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May 15, 2007
Recovering
After a fun filled weekend at my friend Cindy's lake house, we are slowly getting back to normal. We met up with the Gosey's from Hotlanta and the Hancocks from Louisville. It was the beach crew back together again plus two little girls and four dogs. We had a blast together and I am so thankful to my very generous friend and her parents who offered the house to us while they were out of town!
Andy and I didn't sleep very well, with both girls in our room and one up coughing for 3 hours in the middle of the night. Needless to say we came home exhausted. This morning even the girls were still whiny and bickering and I really didn't want to go anywhere but thought a trip to the library for Tuesday story time would do them some good. We got there and they were showing a movie instead of reading aloud and doing crafts! What!?!? I was so bummed, I took them to get some brain food cause I was so tired and fighting the urge myself to just stick them in front of the tv. We left early and got 5 books and came home. The movie was too old for them, it was some old Fred Savage movie where he goes to camp with a talking mouse. Lame.
I did find out about their reading club for the summer which we'll join next week and get on a reading list and log a chart and all that jazz. I thought it would be a good habit to get Lizzie into, something to work on for the summer.
I've been sewing baby gifts most the day for a friend of mine who is having a shower tomorrow. It's actually been a lot of fun. I'm looking forward to finding out what I'm having cause I'd like to sew some for myself as well.
I made another towel, this one with hearts made out of felt. They were surprisingly more difficult than the stars I've made on the boy towels in the past. I also made some flannel burp cloths. These are so easy, you only need a 1/4 of a yard of flannel fabric. I put wrong sides together and sewed around the outside edge leaving a few inches unsewn to then turn it right side out (like sewing a pillow). I ironed them and then sewed around again about 1/4 inch from the edge. The hardest part of this process is trimming the edges of the fabric straight. I'm also making her one of those fleece blankets where you cut fringe on two pieces of fabric and tie the fringe together. I haven't made one in a long time cause fleece is so expensive but I found adorable fabric and it was a great deal! These are awesome on hard wood floors since they provide extra cushion to play on and my friend just put hard wood floors in her house.
Ok enough about the boring craftiness.
| By JennR | 2:37 PM
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