Does anyone like science fairs as much as me? (I'm showing some sarcasm here!) I think they are great... except that when it boils down to it I think to myself, "Wait a minute... I already went to school... why am I more concerned about how this project "looks" than they are... ???"
So... this year we decided that doing something in the "collection" category would be great :)!
Saige was pleased with her first place ribbon for her "Smooshed" Penny Collection. Good job Saige!!Right now our life pretty much revolves around dance... and it is competition time again...
Their dances are really cute this year... (Not that they weren't last year :))
Tayler's... "Wheels on the Bus"
Saige's
... "New Soul"
Saige's... "Shake your tail feathers"
And Tayler's... "Dance me if you can"
Good job girls! You are lots of fun to watch!
I was a little sad that I missed most of Saturdays General Conference... thank heavens for DVR!
I love Conference... I think my kids do too.... because in our house that means it is "project" time. I don't think that kids do great just sitting and listening... even I don't do great that way... but if I have a "quiet" project to work on I seem to listen better. I scrap booked, Tayler did her latch hook, Saige knitted hats and Kenna started a needlepoint. And WE ALL tore up carpet pad for our "bean bag" projects...
This year I read something cute about setting up a "tent" in your family room to watch conference in... Similar to Mosiah's words,
“And they pitched their tents round about the temple, every man having his tent with the door thereof towards the temple, that thereby they might remain in their tents and hear the words which King Benjamin should speak unto them.’”
Our tent was nothing fancy... but the kids all thought it was fun (we all noticed when Gary Stevenson made a reference to that scripture in his talk.)
Oh, and we also stay in our PJ's for conference... don't we look fabulous! (Hence the reason why I'm not looking at the camera!)
We had a great day together and enjoyed the messages that were shared in our "tent".
Now back to our crafty stuff...
I feel like as a mom I have tons of responsibilities. One of the many is teaching my girls to be "domestic" and "crafty" in lots of different ways. We do lots of "projects" around our house. I was able to take Tayler to 4-H sewing camp for a couple of years. She learned a lot and is actually a pretty good sewer now. There is something about taking 2 full days to work with one child to learn a new skill. I will admit that at times I was a little frustrated as I am pretty much the designated "seam unpicker" (I've done my fair share of that with my girls :))
Since the dance review falls at the same time as sewing camp... I have decided we will do our own "personal camp". I found about 10 "projects" on the Internet and we will be tackling them throughout the summer. I will post them when we finish each one if anyone wants to try them with your family! I took the girls to Hobby Lobby (all with our own 40% off coupons) and we started purchasing the stuff... the girls had a great time picking out their fabrics. When we got home... they were so excited that they wanted to start right away... instead of waiting for summer... so we did. The first project is probably the largest... but we are making bean bags (filled with carpet pad... as we know a guy who has loads of scraps of that! Hence the hours of tearing up pad during conference...) I found the pattern and instructions here.
Tayler finished hers... and Saige is "almost done" (this is her first project and I have found that I was much more patient with Tayler when I was in the presence of other people at sewing camp than I am at home... I think this is to teach me patience... and I obviously haven't got there yet! Which means lots more projects will be ahead for me!) They will also be finishing one for Kenna and Jadyn which they will be expert at by then!
Isn't it cute! Totally Tayler!
This is the latch hook Tay worked on during conference... Also totally Tayler!
These are the hats Saige finished! She is AWESOME at those!
And Kenna's very first sewing project! She did great and finished more than half of it.
Cute little Jadyn doesn't work on many projects... except she was pretty good at tearing the pad up... What a joy she is!
That pretty much sums up what's been happening at our house.
And Tayler's... "Dance me if you can"
Good job girls! You are lots of fun to watch!
I was a little sad that I missed most of Saturdays General Conference... thank heavens for DVR!
I love Conference... I think my kids do too.... because in our house that means it is "project" time. I don't think that kids do great just sitting and listening... even I don't do great that way... but if I have a "quiet" project to work on I seem to listen better. I scrap booked, Tayler did her latch hook, Saige knitted hats and Kenna started a needlepoint. And WE ALL tore up carpet pad for our "bean bag" projects...
This year I read something cute about setting up a "tent" in your family room to watch conference in... Similar to Mosiah's words,
“And they pitched their tents round about the temple, every man having his tent with the door thereof towards the temple, that thereby they might remain in their tents and hear the words which King Benjamin should speak unto them.’”
Our tent was nothing fancy... but the kids all thought it was fun (we all noticed when Gary Stevenson made a reference to that scripture in his talk.)
Oh, and we also stay in our PJ's for conference... don't we look fabulous! (Hence the reason why I'm not looking at the camera!)
We had a great day together and enjoyed the messages that were shared in our "tent".Now back to our crafty stuff...
I feel like as a mom I have tons of responsibilities. One of the many is teaching my girls to be "domestic" and "crafty" in lots of different ways. We do lots of "projects" around our house. I was able to take Tayler to 4-H sewing camp for a couple of years. She learned a lot and is actually a pretty good sewer now. There is something about taking 2 full days to work with one child to learn a new skill. I will admit that at times I was a little frustrated as I am pretty much the designated "seam unpicker" (I've done my fair share of that with my girls :))
Since the dance review falls at the same time as sewing camp... I have decided we will do our own "personal camp". I found about 10 "projects" on the Internet and we will be tackling them throughout the summer. I will post them when we finish each one if anyone wants to try them with your family! I took the girls to Hobby Lobby (all with our own 40% off coupons) and we started purchasing the stuff... the girls had a great time picking out their fabrics. When we got home... they were so excited that they wanted to start right away... instead of waiting for summer... so we did. The first project is probably the largest... but we are making bean bags (filled with carpet pad... as we know a guy who has loads of scraps of that! Hence the hours of tearing up pad during conference...) I found the pattern and instructions here.
Tayler finished hers... and Saige is "almost done" (this is her first project and I have found that I was much more patient with Tayler when I was in the presence of other people at sewing camp than I am at home... I think this is to teach me patience... and I obviously haven't got there yet! Which means lots more projects will be ahead for me!) They will also be finishing one for Kenna and Jadyn which they will be expert at by then!
Isn't it cute! Totally Tayler!
This is the latch hook Tay worked on during conference... Also totally Tayler!
These are the hats Saige finished! She is AWESOME at those!
And Kenna's very first sewing project! She did great and finished more than half of it.
Cute little Jadyn doesn't work on many projects... except she was pretty good at tearing the pad up... What a joy she is!
That pretty much sums up what's been happening at our house. 
5 comments:
Ang - the girls are so cute! LOVE the dance pictures. I'm not going to lie, I was glad to finally have a girl so I could go to dance competitions (hopefully she likes dance :)).
Do your girls dance with Tueller's (are they even still around?)
That's one of the main reasons that I cannot have daughters - I do zero crafty things and therefore have no knowledge to pass on!
CUTE pictures! L♥ve and Hugs to you my precious friend :)
Whoa! You've been busy! It seems like you guys are always having a lot of fun. Don't ask my girls what they've been up to. I'm delegating my crafting responsiblities to someone . . . maybe you?! Maybe projects will seem fun soon. Maybe.
How cute is that tent idea! I think i'm going to need to borrow that idea. Darling. Your girls are so cute and talented. I'm starting to feel the pressure of teaching Lila "domestic" skills as well. She is just reaching that age. Your sewing camp sounds like a great idea. Thanks for sharing all of your fun stuff!
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