure can act it!
More pics and posts coming soon... I promise!

Not so funny...

Preface: I have been given permission by said man mentioned below to share with you his recent humiliation and pictures were taken with express permission of said man.

Wanted: Red headed man who went in for a trim, but left the "beauty parlor" with a buzz job. A very bad buzz job. Have you seen this man anywhere?
He is quite harmless and a great daddy to two adorable girls. He works hard at the local ethanol plant and loves coffee and his wife. His only flaw is impatience when it comes to needing a hair cut. He simply could not wait until Monday when his regular lady was available... and this is what happened...
He came home begging me not to be mad about his haircut (while donning a cap to cover up the "new do"). He claims that he did not know what was happening until the very end... He did not have his glasses on and the lady had turned him around in the chair so he could not see what was happening.... (Never mind the feeling of having all of your hair shaved off the top of your head...) The most crazy part is that the lady told him towards the end that if the cut was not just what he wanted he could come back to his regular lady for a tune up the next week. (What is left to "tune up"?) When he finally took off his cap to show us, Emelia and I had such a hard laugh we were crying!
I think I am in big trouble... I am sorry honey... I promise to never to that again... At least until the next time my hair is too long and I can't wait until Monday...
So, then he says, well, maybe it will look better when I wash it... it always looks better when you style it yourself... Hmmm, I wonder? My best guess is that we will be singing Cock-A-Doodle-Doo about the time we leave for Jamaica in 3 weeks!
But, I promised to stay with my man, for better or worse... even bad haircuts:)

Funny!

I was correcting some of Emelia's Language worksheets yesterday and came across a couple of answers that just made me crack up. I thought you might like something to make you smile on this Wednesday!

Name two reasons why the Liberty Bell is important to you.

A: "The Liberty Bell is important to me because I love the verse on it and because it is important to everone ells in the world."

Why do you think the eagle is our national bird?

A: "Because it looks big like our flag and because it looks serious."

Christmas Fun!

OK, so I know Christmas was a long time ago, but Hey, better late than never... The girls had fun making Haystacks, something I made with my mom when I was a kid! As you can see, someone got to lick the spoon...
One really neat family tradition that my parents started when I was a kid was to buy us a new ornament each Christmas so that when we got married we had a set of ornaments to start out our new family tree with. Isn't that a great idea? My favorite ornament to this day is still my "Baby's First Christmas" ornament. Anyways, we have continued the tradition with the girls. This year Emelia got a horse... (I wonder why?)
And Hannah got a ballerina!
We all had a lot of sickness in December and the kids could not play outside much. (Hannah had H1N1 and pneumonia at the same time, uff dah! It was a stressful week!) So, one day Emelia was well and could play outside, but Hannah could not. So, I got her a bowlful of snow and let her make it different colors with food coloring. She thought that was very cool! (Literally!)

"They're driving me up a wall"...

So, have your kids been driving you up a wall? Mine just climb up the wall themselves... This is Miss Emelia getting in her "gymnastics" in between the dining room and the kitchen. She came out a monkey and still is! We all can't wait until spring!