Dance! Run Run Run! Upsiedown!

Calvin's 21 months right now. At certain times of the day, he likes to sit down with a book. But he has so much energy right now that it seems like times when he learns the most is when he's running around, playing and dancing. That's why I love the music classes that he's in. He learns a ton of words and songs, and gets to play with other kids. Here he is at Music and Movement, and the Mesa Public Library.

Next week we're going to join a tumbling class at the YMCA.

A Quilt to Remember Grandma and Grandpa

Ever since Mom died I've wanted to make a quilt using her clothes, so that I could have something that was soft and cuddly to remember her with. Once my sisters and I went to the store for supplies and were planning to have a sister quilting club. At our first quilting meeting Melissa had big plans, but was mainly chit chatting. Katie was incredibly efficient, making a ton of perfectly matching squares with the measuring/cutting device that she bought. I was more of a gimp, and cut out several lopsided squares using a CD case, while trying to fend off Katie's curious cats.

I don't know whether Katie and Melissa tried again. I managed to sew two of those squares together and realized that I am a terrible quilter. But I love my parents and I wanted to have a quilt that I could give to Calvin. So I took all my fabrics (my moms bathrobe and pajamas, my dad's pajamas and a shirt, a dress that mom and I made together and a sarong that they brought home for me that time they went to Jamaica and a dress that I wore to my mom's funeral) to a local quilting shop and told them my ideas. And here is the quilt!

It says "Grandma and Grandpa Audette Love You."

Finger Painting