Letter of the Week (C, D, E, F & G)

I have really slacked this month with posting my Letter of the Week goal. Here are some of the activities Jackson and I did for the month. Along with color pages of a Canoe, Daffodil, Easter Egg and Garden tools, he also colored letters that went along with the weekOne spring weekend we took a Canoe ride at Jackson's Grandparent's lake house.The Daffodil's were in bloom, so how could we NOT make the letter of the week D is for Daffodils! Dandelion's were a strong contender....because they are so much fun to blow into the wind!E was for Easter Egg and Jackson went to his Papa and Mimi's for and Easter Egg hunt with some of his cousin's.

F was for Finger Painting...but I have to find the picture to post of Jackson doing his art!

And G was for Garden...Jackson helped me get the soil ready for the garden. Really Jackson LOVES to dig for worms in the garden!!!

Little Purse

I've been wanting to try making this purse for awhile now. It was kind of easy. I sewed it backwards once and had to rip out the stitches. And not that you can tell but I sewed the top on upside down! It made it hard to line up the top seams, but like I said...YOU can't tell!! Live and learn. I think I want to find some sort of felt flower to sew on the front...or to give it a front anyway. I have a few gifts in mind so stay tuned for a few more!!!

B is for Bird House

Last week was "B is for....Bird house." I got the idea from here http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/backyard-bird-feeder-672532/

We also colored pictures of bird houses and the letter B of course. Jackson got a kick out of seeing the birds actually use the feeder. The holes on the soda bottle are a bit to big, so a lot of the bird seed falls to the ground. I don't think the birds mind to much!!

Sneak Peek Sping Quilt

Here is a quick look at my Spring Quilt. I am loving the colors. I still have the backing to piece together, but I'll have that done by Tuesday or Wednesday. I think I'm going to have this one professionally quilted!!! Watch out Kathy...I'm going to be calling soon!!!

Next time won't you sing with me....

I'm going to start doing a Letter a week craft with Jackson.

This week was A is for Aquarium. We did 2 Aquarium projects.

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With the first one we mixed blue Jello into a fish bowl and halfway through we put in some gummy fish. (**Actually we forgot to go back and put the fish in, so mommy pushed them down into the Jello before Jackson woke up!**)

And for the second craft we cut out a fish bowl shape from poster board. Then we filled a Ziploc bag with blue gravel and some Easter grass. We had a couple of sheets of googly eyed stickers and Jackson picked out a star fish, an octopus, two seahorses and a few fish to have in his Aquarium. Then we glued the Ziploc bag between the poster board cutouts!

Spring has Sprung!!!

I went to my favorite fabric store today and bought some very spring like fabric. I am excited to begin this project. I've always wanted to be artsy....but I couldn't draw to save my life. This gives me a way to be artsy and crafty! I drew up a plan on some graph paper of some simple squares and rectangles, and numbered them 1 through 12...the women at the fabric store were shocked that I was trying my own design. They asked me to bring it in when finished...I hope my design in my head turns out just as pretty all pieced together!!!

Turtle Quilt

I finished the baby quilt for my friends Michele and Wesley's new baby Nicholas. It came out SO good. I have to admit I am quite proud of it. I think the colors came out perfect. The center square, the boarder and the back are all the same turtle print. I stitched in the ditch around all the squares and the tiny inner boarder. I think I might go back and quilt the center square. I'll have to think about it.

I still have yet to finish the quilt I was making for quilting class. I wanted to hurry and finish this since Michele had Nicholas a few weeks early. (Today WAS his due date though!) All I have left on the quilt for class is the binding. I'm surprised at how slow going that is. It took me almost 3 days to hand stitch the binding for Nicholas' quilt.