Expecting…..
Posted: May 7, 2012 Filed under: Baby and kids, Happy things 5 Comments »in early June.
That would be my niece’s baby bump…(used with permission!).
We had a baby shower for her a week ago..can you guess whether baby is boy or girl?
I especially enjoyed the occasion because many of my favorite peeps were there…
Grandmothers Babe and Patrice….
Most of the Baguettes….
All the Capri’s minus one were there:
And my mom and daughters and daughter in law and even grandson were there….no pictures, drats as Colton would say!
I guess I was too busy in sharing the fun of seeing Erin start her new life as a mommy!
My favorite day this week….
Posted: April 20, 2012 Filed under: Grandbaby! 4 Comments »
Finding worms and slugs (but they always had to go back under the rock with their family)
Discovering the contents of his new “tool box”…Thank you “Grandma” Gail:
(Those pots behind him were just used in a game.)
We also went to the park, made cookies, read books, swept the driveway, danced, played hide and seek and hopscotch. And that is only the organized activities. Have you seen a three year old in action? Everything is interesting, has a secret life story that only he knows, and can become a necessary item for the next adventure! I think we all slept really really good that night!
He is at a very fun age!
Potent quote, 4-1-12
Posted: April 1, 2012 Filed under: Grandbaby!, Patchwork, Quotes 8 Comments »
A three-year-old child is a being who gets almost as much fun out of a fifty-six dollar set of swings as it does out of finding a small green worm.
Bill Vaughn
He liked his new quilt….and its so cute on his bed and I hope it will wear out from being well loved!
Words from a 3 year old who knows his own mind
Posted: January 25, 2012 Filed under: Grandbaby!, Happy things 7 Comments »After having fun grinding salt and pepper over his mashed potatoes:
“I don’t like those, they are too tasty!”
While giving me a tour of their soon to be home, and his mom calls him because its time to leave:
“Can’t you see were talking here!”
I’m reading him a dinosaur story book, and he sees one of those flying bird dinosaurs:
“That’s a pterodactyl, a flying reptile.”
We are talking about dinosaurs, and I ask him if he would like me to make him a dinosaur quilt…
“Yes, and we can make a fort with it. Let’s do it right now, can we use this chair, Grandma?”
After refusing to give his Aunt Steph a hug and kiss goodbye, I ask him why he won’t:
“Because I’m too dirty, I need a bath to get nice and shiny again.”
Going down the basement steps with a flashlight in his hand, and Marlo, our dog, is following him:
Don’t worry Marlo, I’m your protector, I have a light.”
Caught during a stream of talk, going from one subject to another without a pause:
“I want a baby, Grandma. A real baby, not a fake one.”
After his dad warns him not to do something. His mom had just explained to him, a day or two before, that dad isn’t yelling at him… he just has a big strong voice that can, evidently, be a little scary:
“Daddy, we’ve talked about your voice before!”
If he said this once, he has said it a hundred times:
“I can do it myself!”
While him and I are sitting on the floor, putting together a puzzle, he looks at me with a big smile and says:
“Grandma, this is so fun. I love doing puzzles with you.”
Mr. C’s Handmade Castle
Posted: December 28, 2011 Filed under: Grandbaby!, Happy things, Home and family, Jeff 5 Comments »Jeff started with a wooden crate and some mailing tubes…
Laid out the basic plan…..
Cut down the crate, notched the turrets, cut out a drawbridge(with an opening door, of course), made a circular stair case and painted the facade silver and black….
It was an immediate hit….he had lost interest in opening any other gifts!
We hope he will add his blocks made by Uncle John, and a whole new imaginary world will entertain him for years….
Scarewy Monstur!
Posted: October 31, 2011 Filed under: Grandbaby! 5 Comments »
Hear the roar……RRRRAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
But not too scarewy……
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
A walk to the park
Posted: October 7, 2011 Filed under: Grandbaby! 5 Comments »
The world is as many times new as there are children in our lives. ~Robert Brault,
Having a two-year-old is like having a blender that you don’t have the top for. ~Jerry Seinfeld
It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men. ~Frederick Douglass
Children have neither past nor future; they enjoy the present, which very few of us do. ~Jean de la Bruyere
Boy, n.: a noise with dirt on it. ~Not Your Average Dictionary
We do love that boy!
Holiday weekend……
Posted: July 2, 2011 Filed under: Grandbaby! 2 Comments »
We were scheduled to go up north….but here I am, home this weekend……for various reasons.
What a lovely week its been, weatherwise and eventwise….
A certain sweetie pie had a birthday party…..
He is blessed with many Aunts, Uncles, Grandparents, friends who attended….and well stocked with toys for the summer!
Everybody had a blast, especially with the dollar store water shooters:
And silly string:
And what good would a birthday party be without a Buzz Lightyear pinata?
I was so proud of that little guy, he was so kind and sharing and took turns with all the other children all day long.
Now, back to this upcoming weekend…..
Yes, I’m here….let’s see how the weekend will take shape. I have plans to get much accomplished. But really plans are for naught…..but I’m gonna try….studio time….want to make the most of it!
Hello again, hello….
Posted: June 17, 2011 Filed under: Flower pins, Grandbaby!, Mosaics 4 Comments »Summertime….it makes me want to stitch-outside, in the shade, with the breeze and the birds singing….its been perfect this week just for that.
I’ve stitched some zipper pins:
And worked on mosaics one day with Kelly, Capri P, and Patrice. Patrice and I have resumed working on the mailbox mosaics and made excellent progress. I also worked on these mosaics this week:
And last but not least: We went out to dinner to celebrate TJ and Amber’s birthdays…..Mr. C had a root beer, with a couple of cherries. He ate those cherries quickly, and his mom asked the waitress if he could have a couple more. Ask and you shall receive:
Have a great weekend.
Snap
Posted: March 25, 2011 Filed under: Grandbaby!, Mosaics 6 Comments »In the spring I have counted one hundred and thirty-six different kinds of weather inside of four and twenty hours. ~Mark Twain
The sun was shining, the outdoors looked so inviting, but step out and it was freezing….gloves, hat and scarf necessary! It warmed up late in the afternoon, but by evening snowflakes were dancing down to earth.
Who would expect anything different in March.
Luckily, ha, I’m keeping busy enough to not go crazy with spring fever.
Yes, things like number crunching and taxes…..again, who would expect anything else in March!
And I had this little guy around, who really is a breath of springtime!
He was talking about the “big thunda”……another spring weather phenomenon we’ve experienced recently.
And, just saying, I made him pose with his face in this frame! The frame is just one from the pile of mosaics waiting for grout….outside in springtime weather!
