Happy May Day

Today is May Day...celebrated in a variety of ways in many places. Today we chose to celebrate by making posies of flowers (the most charming way, we thought!) for our neighbors....

Ringing....

and running!!!!

How i wish all of you, my blog friends, were real neighbors....i promise we would have sent a happy bouquet your way as well.

Leslie

Wordless Wednesday...almost

The kids were bored...it was raining. Out came the buttons for a lengthy time spent sorting and separating...and using chopsticks to pick them up and move them into a egg carton. How is that for some rainy day fun, and the rainbow effect of it is so appealing to the eye!!!

Leslie

Delilah

I wanted to share Easter pictures but my computer has been behaving badly....so until i can get those i wanted to show you some recent pictures of Delilah. She is a small girl of many faces!!!

She is so sweet and so wonderful. I am often amazed that we got this lucky! We love this little person.

Right now she is a fan of anything she can put in her mouth....fingers, burp rag, toys, pacifiers, her clothes...anything!

She has just started in the last few weeks to roll over. I could not believe my eyes when one morning i went to her room after a short nap and found that the baby i had put in on its stomach was lying there looking at me on her back. I was shocked!! Now she has managed once to go from back to belly also. Always when i am not looking.

Leslie

A Very Special Day

This week we celebrated Avery's 9th Birthday. How did this happen so quickly? How is it possible that i have a 9 year old daughter?

The weather was beautiful, just as she had prayed for. Though i think the presents were far more exciting.

She is fast turning into a young lady... with her own ideas, opinions and sense of style. I can see that the upcoming years are not going to be without their challenges. :o)

There were many gifts she wanted, mostly American Girl...but the one other thing she asked me for was the chance to hold the baby, while standing. Up to this point Delilah has just been too unsteady. I admit it makes me nervous, but i know i can not put it off forever. So we captured that moment so she would remember it until i let her the next time...whenever that is going to be.

Leslie

Playing With our Food

Are these guys too cute or what? I was looking around on pinterest yesterday and came across this idea , from this genius woman right before lunch. Perfect timing!!! The best part was Mitchell's reaction....he was so excited. And i really think that this made eating that sandwich much more fun. They were so easy. Make sandwich. Cut wings. Add cucumber eyes and a cheese beak. Done!

Did you make anything fun this week?

Leslie

Caught Up!!!

It feels so good to have these done finally. Note to self, don't join anymore Bee's that have time limits! Yikes!

I was supposed to have all of these done for the Vintage Sheet Freedom Bee before Delilah was born....4 months ago.Yeah, that never happened.

But she is finally taking a few predictable long naps in a day so i was able to pull out all of the sewing stuff again and get to cracking.

These are so fun and easy to do. There is no measuring or precise cutting involved in most of the process. I just take the fabric and scissors and start cutting strips. They each take on a life of their own and each one is a little different.

Some were harder than others for me. Color was sometimes a challenge and the quantity of fabric i was sent was also sometimes a challenge....to make sure i had enough to finish was a lot of pressure. But i guess part of the fun is making those things work.


This block in particular was really hard for me....when i opened the package I thought the fabrics were never going to work together...in the end i think it turned out to be my favorite. The challenge for me on that one was to make the color of the pink fabric stand out, not the actual pattern on the fabric.

Leslie

Now with Pictures!!!

I had a technical glitch yesterday...but i think it got worked out...so now all the pictures are there to go with the post!!! If you are interested you can link through to it here.

This Past Week

This was not an eventful week...slow in some ways, really. I had some things i wanted to blog but the computer needed some work. Thank goodness I have personal technical support(husband is a major geek)!!!!! So what did my past week hold, well....

Delilah is clearly going to be a computer whiz someday...that is hubby's new i pad there in the left corner. Clearly whatever she was watching was really good, or terribly shocking!


There was a little game playing going on with the big kids!!! Chris and i took this Jenga on a ferry trip once across the gulf of Alaska(6-7 days long). Rolling seas sure do add another dimension to this game.


I spent some time cutting and trying to get my piecing right for Lynne's QAL. It is coming along, slow but sure.

These little crochet hats both went to new homes. They do baby gift baskets when babies are born at the hubs work. They work up really quickly. I made a few when Delilah was born, but i think she is going to need another with the extras on it. My favorite is the yo-yo flower on the tan hat. I also quick made up a little flannel lovey blanket. Evelyn has a great tutorial for these. I love fast homemade gifts!

And how could i resist adding this last shot of the little lady. She has been napping in her stroller bassinet since she came home with us, but clearly she is growing out of it. I was sitting just to her right making the hats, above, when i heard a little noise and saw this silly little face popped over the top watching tv instead of napping. And looking so pleased about it too!

Leslie

Gnome Cuteness!!

Not long ago i came across this awesome tutorial to make a gnome hat for the little one in your life. I could not resist!! Delilah had to have one.

That is why i love crochet. You can make a project like this in no time flat and get some instant crafty satisfaction.

The photo "shoot" went from good, to plain cute, to silly....

...to uh-oh pick her up before she starts crying very quickly.

The tutorial was easy to follow and fast to make. I chose a linen color yarn so that the hat was as neutral as possible. It is meant for a older child but since my kids have huge heads it is not too far off in size for little Delilah.

Mitch says it look like she has the Eiffel tower on her head.


Leslie

Lily's Quilts QAL

Despite all the other projects i should be working on....and all the others that are still lyuing about waiting to be finished...i decided to try the QAL that is going on over at Lily's Quilts. Lynne is a brilliant quilter and has devised a plan to get the rest of us to come along on a dresden plate journey with her. I have never sewn or quilted anything that is circular and never used templates so this is going to be entirely new and totally out of my comfort zone. Will I it get done or will it be destined to remain in the WIP pile for a undetermined length of time? Answer is, i have no idea....but when it comes to something fun and new i have a hard time not wanting to join in. My plan is just to go with the flow and take it one week at a time, just like we are supposed to. Wish me luck!

Wordless Wednesday

Leslie

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... and then some. No, I did not just randomly type in numbers. Those were the numbers i was supposed to memorize(the amount of digits is how old i am). That is Pi because it is Pi Day!!! Chris said we had to memorize pi to get pie, but really in the end we all had pie no matter.

So, Happy Pi Day!!!

What did you do to celebrate? Isn't it obvious what we did? We ate pie. We even had pizza pie for dinner. Thank you sister for giving us a heads up, or i would not have ever thought to do it.

Easy Apple Pie

5-6 medium apples(I use a mix of braeburn and granny smith)
3/4 c. Sugar
1 T. Flour
Cinnamon, to taste
1 ready made Pie Crust

Peel, and slice apples evenly. Place in bowl. Add sugar, flour and cinnamon. Mix thoroughly. Now lay pie crust in pie plate, pour apples in and spread evenly. Place second crust on top. Seal edges, cut top to vent. Brush with water, sprinkle with cinnamon and sugar. Bake at 375 for 60 minutes.

Leslie