WIWO - 8/31/2015

I did quite a bit of stitching this past week on two projects.  The first is the CT Ballerina that I'm doing for Quilts for Older Children and Adults.

Last Monday:

Today:

I set it aside on Thursday to start working on my project for the Americana SAL.  I'm working on an old UFO titled Let the Freedom Ring.
Before:

 Today:

In both cases the second picture has the truer colors.

First day of 2nd Grade

Today was the first day of school for Kyleigh and she's in second grade this year.  Every year I ask Janice to take a "1st Day of School" picture so here you go.

Kindergarten:

1st Grade:

 2nd Grade:

Happy Birthday, Janice!

Janice was born thirty-four years ago today. She was a fun, curious, very active baby and toddler.

Today she is a mother with a good job, a loving boyfriend and a child who's a lot like her.

Happy Birthday, Janice.  We love you very much and wish you many more happy birthdays to come.

A Day with Kyleigh

Kyleigh had both a dentist appointment and an appointment to get her hair cut this morning and she wanted me to go along.

She goes to a pediatric dentist who she really likes and got a good report--no cavities.  After the dentist, we went around the corner to a kids' haircut place where the kids get to watch movies or cartoons or play video games while getting their hair cut.  The girls also get their nails painted and a special hairdo when done.  Kyleigh had her hair done in an Elsa braid.

Front View:

 Side View:

Afterwards, we went to Soup Plantation for lunch and then to Hobby Lobby where Janice picked out her birthday present--she's decided to start playing with Fimo again.

WIWO - 8/24/2015

I didn't do much stitching this past week, but I did make some progress on the CT Ballerina I'm doing for Q4OC.

8/17/2015:

8/24/2015:

There's a lot of back stitching in this piece, but it really adds to the design.  I won't make my goal of finishing this in August, but I should manage to finish it early in September.

Jingles

Janice took the week off since Kyleigh's day care center is closed this week.  We all have Disneyland Annual Passes so we went to Disneyland.  We waited until 4:00 so that we could stay late enough to watch the parade and fireworks.  I also rented a wheelchair so that grandma wouldn't tire out before everyone was ready to leave.

It's the first time we went to Disneyland without spending any money (other than for the wheelchair).  Janice had made sack lunches so we didn't need to buy food.

We went on Peter Pan, the Storybook Land Canal Boats, Small World, Matterhorn, and Alice in Wonderland.  Kyleigh also went on the carousel and she and Devin went on the Rockets ride.

We also saw both parades and the fireworks, although we weren't in the best spot to see the castle during the fireworks.

The title of this post is Jingles because that is the name of the horse Kyleigh rode on the carousel.  She had seen a documentary about hidden Mickeys recently and knew there was one on that horse.  It's also the only one with a bell.

WIWO - 8/17/2015

This was a productive week as I had three finishes as well as a start.  First, the finishes:

You can find the details about these finishes in their individual Happy Dance posts.

 The start doesn't look like much yet, but there's only about an hour or two done on it (with some frogging involved).

It's Ballerina - Mindy from Cherished Teddies Sports & Occupations, Vol. 1.  This is what it should look like when it's finished.

And this is what it looks like now.