Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Sauder Village 2010

Okay, so I'm a little behind. Finals and all that. I snagged this picture off of Ruth's blog just because I wanted to have a record of our annual trip to Sauder Village. It is always such a great day.

My sister drafted and appliqued a mallard duck block for Deb's block exchange bird quilt. Chris, I thought you might enjoy seeing these geese.

I loved this folk art applique quilt. See the rooster in the bottom row? One of his relatives may find his way into my "chicken quilt". I've been gathering fabric and several ideas have been incubating since December. Black, white, yellow and red polka dots. Stay tuned.

This Piece-O-Cake-esque applique just seemed so fresh to me. Ideas for wool applique maybe?

Monday, May 3, 2010

Herding Cats


Ever try to get a handful of 3 year olds to all do the same thing at the same time? Not the easiest task for sure. Cubby had his second soccer game on Saturday. They ran back and forth and practiced kicking but never actually got around to playing a game. Their opponent, the Green Team was on the other side of the field but it was picture day and there was more chaos than usual. Cubby had his own agenda and had more fun tackling one of his teammates - maybe he thought he was playing rugby?

It was quite the blustery morning but at least the rain had stopped by gametime. After the game we went to the playground at Post Oak (Eileen, we saw Costas and Thomas roaming the neighborhood) and then played hide-n-seek with Gennie. The little ball of energy finally took a 30 minute snooze around 6pm and then was up and ready for more! Gamma and Gennie crawled into bed early Saturday night.