It's Monday, and on Mondays I tend to make lists. This time of year there are lots of lists, the "what else do we need for camp list", the "what to label" list, the "what to pack for A4's trip" list and most significantly (to me anyway) the "To make" list. This list is always long. I usually put off a bunch of things, thinking I have tons of time after Lacrosse season is over and before camp. This year it is exactly ten days. That includes a weekend so full of end of the year picnics and such, I'm not sure we can physically make it to everything. So, now it is one week.
I won't bore you with the list. Suffice it to say, I need to get on it. I did, by employing the little talked about secret of the crafty family...Child labor. Thank goodness I put the time in with them when they were young. It's beginning to pay off. One item that is on the "TO MAKE" list is napkins/place-mats for my parents' house. My mom picked out the material and I've had it for about four months, whatever. What would please grandparents more than napkins made by their granddaughter? Maybe the more pertinent question is, how better to save my time than employing the granddaughter to sew the napkins? It's really a win/win. Here she is slaving away at the sewing machine.
"Mommy, can I please have a break?" "Not until the napkins are done darling!" (In a bright, cheery, but slightly menacing tone)
(Before anyone calls children's services, she just sewed for awhile, and she volunteered, I swear!)
I also managed to get some work done on a new banner. Here's a sneak peek.
I'm not sure when I will figure out how to actually get it on the blog. This blog seriously needs an update. That's another list altogether.
I'm also going to work on some up-cycled tote bags for A1 and one of her friends from camp. This is there last year as campers but they are given some more responsibility and a clip board. When they found out about the clip boards there was a request for a cool tote to carry them in, made by me. How can a mother refuse that request?
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