Catching up!

Yes, I am fully aware of how behind I am on posting. This past week was so crazy...I am trying to figure out how to balance doing school all morning and then get everything else done in the afternoon. That wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for all of the afternoon appointments we've had! Unfortunately, the blog is rather far down on the priority list when life is this busy. Oh well...I'll figure it out eventually (I hope!), and in the meantime, here is a "potluck post" to catch you up on some of our doings this week...

Here is Abigail wearing one of the hairthings I made for her. (This picture was at a playground that we stopped at for a few minutes between appointments.)

Remember the post we did of David getting new ear molds made? Well, this is Abigail getting hers made. She has made up her mind that it is an awful thing and therefore carries on dramatically while they're being done. Poor RaDora has to be the bad guy...she tries to make it less stressful for Abigail by doing things like letting Abigail help make ear molds for her baby doll first...but Abigail will have none of it. Hopefully she'll grow out of the phobia completely very soon (at least we have improved from two sets ago, when I had to literally hold her whole body in a wrestling-grip to hold her still while she screamed hysterically...). As you can see from two of the pictures, once she gets distracted, she has fun and forgets that she's trying to be a drama queen...

Here is a picture of the kids hard at work on their schoolwork...

Here is a picture of my dining room taken over by sewing paraphernalia, at least for a few hours. My mom (in Florida), grandma and great-aunt (in NY), my friend Jessica (FL), and I (in GA) are all sewing blocks for a quilt to be assembled and sent to a sick, wounded, or rehabbing soldier in a military hospital in Washington state. My mom designed the quilt, then selected, bought, and sent the specific fabrics to each of us to use (we wanted there to be harmony despite the many sewing hands!), so all we have to do is sew the blocks according to our instructions and then send them back to my mom, who will assemble them and quilt it. I have half of my blocks done so far (you can see the quilt design on the paper on the lower right hand side of the picture)...

My in-laws came to spend the weekend with us before they head back home to N.C. (they have been at my brother-in-law's house holding down the fort for the past seventeen weeks while my sister-in-law was on bedrest/in the hospital). It has been really nice to spend time with them...I am very blessed to have in-laws who are truly like a second set of parents to me and so it is always a joy to have a visit from them! And of course, the kids always love to have grandparents here...yesterday we went to the pool for a while, where Grandma hung out with Abigail and Grandpa taught David to play Marco Polo.