School Program

Gabriel had his school program this past Tuesday. There was about six songs and he danced in this one. He is on the very far left.

T-Shirt Quilt

One of my projects this summer was to make a t-shirt quilt for my little brother. He graduated from High School this year and for his gift I made him a quilt for his bed at school. I used about 19-20 t-shirts and then some fabric. For the backing I used fleece to make it nice and warm. There is medium weight batting inside, so that along with the fleece there is a little poof to it. I hand quilted it as sewing around the outside was too much of a work out for my sewing machine.

Out of two of the t-shirts (they had smaller logos) I made the girls skirts. To do this I cut the t-shirt from the bottom up to the length I wanted it+1.5 inches. After that you measure down 1.5 inches and fold it in and sew it up, leaving an opening to put the elastic in. I also sewed around the top of it before putting the elastic in. I used 3/4" elastic. Sew the hole shut and sew a few places verticaly and you have a cute little girls skirt.

out of the mouth of Logan...

This afternoon I was trying to get Logan to do something for me. I had asked him a few times and it was just not happening. One last time I asked him to please listen to me and do what I asked. He looked me in the eye and said, "Mom, I have to listen to my teacher all morning, do you really expect me to come home and have to listen to you, too?" I informed him that he indeed did and he was not very happy about that, but I got him to do what he needed to do. It is also good to know that he is listening at school.

Grandma's Thunder Cake

This cake was in the back of a book Logan read at school and he brought home the recipe. Of course we had to try it and I was very nervous about that. Who puts pureed tomatoes in their chocolate cake? I did, yes I did and it turned out great. I don't know what they did, but you could not taste them and it gave the cake a cool color. My little helpers were very proud of their cake too.

First Day of School

Today was Gabriel and Logan's first day of school. Gabriel is in 4th grade and Logan in Kindergarten. What a fun and exciting year for both of them. Gabriel is excited to have his little bother at school with him in the morning, I do hope that last.

Back on Track, Well Getting on a Track

I was making a list of gaols for the week over at Home-ec 101 and decided I should put it up here too. School starts in three weeks and one day. There are many things I need to get done and get on a good track.

1) I need to get back running, I left my shoes at my parents, but now they are back so I need to get out running again
2) Get back to only eating out 0-1 time a week, this last weekend we got a little carried away.
3) I did not do laundry all weekend and with 6 people in the house I have a ton to do and diapers to wash.
4) try to reorganize the toys… seriously too many of then for this house.
5) Three sewing projects -brothers quilt, sippy-cup leash and a marker roll

There is much more, but this is the stuff that is the top of my list.

Done with Third Grade

Friday was Gabriel's last day of third grade. He finished off the year great, too bad it took three quarters to figure out what worked best for him. We both agree that we are going to talk to his teacher before school starts and set things up the same way we did this last quarter. We have a goal of all A's and B's this next year, his dad says C's are passing, but I would like his striving for A's. He is amazing and I know he can do it, he just needs to not get discouraged.

Today he gets to go to a pool party. It makes me very nervous, I have never left him at the pool by himself and I know he is a great swimmer, I am just having a hard time letting him grow up. He is a great kid.