A stitch in time...

Here is my quilt as of yesterday. I got the quilt top from India (it's really supposed to be a sheet- I don't know how anyone could sleep with elephants marching around).

I figure if I were paid $5.00/hour to work this quilt would

already cost around 500$. Luckily for me it takes up a lot of time. That way I won't be tempted to buy more fabric and start any more big projects.

Spring has sprung and other fun

"Ooooh, Mom look what cupboard I found. I think that I will make some cookies." Here Helen and I are in our beauty parlor. Between the mirror, lotion bottles, toothbrushes and hair pretties, Helen almost sits still.

This is our first tulip, we got the mystery tulip packet last fall and I was pleasantly surprised with this red and white mix. I admit that I checked on it all day yesterday because I was so excited. Hopefully none of our neighbors drove past frequently and noticed this borderline-odd behavior.

Trip to Peoria, Illinois

Last week Helen and I drove to Peoria to play with Emily and her family. Helen and Chloe went to beauty school, or rather their mothers did. It didn't take long to learn that we had to embrace the potential of Helen's hair and not fight against it's tendency to stand straight on end. Here are the results from our work, you can click on the pictures to see the whole process.

We also had fun playing trains, cars and making treats. The biggest challenge was not the rough terrain or the high demand for specific track patterns and destinations, but rather a giant baby destroying trains and chewing on innocent passengers.