Growth Spurt, Nooo! Part Two.

 Above are the many jeans that no longer fit Gavin. There looks like a lot...and there is, but many of those were hand-me-downs from Henry and cousin Eric.

Now Henry and Gavin are in need of school jeans and play jeans/pants. Ugh. Kids are so stinkin' expensive.

Irene's jeans still fit her well. The knees are a bit worn, but they'd be great for play clothes.

Unfortunately, all three kids need new fall/spring jackets. Oh well. I did find some well priced ones at Target. Shop, shop, shop!

The pic above is of the three bags of jeans and the three jackets we'll be dropping off for donation.

Growth Spurt, Nooooo!

Grocery bag stuffed full of jeans. I had Henry try on all his school and play clothes jeans from the last school year. None of them fit. None.

Usually, the school jeans from the past year become the play clothes jeans for the next. Yeah, totally not happening. Henry had one heck of a growth spurt since school ended. Can't get any of the up over his hips.

I will be donating the bag of jeans. At least someone will be able to use them! Now, we've gotta come up with jeans for this school year.

Kids. How dare they grow!

Blue Hair

Irene wanted blue hair. Then the boys decided they needed it, too. I, however, opted out.

Ducks and a Wolf

Walked to the library. Had fun checking out all the new science and art stations. Irene found two books from the cat series she reads.

 After, we walked over to feed the ducks. So many! We ran out of food, and ducks were still swimming over.

Irene got wolf ears and tail for being very helpful last week. She has been wearing them every day. She gets a lot of compliments on both.

Caged!

We keep our computer programmers caged so they are always available to help you!

Walked into the dining room to see Gavin in the dog crate with the computer and a bottle of water. He spent most of the evening in there playing.

At bedtime he was angry with me because I wouldn't let him sleep in it. Crazy kid.

Bein' Silly

Had to do some shopping at Costco and Target. Stopped for lunch at Steak and Shake. Told the kids they had to pose for silly pictures in order to get milkshakes.

A surprisingly good time was had by all. No major meltdowns.

50 States Quilt

Many, many, many years ago, my mom bought this counted cross stitch set from Mary Maxim. Each state had a square to cross stitch with their flag, flower, bird, etc. My mom worked off and on for years on it.

Once she finally finished it, she packed it away until she had the space and time to turn it into a quilt. Unfortunately, she passed away before that could happen. When we were cleaning out her house my older brother almost threw the tote holding these squares away. It just happened to topple over, these 50 squares spilling out. I took them in the hope that, one day, I would be able to afford to have them made into a quilt.

My mother-in-law is incredibly talented in quilt making. I am crazy jealous of her skill. I left the squares and small amount of fabric with her. I hoped that if she ever had the time, and inclination, she'd put it together. Of course, Mary Maxim directions are sometimes a bit...incomplete. I didn't worry about the squares. I knew that even if she didn't work on them that they'd still be safe in her hands.

Then last September, she surprised me with this giant, completed quilt. It is huge! She worked so hard on this, using those incomplete directions, and turned it into something fantastic. The quilt is so big that she could not get it to work with her machine. She had to take it in to a quilt shop (and paid for it!) and have it professionally quilted on a big machine.

On the back, she added a red square that gives some info about the quilt. It has my mom's name as having made the squares, my mil's name as having put it all together, and the quilt shop name.

I was blown away by the amount of time and skill that she put into this quilt. I wish I could display it for the public to see. It is a beautiful feat made by multiple talented women and deserves a ton of recognition. It makes my heart happy to look at it.