Enjoying Summer

We've been loving summer.  The public library has proven to be a great source of entertainment.   We are rather bookish folk around here, so we cannot have enough books.  We went to the library on Tuesday for a play.   We watched the play and checked out books.   The check out yesterday was on top the books we checked out on Saturday and the Wednesday prior.  I'm encouraging the kids to return books they are done reading.   I'm fine with reading the same book 16 MILLION times.   I just want them to understand that if they don't enjoy a book, take it back and look for another.   The afternoons after library time are quiet!   My daughter takes off with her stash of books to the nearest flat place and starts to read.   I found her reading on the stairs yesterday.  That is where she stopped to take off her shoes and that is where she stayed.  I reminded her the couch was much more comfortable.   At the end of the chapter, she moved *giggle.*   I laughed because whenever I ask her to do something while she is reading she says, "Let me get to the end of the chapter."   I was am a major bookworm.   I empathize. 

We have also been doing some school work.   My daughter is still miffed at the fact that she is out of school for the summer, but we have "school" everyday.  I continue to tell her until we have acres and acres of crops to pick, she can do 45 minutes of school.   We are reviewing her spelling words from the school year, working through some math review, and playing some logic games.  My son is working though his age appropriate math stuff, doing some early reading and phonic stuff, and doing the logic puzzles with his sister.  We are also working on memorizing scripture.   We are also doing a different literature study every week.   This week we are reading How to Make and Apple Pie and See the World.   Yesterday, we have pantomimed the story.   Monday we looked at the places the main character visits on a map.  Today, we spent 4 hours away from home going to doctor for my son's ear infection, getting the medcine, eating some lunch, and visiting my grandmother.   No school today.   Tomorrow we make APPLE PIE!   My kids love to "help" to cook.   They are very jazzed about the prospect of making and apple pie.   Of course, they are also jazzed about eating the apple pie.

I found some fabulous websites today for kids projects.   The first is a play dough project.   I have a pretty good playdough recipe.   I'm going to compare this one.   I noticed that the play dough is dyedI've always shied away from dye because it tends to stain the kids hands.   We'll give it a whirl and see how it goes.   If my kids have blue hands, you'll know why.  :) My daughter also loves these scratch boards, so we're going to give making these a whirl.   The ones we have used before are always store bought.  

I've been working on a quilt for a cousin.   I've been stuck for the last few days because I have to add fabric to my backing fabric before I can baste and quilt.  I don't like doing this so I've shelved it for a few days.  I finally pinned the fabric tonight and started making the binding.   For any non-quilters reading this, I just spoke Greek, sorry.   In English, I'm about halfway through.  The top is done.   It is pretty cute, very unique.   I love it!  I was thinking about my projects lined up.   I have to do:
A quilt for Grandmother,
A quilt for my roomie from college whose baby is due in Oct.
A quilt for my house TX themed.   I've only had the fabric 5 YEARS!
Curtains for my Mom
A sock Monkey for my son and daughter
A purse for me
A duvet for my sister-in-law

A dress for myself
A tree skirt, I have fabric for it left over from making my Mom's, I don't know who will get it.
A scrappy Christmas quilt...unknown reciepent
A travel quilt, had the fabric for about 4 years
I'm sure I'm forgetting something...

Some of my projects have been put aside due to one cross country more or another.   I still can't believe we make two cross country moves in 2 1/2 years.  We just found out that we will not have to move cross country again.   As of right now, we are not moving to NYC.  Whew!   Of course that could always change at a moment's notice.  I'm off to sleep and hopefully get closer to finishing that baby quilt tomorrow. 

Swim In

I had a great time at the zoo today with a friend and her boys.   Thank you very much dear friend for a treat of going to the zoo on your membership.  It was fun to just hang out with you for a while.  I don't see her as often as I would like and it was great to catch up.   She was one of the first people I met when we started attending our church.  At the zoo, we also checked out the new Dinosaur exhibit.I would say the kids were pretty unimpressed.   They zoomed through it.   Luckily, we could back through later.  My $6 paid for two trips through it.   My daughter's favorite part was being sprayed by water at the end.  The weather cooperated beautifully by not raining until we were in the car to leave.   It was an overcast, might I say, cool day.   Yea! for a cloudy cooler day in my neck of the woods.  

After the zoo, I went to Hobby Lobby on my quest to find lavender, green, and brown fabric.   I found something that worked, but those are not the "in"colors right now.  My fabric selections were few.   She will have something unique and beautiful and be very different from the rest of the crowd.   I love uniqueness, so I celebrate this with her.

My hubby and I've been praying over a major decision.   We just don't feel like we are hearing from the Lord.   I have a feeling we must be missing something and He is speaking and we are not listening/hearing.   I keep praying for clarity and wisdom and open ears!

Lovin' Summer

I love the laid back days of summer.   As of last Thursday I kissed 5:45 goodbye until the Fall.   YEA!   Now 7:30 or 8:00 feels like I'm living the dream of sleeping late.  So far I've checked the public library offerings.   There are a ton of fun things to do.  Yesterday we went to the library and checked out a ton of books.   After we schooled in the afternoon, the kids had a quiet afternoon of reading.  

After our reading time, I made my daughter help me clean out her side of my studio.   What a mess!   It is so much better now!   We are ready to start making more messes!

I've got some fun fabric in my studio that I need to use for something.   I'm planning a quilt for a cousin.  It is in the colors of lavender, green, and brown.   Hobby Lobby has some cool fabrics, so I'm going to check those out.   I have the aforementioned fabric because I asked the cousin and didn't hear for about a week as to her color choice for this little one.   So I did the logical thing and bought pink and brown.   The  next day she e-mailed me her colors: lavender, green, and brown.   The pink and brown is so versatile I may turn it into pillowcases for gifts.   I'm heading back to Hobby Lobby to see if I can find fabulous stuff in purple, green, and brown.  If I don't I'll head to Joann's next.

I've been up an hour and have accomplished nothing but drinking my morning cup of coffee.   I'm off!