Missing in Action

I've been missing in action for a couple of weeks.  A couple of busy weeks where I couldn't cobble together even ten minutes to visit blogland. 

  Since my cousin and I taped and photographed our senior generation we've had Patient Husband's birthday weekend and Memorial Day weekend all rolled into one.  The kids were all here and the little ones had a couple of days and nights together.  That is so important to us because my son and his family live farther away so we don't have the chance to be with Charlie and Ceci like we'd like.  So, the birthday weekend was much needed by all of us.  It was a hot one, too, so the beach was definitely part of the plan.

I purchased a chair with no legs.  It used to have legs.

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 We saw it as a perfect throne

So we took it out into the yard

 And  asked the kids to give Grandma just five minutes. This was supposed to be the "serious" pose.  You can see Adelaide had no intentions of being serious. I don't think she knows how.

Our little Ceci is the latest and last to fit into the sink for a bath.  All of the kids loved this sink, which when I bought it declared it had to be big enough for a turkey or a baby. They all loved playing with cups and water as it came out of the faucet. They would sit until they pruned.


The minute the kids left on Monday we went into hyper-drive getting the house ready for this past Friday when I had the staff from school here for the annual EOYP (End Of Year Party).  Instead of bringing a dish to pass, which is a real hassle, they contribute to the grocery fund and I do all of the shopping and cooking for this event.  We had 35 here for dinner Friday night and it took the week to get ready for it.  First time in 15 years the weather didn't cooperate not even a little.  It was cold and rainy but they still came (it's an hour drive from school).  We ate and laughed and I didn't take cooking pics because I didn't have time to stop.  Saturday I took a four hour nap.


But before all of that cooking and activity, A couple of weeks ago I did start on a Christmas quilt for Ceci and Adelaide.  I realized that Charlie and Elizabeth got one of the storybook quilts I love making for kids, but the two little ones have not.  So, I dug through the stash and found I had two of the Mary Englebreit storybooks and cut them into squares.  This one is about finished.  I'm toying with the idea of another border.  They will both be very much the same but different.  I don't think Christmas has to be all red and green so these will be pink and green.  I found the green and black border print, which stopped me in my tracks (it was in the "this is your last chance" sale rack!!) and knew it was perfect for a Mary Engelbreit quilt and exactly what I wanted but didn't know it.  It's absolutely perfect with a pink.  If I ever find more of this I'll buy the bolt.

I'm sorry, but the new blogger won't let me turn this right side up so you'll have to endure for this picture.  I really do not like this new blogger way and find it very frustrating.  Anyway, you can see the idea of these quilts and like I said, the kids I make them for love them.

I have the second one on the table over there with the sashings partly cut, waiting for the time to sit down.  I was hoping to get them finished this week so I can layer them on the big library tables at school but I don't think that's going to happen....I can only try.