Girls' Day Out

This past Friday, Amylovie, her girls, and I went on an expedition to see the International Quilt Festival at the convention center in Houston. It was quite an adventure. We tried out the park-n-ride. It worked great and was especially fun for the girls who had never ridden the bus. We avoided all the hassle of driving and parking in downtown Houston.

We were all impressed with the incredible craftsmanship of the prize-winning quilts. Amylovie said it almost brought her to tears because she understood the time and effort that went into these fabulous creations.

I decided to report all of this on my blog because all of you knitters will appreciate what one of my granddaughters said on the bus ride home. Amylovie asked her if she liked the quilt show. She said, "It was okay, but it isn't my craft." Her mom and grandmother felt the same way.

Things I need to do better

Looking at the last post, I can see I need to learn to arrange the pictures and text better. I also need to remember to edit the picture before I save it. I'm just writing this out to remind myself to do better next time.

What a pair!

These are the skirts and boas I made for my granddaughters. (What is the abbreviation for darling granddaughters? Maybe DGD. Hopefully my DD can tell me.) Anyway, the original plan was for DD to make one and for me to make the other. But DD has sooooooo many projects lined up, I volunteered to do both. I think they are cute, but I decided they are too short. In the picture the waist bands are riding too low. I have ripped the bind-off on both and am adding more length.

I am doing a little better with posting on the blog, but I did have to get out the tutorial DD sent me. I started without it, but got confused. Maybe next time I can do it on my own.

I finally did it! You won't believe how long it took. Here are the youngest members of my menagerie.

New Doll

Meet the new cartoon version of me. My DD helped create it. (She did almost all of it: I just said, "That looks good" from time to time.

We are working on getting photos of the youngest members of my menagerie posted on here. The photos have been taken, and are currently residing in my husband's computer. Somehow we will get them moved from his computer to my computer, and then I will do my best to follow my DD's instruction to get them posted. It is too long a story to explain why they are on his computer. It's complicated.

Most of the photos were taken today. We had an impromptu get-together to celebrate (a few days early) my DD's and her twin brother's birthdays. In general it was a great day. When you have 5 children, all 5 yrs. or younger, in the same place it can get a little chaotic. But it was fun chaos. The kids rode their bikes, caught bugs, played darts and basketball and catch, walked on stilts, built Lego space ships, watched movies.......... You get the idea.

I will do my best to get their pictures posted so my DD will be proud of me.

B-etter L-ook O-ut G-irls

Okay, so that title was probably a little over-clever. Sorry, I couldn't resist.

My DD has set me up with this new blog. She promises to help me get it to look like I know what I'm doing. She first had to teach me how to post words. Next I hope to learn how to post pictures. DD is going to help me create a doll and a button. They say learning new things keeps your brain young. Since I am turning 60 soon, keeping the old brain young sounds like a laudable goal. So here I go into the world of blogdom.

Hi Mom!

Testing...Testing!