Yesterday my brother and Kathryn brought his 2 kids over to meet the baby. We’ve been trying for a few weeks to get the kids together, but we’ve had a lot of spring illnesses flying around lately.
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I took my mom and Grace for proper high tea at The Russian Tea Room on Saturday. This was the 2nd part of their March birthday presents, and I loved it. So much fun, I hardly ever get to spend a whole day just with the girls. I really loved it. But, I’ve got to say I’m having the worst luck with my camera lately. Last week I forgot the memory card for the red and white quilt show. Yesterday I remembered the memory card, and I even remembered a spare set of batteries for backup. But when I went to change the batteries at the NYC Mod Quilt Guild meeting, my spare set had died, too. So, another adventure captured on my iPhone.
I am having a fabulous Christmas, I am so thankful for my wonderful family. Adam surprised me with an iPad and a small treasure trove of other goodies. From my family and my in-laws I got an AccuQuilt Go, a Cricket, and a 1st edition of Raymond Briggs’ The Snowman! I was so surprised by all of it, it’s been a wonderful day.
I made my niece Grace a “pouf” of her very own, another 24″ Amy Butler Gumdrop. She bounces on mine constantly when she’s over, and this summer she pulled all her favorite (pink) fabrics from my stash and said, “Make me one please, Aunt Jackie.” So I did, deciding to just use the Rainy Days and Mondays fabric from Riley Blake that I’ve been saving for a deserving project. From these photos, I would count this as entirely worthy.
Last year when we took my niece Grace to see Santa, it didn’t go so well. This year was so much better for her, and my nephew Kyle (who is 10) came, too. We went yesterday and had a great day, but I’ve been sick on and off this weekend and pretty much crashed when we got home.
Grace bounced up and down pretty much the entire time we were on line for Santa.
Yesterday we celebrated my niece Grace’s 3rd birthday (it’s actually next Saturday), and today was my mom’s birthday. We went to Quilt Fest NJ to see her very first quilt entered into competition. A pretty cool birthday treat. My mom and I met up when the show opened to cruise the floor before Adam, my brother, and Grace arrived at lunchtime.