Look what I did today!

As my parents are over for a quick weekend visit we spent some time at home. During the Seahawks - Dolphins Football game I set up me little craft table in the living room. But today, unlike my usual scrapbook stuff, I pulled out and dusted off my long neglected sewing machine. There was a time, long, long ago, before I scrapbooked, when this little baby got a workout every week. Believe it or not, I used to sew anything and everything from boxer shorts, to sundresses, overalls and Halloween costumes. But since I got addicted to scrapbooking it's been a long time since I've used my machine for something other than sewing on a layout.

So a while ago I took Grace to Jo-Ann's fabric store and she helped me pick out some fun fabric, thread and color coordinated buttons. It was funny, since we happened to run into Elizabeth with her two boys, Jackson & Thomas, who were shopping for Halloween costume fixin's.

Well to make a long story short, I spent a couple of hours with my sewing machine and after fiddling with the settings and the bobbin housing falling apart in mid seam, I created this:

What do you think? Do I still "got it"?

Belated Update on our Pumpkin Patch Visit...

OK, here it goes. I am a BAD blogger, I am a BAD blogger, I am a BAD blogger. I promise to punish myself more later, (wait I have about 6 loads of laundry waiting for me, that should be sufficient punishment, don't you think?)

After our unsuccessful attempt to visit Stoney Ridge last time we finally got our turn. Thinking that crowds should be significantly less on a weekday versus a Saturday we headed there on Friday morning. What a surprise when we pulled up only to fight our way through at least a half a dozen school buses, some Mom's groups and other organized people that were at the Patch on a weekday. What were they thinking?

The weather was perfect, not too sunny, not too bright, just right for taking pictures.

Grace had a fun time petting and feeding the animals. Even though it was pretty crowded she had one of the kids working the pens take out a bunny to let her pet it. Unfortunately Daddy was a little slow on the trigger so we didn't get a picture of that.

Evidently the talk we had before heading out took root. Because at every junction where there was a photo op Grace would willingly stand and pose for us. Whether it was by a display of baby pumpkins, out in the pumpkin patch, at a silly cutout where you put your face through, the pumpkin tree, truck or the bicycle, she was ready willing and able. So we have quite a few photos that turned out nice this year. What a change from trying to escape and flee the scene when she was smaller.

When we hit the patch she headed straight for the field of tiny pumpkins that the farm had prepped for the school kids visits. No messing around with the vines and having to tromp through he muddy field. Miss Grace knew exactly which pumpkin she wanted and headed straight for it...this one was it!

We even took time to stop in for some cider donuts, an apple pull-apart, apple cider, coffee, chocolate milk, Apple & Pumpkin Pie with Ice-cream and whipped cream. YUMMY!

I think we may have to check them out at Christmas time for a tree. Their flyer advertises a live nativity scene including "Moses" the camel. Would they need a permit to keep a camel, I wonder?