fathers day morning
eli thinks his dad is the greatest because "he reads to me. he lays with me. and takes me to get ice cream." the certificate says so!
finished baby quilt top
classic, eli + ida in the tub photo
yes, 36
sneak peak of fabric selection for a new quilt. yes, it will be colorful.
eli on his last day of grade one
very excited to finish up school
this is how ida's hair dries sometimes, er, most of the time. it is awesome.
we have been very busy lately. home moving stuff, immigration stuff, lawyer stuff, signing stuff, packing stuff, birthday stuff, sewing stuff, fathers day stuff. our house is officially sold and we have to be out by the 10th of july which gives us about 2 weeks to get the heck out of here. immigration "stuff" will probably keep us here another 4-6 months give or take. it is going to be a bit of a gong show from here on out, but it will all work out in the end.
on the 16th i turned 36. c.j. brought home the hugest balloons i have ever seen, along with a dozen crave cupcakes and a couple of fancy cards. nice. but not nice on my waist-line.
fathers day occurred. happiest of fathers days dads i know!
i finished a baby quilt top and made a selection of fabric for another quilt along. i love the quilt design on this one. working on this quilt will give me some instruction/experience sewing curves. i cut out 48 12" x 12" squares this weekend to get started. yee-haw!
eli finished grade one. he was very excited the morning of the last day of school. you can see from the pictures he was bright-eyed and bushy-tailed. he had a successful year, good grades, made some friends and had a really great teacher. you can't ask for more than that.
ida is growing, growing. she is in 6-12 month clothes, sits up without assistance for short periods of time, and is an all-round trooper. i feel like she is older than she really is sometimes. oh, also, she is growing up about twice the speed eli did. {tear}
can i move to a desert island and stop time please? kids are growing too fast, life is flying by, we are getting older. time is not being kind right now. with this whole moving expedition we are undertaking, i just keep thinking that i want to streamline everything in our lives. what we own, how we think, how our family runs... things need to be simpler, easier, better, worthier. i don't know how i am going to accomplish this, but that thought process is going to be behind every decision and action from here on out. it may just help us slow down the hands of time enough to enjoy ourselves and what is going on around us. basically being more mindful.
on tap for tomorrow: a date with the US Consulate again... more immigration paperwork for the family... almost done.
3 comments:
Happy Birthday!
And good luck with all the stuff that's going on. When you're done streamlining your lives and you're living closer to us, will you come help me streamline our house. We have too much stuff and it eats me up sometimes. I'm ready to go back to pioneer times and have each child pick one toy -- just one.
I loved your house pictures -- things were so not cluttered. Just neat, clean spaces. Help!!!!
i love that smiling ida girl!!! there's a lot going on with you guys right now. one thing at a time...
Hey Jessica- I was just checking in (via Lisa's blog) to see how you were doing. Yeah, you sold the house! But where are you going to live now? And a big whopping happy birthday to you! 36 isn't so bad. You should try 37 on for size. You and my sister share the same b-day. Hope your day was great! Oh yeah, did you join another quilt-a-long? Your last one looked beautiful. As far as keeping it simple goes, just keep breathing, just keep breathing. . . :)
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