Quilt update

We used Chris' template to trace. . .

And then cut squares. It turns out she's pretty good at cutting straight!

Ta Da!!
She (and I) cut out 80 squares!

Oh ya, and we made some freezer jam in the meantime. . .
More sewing fun to come!

Sunday Dress and hair and stuff

Today Elle wore her Easter dress from last year.
(It's about time to get a new Easter dress!!)
























She finally got to wear her new bow that our good friend Jeanne made!
(Thanks again, Jeanne!)

















In other news, Elle has a new removable expander for the bottom teeth!!
Whoo hoo! She is v.v. excited about it :)




























Here it is in action.
BTW, the quilt is coming along--
more pictures to come!

Elle's project

Elle has been asking me to teach her to sew with the sewing machine.
I finally decided to do it.
We are going to start with a big project--a quilt!
Elle wants to document each step.
So, here it goes:


Step 1: Go to the fabric store and pick out fabric.
(note to self--leave Chris at home next time)

Step 2: (not pictured) Wash the fabric.
We did this step as soon as we got home per Elle's request.

Step 3: Iron the fabric.
Elle was quite giddy at the thought of wielding an iron.
We split the job--she did three, I did three.
She thought it was great fun.
"I'm doing grown-up work!" she said.

Step 4: Use Chris to cut a template for the squares.
He was very handy that way!
He also helped us come up with a pattern sequence
AND
He started cut the squares, since we all know about my
cutting handicap :)
Stay tuned for more!

Musical Sunday Dress and Hair

I know you've seen this Sunday dress before, but now, you get to see it in action!
Elle's class (well, the girls, anyway--there are two boys in her class too) sang in church today!
The other girls had all sung it before, but Elle hadn't. She and I have been practicing for two weeks at home. I was so proud of her, I had to share. :)
Since it's not really appropriate to video in Sacrament meeting, I took video of them practicing before church in the primary room. People were setting up chairs for primary at the time, so excuse the background noise :) You'll get the idea.
Enjoy!

Mascara

I am dedicating this post to my mother-in-law because 1) it's her birthday this week (Happy Birthday, Mom) and 2)It was she who introduced me to Estee Lauder Mascara in the first place.

I needed some new mascara, and my mother-in-law said she recently switched to Estee Lauder. I thought I'd try it out. So, we all (Chris, Elle and I) made a pilgrimage to the mall.
We found the Estee Lauder counter and I thought I would just pick up a new tube.

hahahaha. Not so simple.

When I told the make up artist or whatever that I wanted some mascara, she clapped her hands for joy and whisked me over to a seat. She invited Elle to sit also. Chris had to stand and watch.

"We just got a new product in!!" She said. (She was v excited :)
She asked Elle if she'd like to try on some lip gloss or something (provided it was OK with us. It was).
Elle was smarter than me and firmly refused.

Then, the woman pulled out this:



I laughed out loud. I did not seriously think she would try that thing on my eyes!

Guess what? I was wrong!

I was not terribly impressed.

Needless to say, I didn't purchase it. I just got some regular boring ol' sedentary mascara.
It does no tricks. But it's nice to have some new stuff :)

Elleisms

*The other day, Elle and I were folding and decorating paper boats. While she was coloring, she said, "I am SO not good at this!"

*Elle is reading a book about a genie. It led us to discuss what Elle's three wishes would be.


Wish #1. Two dogs
One girl, one boy. Same kind so they can have puppies.
(Little Puppy is a girl and Puppy is a boy, for those of you who didn't know)














Wish #2. A cat that would get along with her dogs.






#3. A palace, and she would be the princess.
She said she doesn't necessarily want to be rich though.
She would get to jump on all the beds (except Mom and Dad's, of course--she said)
She also said Chris and I could still get to do our normal boring Saturday errands though.
Although SHE would stay home with servants who would entertain her while we were gone.

Pretty funny.

I don't know what I'd wish for. Instant travel maybe, so I could visit anyone, anytime.
What would YOU wish for?

No School!

Since Elle didn't have school, we drove to a park. It was wonderful!
It was so beautiful! (And it wasn't even too cold :)
The view was great. We could even see the space needle! THAT was cool!
AH!
"What are men compared to rocks and mountains". . .
BUT. . .
What are rocks and mountians without our FRIENDS and FAMILY!
We miss you!