MarkHu Baby

Sunday, October 09, 2011

quilting

My latest kick is quilting. I've been obsessed with making quilt blocks during the past three weeks. I went to the first meeting of a new quilting group made up of moms from mom's club. We decided to work on a sampler doing on block per month this year. I got carried away and made 9 blocks so far for that project. Mark got excited about the idea too and he and I made our first 8 blocks of a joint venture. see photos:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/68397681@N03/6220948691/in/photostream

I hope I can maintain my enthusiasm to see both these quilts to completion. I am nervous about the sashing and quilting and binding. One thing I am noticing is that the more you sew the more you learn and it doesn't take long to gain new sewing skills. The last two blocks I made for are much more sophisticated that the first 7. I wouldn't even have attempted them a few weeks ago. I'm gaining more confidence day by day and am hoping this will seep into other areas of my life. Except for the dining room table and chairs which are covered in fabric, I am actually maintaining more discipline in the are of tidying and cleaning the house. (Of course it helped that I had a babysitter Thrs morning for 4 hours and Mark took the girls on various adventures yesterday.)

Thursday, September 29, 2011

hats hats hats

I'm sewing like crazy around here. I just made these two hats and 5 quilt blocks!!! The one Emily is wearing is not her size but very sweet on her nonetheless. I still have a few finishing touches on each.

Monday, August 08, 2011

little chef

Sorry for the lack of blog posts lately. Just haven't felt inspired and the kids are running me ragged.
I took a cute video of Emily today helping mix up sourdough biscuits. Here I posted a still. What happened to the button that let's you upload a video?

Claire has been enjoying listening to audio books of Stuart Little, Little house on the Prairie and Winnie The Pooh.

Friday, July 01, 2011

video from the archives

Last month we got a more powerful computer with a more spacious hard drive, so we have been reviewing old pics and videos. There are some real gems.

video of Claire twirling in a paper bag vest

From MarkHu Baby album on PicasaWeb.com

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

sweet memories

We sure enjoyed visiting with all the grandparents during the weeks before and after Claire's 5th birthday. Thanks to all of you for chipping in and helping out in so many ways.
Today in the car driving back from the YMCA Emily said that she wants us to move to Canada to live with Nana.