The Zoo

Oh it has been a week!

Grandson #5 was born late Tuesday night!  He weighed in at a whopping 5 lbs 5 oz and is 18 inches tall.  I don't have any pics. He was born with special needs.  It is going to be a real struggle for the family, but with lots of love and prayers everyone will adapt to the necessary changes.

Wednesday night the kids came to live with us.  Boy has it been exciting, stressful, at times fun, and there have been a few tears.  We will eventually settle into a routine, sooner than later I hope.

Thursday night was Quilt guild.  Yes I actually left the house, even though DH was clinging to my leg begging me to not leave him alone with them....(just kidding, he loves being with the little gentlemen and there was only a tiny tear as I left).   At guild we had a great speaker, her name is Nancy  Clark McNally, she has had numerous quilts in Quilter's World, Fons & Porter, Quilty, and Quiltmaker as well as a series of videos-  I will just say her trunk show was fabulous! 

Guild has several groups, strips swaps, bag ladies, fat quarter swap, and friendship block.  I shared the block for the month of January here for the friendship block group.

The blue fabric was in the envelope, and you were to add a light gray.  Above is my block.  The group I sit with was teasing me, asking if I decided to join any groups this year.  I told them yep I joined the friendship group and was a friendship block newbie (ok I really didn't use that term I used the 'V' word).  They were all laughing when my name was announced.  I won part of the blocks which had been returned!  Which meant I received 11 blocks.  I played with them for a few minutes today to get an idea what I could do with them.

If I found another blue which blended and made 5 more blocks I would have a nice 4 X 4 layout and I think it looks kind of cool. 

Today we settled into a bit of a routine.  The boys will get signed up for school next week (I hope).  We had part of the paperwork which was necessary, but we had one more form, and had to request it from the district and are waiting for them to send it to us. Anyway I decided that I would try to sew a bit today.  I had a helper, and we made a boatload of leaders, he was having fun matching up lights, and darks for me.  I did manage to get my zebra for the baby quilt finished. 

Three more animals to go--I got an elephant cut out and started to sew him this afternoon.  I am not too sure if I am going to back it with cuddle fleece, minky, or flannel,but I am looking forward to getting this one completed. 

Today is the littlest man's birthday.  He is 3, so they went out to celebrate and have cake with his dad.  DH and I have a wee bit of quiet time.  I think this song suits the week we have had. 

Have a wonderful weekend from the Zoo!