She's Crafty

There is nothing worse than a whole family waking up with colds, which is what happened to us this morning.  Luckily the Little Gym is still closed due to a flood a couple of weeks ago, however, we did schedule 18 months pictures in its place.  I am always anxious before pictures because I never know how our stranger-danger inflicted child will react.  She did really well for about 15 minutes and we were fortunate enough to get a couple of shots of her smiling. Granted we had to make complete fools of ourselves to get those smiles, but totally worth it.  There is nothing funnier than watching a bunch of grown-ups making idiots of themselves to get a pint-sized person to show her crooked pearly whites.

Since we have no social life any longer, last night we spent the evening writing out our wills - how depressing.  It is one of those things you know you have to do, but avoid doing because you have to think about something you hope will never happen.  There is a measure of comfort knowing that Ainsley will be well taken care of if something were to happen to us, but it did make me feel very old and responsible.  Ugh - sometimes being an adult is no fun.

Over the last month I have gotten a wild burr to be crafty.  I usually am this time of year, after being cooped up in a house for so long I just need to DO SOMETHING.

 I love making stuff, finding time to do it on the other hand is another matter.  I did get some time to make a cute bow holder and jewelry box for Ainsley.  Next projects consist of new curtains and placemats, just waiting for the patterns to arrive in the mail which will hopefully be today.  I haven't done anything with a pattern since high school with my grandma.  She is

 the one who taught me how to use a sewing machine and every time I went to visit her our first trip would always be to the fabric store to find a new project for us to make.  After she died I haven't really done much with a machine except to fix a couple of hems.   But my parents got me the project runway machine for Christmas last year and I am determined to put it to good use.  I hope I make grandma proud.