Cup O' Lo

Marianne has made up a word for any liquid to drink. She calls is "lo".
Here she is modeling the cowgirl hat that Mackensey bought with her
Christmas money.

Mindy models the glasses she got for her birthday and her clip on earrings she got for Christmas. She has wanted fake glasses for a while. I found these at the dollar store.

Mackensey and Mindy got sewing macine's for Christmas from
 Grandma Thomason (she got a really good deal). They have been
sewing a lot and doing a great job.

Mackensey is making a quilt. She sews strips together, then this will get cut and sewn to make squars (quilt-in-a-day techinique).

Mindy is also sewing like crazy. This week
she made bean bags and small doll pillows. I
was impressed when I saw that she had re-
threaded her sewing machine AND bobbin
all on her own without being taught how.
The next day I was sewing with her and
the bobbin ran out. I wanted to watch and
see her wind the bobbin. She did it by hand!
It must have taken her 1/2 hour the first time!
I showed her how to use the machine to
wind bobbin. "That's MUCH faster!"

We took the kids on a picnic lunch before school started up again. We just hiked up the small hill infront of our house.

Makayla playing with the dog.