It's been a wild weekend! Our son unexpectedly asked if we could watch the girls for a couple of hours on Saturday. It turned into an all day event!! We've been striving to get stuff done well in advance of the holiday so we could relax as the days get closer, and a good thing we were too! Having them over yesterday was good for the heart! It was loud, it was busy, it was messy, but it was so much fun! And because we weren't under any pressure, it was an amazing day!
I finally got to make some ornaments that Robin in Virginia suggested I make with Little Miss Sassy Pants.
I'll admit, I'm a perfectionist and have a wee bit of OCD, but I decided it's no fun being a Gigi if you can't let loose with a 4 yr old and just be spontaneous. Now I wish we had dough ready to make cookies too. Poor little Miss thought these were going to be cookies...haha.
But she forgave me when I brought out some Oreos we had stashed in the pantry. (Good thing Pappy has a sweet tooth!!).
Miss Q was a happy camper, and the two of them played so well together. Miss Q napped the entire time we were making the ornaments so that went well. It doesn't show in the picture, but we set up a race car track for Miss Sassy Pants and she played with that for a good long while. The kids brought pizza and salads for dinner and stayed to chat for a while. I think we'll all sleep well tonight!
It was an exhausting day, but it wasn't complete until I put a few stitches in something. I make it a point to stitch at least 30 minutes a day. It turns off my brain and relaxes me before bed...and with only less than 300 stitches to go, I was able to finish Cardinal Couple by My Lovely Embroidery. This is stitched on 32 count light blue over one. I have stitched this pattern before but on 30 count over one. I love how tiny this turned out.
Hopefully I will have a finishing day today and get a few more things fully finished. Sadly our printer, which has been having connecting issues and other things, went belly up yesterday and stopped printing in the middle of a print job. Guess we'll have to shop for something in the new year. We'll see. Well I'm off to the craft room to decide on my next stitching project, maybe line up some goals for next year, and do a wee bit of finishing. I'll have to see what sparks my interest. If all goes well I'll have another "finishing" post to share next time. In the meanwhile, make space in your life for the little unexpected joys in your life. While it was exhausting, it was a day full of memory making and fun! Happy Stitching!
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