Donald was despondent. The thought of going to Pre-School while his brother was at home doing whatever he wanted made those big green eyes turn to liquid. Along with his eyes, my resolve, so he stayed home, too.
I was despondent. Things were finally a bit quieter at work, so I took Monday morning off - a little "me" time. Unfortunately, my kids don't understand the concept of "pretend Mommy is not here", so that didn't quite work out as planned. I eventually rode in to work with Adam so I could hang out with the Monday morning quilting group at the library where I got a tiny bit of hand quilting done, not nearly the progress I was hoping to get done yesterday during my time off.
And when I got home from work, the kids were ready to do something other than dress up and play superheros or watch TV (I'm pretty sure that is all they do when I am not here). So once dinner was in the oven, I took them downstairs to let Jason work on his flannel rag quilt. His quilt got kicked off the design wall when I started working on my Nickelmania quilt. (I think this is the pattern I'm going to go with, although I believe I'll put one more row around each side so that the white outline is complete)
We had quite a time trying to remember how it went back together until I remembered that we took a photo of it - thank goodness for digital cameras! He sewed until all of the pieces were at least sewn to one other piece, and then we called it quits - I could smell the lasagna and garlic bread in the oven and could no longer focus. Before putting it away, however, he made row labels so it wouldn't take us so long to lay it out next time.
In addition to restless children, there was a package waiting for me at home. I thought it would be my new Bonnie Hunter book, but instead, it was more flannel from Cheryl - thanks, Cheryl! My flannel buzzsaw quilt will get completed after all!
So, all was well in the Hutchinson household until I got the call this morning - school is closed again...
4 comments:
Love the chosen design for the nickelmania. Perfect.
I hope you realize how wonderful your teaching skills are...Jason is learning (with your guidance) very good quilting basica. I'm sure you have done it in a way that he feels he thought of these things himself. You must have the patience of Job! :)
You definitely have a talent in the quilt teaching arena.
Oh, how I wish they'd close school or something down here for a couple of days. I could use some time pretending to be a superhero! Lane
I see what you mean about one more row around it all - that would be a good idea.
Wonder what tomorrow will bring for RCS? Busy trying to pack up some stuff in the dining room and kitchen, books, CDs, etc. Then will move to the sewing room! We are sending our daughter and her husband to look at a house for us tomorrow that just came on the market yesterday. Handy to be looking in their town!
I don't think I've heard of mom running away from home before *LOL* Good for you. Jason is doing a great job. Labelling is one of the first things I learned, and I still mess up sometimes and put the wrong row.
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