He was right

The hot summer heat has subsided and this past weekend was cloudy and cool. The family was all outside on the back deck enjoying a relaxing Sunday afternoon.

Andy: We should probably take the sun shade tent down for the season so it doesn't get ruined.

Me: Let's leave it up for a while longer. We can enjoy it all thru September and October.

Later that night we had thunder & lightning and a little rain.

Monday morning this is what we woke up to find.

I hate it when my hubby's right.

Fancy Folded Star Pot Holder

This has been a work in progress but is finally done! Got the full tutorial here:
http://www.modabakeshop.com/2011/09/fancy-folded-star-pot-holder.html

1st Day of Pre-K 4

Its that time of year again. Hot temperatures are starting to drop, cool breezes are picking up and school is in session. Carmen started her 1st day of Preschool, 4 yr old class today. This year she goes 3 days a week... M-W-F. Today went off without a hitch, same as last year. She has wonderful teachers and has many new classmates that she didnt know last year. Thankfully there are still a few of her old classmates in her class, too. We are so proud of her!

Happy 4th Birthday!

Carmen celebrated her 4th birthday in style this year. A 'Magical Fairy' party. It was held at Wish! Memories and they did a fantastic job of catering to us. They provided all the costumes for 8 little girls, decorations, games,music and photography. The only thing I needed to do was bring a cake. It was AWESOME!

Look at all the cute little fairies! As I stated above, all I had to do was bring the cake. That was the easy part. But I felt like I needed to do something more. So 2 weeks prior to the party I began making these Butterfly wands. They look easy enough, but there's alot of detail in the wands. I hand-stitched each one and even taught myself how to blanket stitch in the process. Oh, and dont forget, I had to make EIGHT of them! By the smiles on their faces, I'd say they were a big hit! And of course each little girl got to take one home with them.

Yes, there are actually 9 wands. One little girl couldn't make the birthday party because she was sick and since she is one of Carmens best friends, I couldn't leave her out of the fun. Her mother was kind enough to still drop off a gift for Carmen at the party and she took a wand home to her.

The Magical Fairy party lasted 2 hours... from 2pm to 4pm. Once we got home and got situated, Carmen had more birthday presents to open from family. It was such a long day!

I won't bore you with pics of every single gift, but did want to share with you the Hungry Little Caterpillar quilt that I made. Its been in production for months. And believe it or not I sewed the binding on the night before her birthday. Talk about close! By the smiles on Carmens face, I would say she loves it!