Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Adrian Graduates from Kindergarten


My oldest baby graduated from kindergarten today. He was so cute. I just had to share a photo of him. Sometimes we worried that he wouldn't make it....at times he just seemed so immature and we were afraid it was too much for him. He's a summer baby and next to the youngest in his class (the other little boy has older siblings). So at times it was just really hard for him to deal with some things the older kids had no problems with.

But I have to say Adrian is terribly smart. He loves math and science. He's always full of questions....so many at times I think I could go crazy. He doesn't care to much for the reading and writing part of school although as kindergarten ends I can say that he has learned to read. His school really pushes reading and that seemed to cause a bit of drama in our house on a nightly basis as we had to practice each and every night.

Take a closer look at Adrian's 'gown'.......it is actually one of Scott's, my husband's, dress shirts on backwards with the sleeves rolled up. I never thought it would look right when they asked us to send it to school but surprise and WOW...it looks like a traditional graduation gown!

Congratulations Adrian! Mommy, Daddy, Lucas, Baby Anna, and Sugar too love you!!!!

Saturday, May 13, 2006

Finished Blackbird Designs Loose Feathers Quaker Garden


I cannot believe how long it took me to finish the last little bit of this design. It seems I was only about 2 hours worth of stitching away from finishing this all week but of course, life got in the way.

Quaker Garden is stitched on 30ct. Garden State Java with the recommended threads. I hope my photo catches it's simple beauty.

I have been wanting to get back to stitching one of my Chatelaine's, so I will probably pick up my Taj Mahal again. I can't believe it has been over a year since I last stitched on it. How naughty I am!!!

But now that Quaker Garden is out of my stitching basket........what to add to my rotation now?

Tuesday, May 09, 2006

A Pretend Birthday Cake for a Pretend Birthday


My 5 year old attends kindergarten and well, his birthday is in July. So for these summer babies, the teacher lets them choose a date to celebrate their birthday near the end of the school year. Adrian's 'pretend' birthday is tomorrow and I made him a pretend birthday cake......he's getting 'real' cupcakes though!!!

Sunday, May 07, 2006

What is in my Stitching Basket?

I thought I would take a minute and list what I am currently stitching on. Then over the next days, post updates as to my stitching and include some pictures to share.

First and foremost I am stitching on Blackbird Designs Loose Feathers Quaker Garden.....I am almost finished and so my next post will be a 'Finis'!

Second I am stitching on the beautiful freebie 'Quaker a 6 Mains'. I am current with this design........actually on part 4 in the 4th month!

Third, fourth, and fifth are actually Chatelaine Designs....Watergarden (started Nov. of 2003!), Snowflake Nativity (started Christmas 2003), and Taj Mahal (started Oct. of 2004). You might think these should be UFOs but they are so far gone that I could never let them languish forever!

Next are two projects I plan to start in the near future. These are the Quaker sampler, Hannah Beeby, and the Persian Iris Garden by Chatelaine Designs.

Until my next post......