Sew...

We are blanket people. I don't know what it is about snuggling under a comfy blanket it just makes us happy. Even my kids have to have their blankets to sleep at night. Well Leah is 6 and a half now (as she says) and she has finally outgrown her baby blanket. I'm impressed that it has made it this long. I've braved an outing to JoAnns with all three kids in tow and the hour and a half search for the perfect fabric (note to self: never let your child pick out their own fabric ever again! It's like pulling teeth). She has picked the design now all that's left is the actual sewing. I wonder how long it's going to take me to actually sew this thing. Wish me luck!

The joys of Joy School

I must admit I really enjoy Joy School. I tell my husband I do it for the kids but I sometimes have more fun than they do. Today was my day to teach and we worked on the letter P. We played Pick the Pair, which is my version of Memory but using only pictures of things that started with the letter P. Then we played Princess and Pirates. Evan had a lot of fun trying to capture the princesses. After all the princesses were saved we sat down and read this book:

By the time I was done reading the book I had all of the kids sitting on top of me. To finish the activities we painted with our pinkies. Fun I know. It was messy but the kids had a blast! And to top the day off for snacks we had pretzels, popcorn, peaches and a big bowl of this:

Yummy pudding! What a good day!