My dear, old friend Mandy is having her third little girl this August. I have made quilts for her two other girls, so I put together this one for little Claire. I really love it. It is so simple and was so so easy to put together. It took maybe 2 hours to put the top together. I had it professionally quilted, which was a change since I usually quilt the baby ones myself, but I think it makes it look great. I am very happy with it. I hope baby Claire likes it!
I noticed today that Ethan had a new little expression, “ah coy”. He says in a funny little way and as if he were saying, “oh darn” or something. At the end of the day, Ethan, Shane and I were playing an exciting game of Old Maid. I think at the point when Ethan drew picked the Old Maid and he shouted out, “ah coy”, we finally decided to ask him what it meant. He couldn’t really tell us what it meant, but when asked where he heard it…why, from Donald Duck of course. “Ah phooey” apparently sounds like “ah coy.” It was making us laugh before we knew that, but afterwards, it made it even more hilarious. He used it in context. Because you know that is what Donald would say if he drew the Old Maid.
Shane’s anniversary/Father’s Day/just because present…a beard quilt. And it is just in time for the cold, cold summer. I made it in less than a week. I have been a sewing fool. I like it a lot. I think he does, too.
Ethan and I have a new craft that we can’t seem to get enough of. Shrinky dinks. They are so much fun! And free! You just use number 6 plastic, which you can’t recycle where we live, and there it is! We have had a lot of fun with it, however we do not have as much number 6 plastic as we wish we had. It has been fun letting Ethan go at it, drawing whatever he likes. He drew Tegan the other day and it is the most precious thing I have ever seen. I tried to take a picture, but it didn’t really work, so you will just have to imagine a little blue Tegan drawn by a three and a half year old. It is also very cool (for the both of us) to watch the shrinky dink shrink. I highly recommend everyone start saving your number 6 plastic and give it a try. It’s lots of fun and it’s addicting.
Tegan is liking Ethan’s bike a lot lately. But she has to wear all the gear and then she doesn’t want to take it off after she is done “riding” (which involves me holding her on the seat and pushing her around). This little miss is a crack up. She is just too cute!
