Scarves

Last year a dear family friend made both the girls each a wonderful scarf. Ruth has misplaced hers, and I mentioned to a friend of mine who knits that Ruth needed a new one, and I needed to get together with her to have her make one for me.

Well today at the museum she gave us four beautiful scarves the girls just love.
Thank you Ms. Tina, we love our new scarves!!

Ruth's is the blue one on the left, she wore it till she got home from the museum, Mary liked the multi colored soft one third from the left. (Her friend Paige picked a matching one.)

Mary

I was not allowed to take a picture of her with her friends at the museum, but she wanted me to post a picture, so here you go.

Museum Day

Today was free admission to the Natural History Museum (Ruth's favorite place on the planet).
We went this morning, and almost left as soon as we got there.
Never in the seven years I have been a Mom did I have to bodily remove my child from the premises. Well, today was a first. Mary had a fit about a doll she had taken with her before we even hit the door, and then continued to cry once we were in.
Long story short she was able to return 20 minutes later, and eventually had a good time with her friends who had met us there. I had to literally drag her out of the museum and to the car a block away. I have never been so humiliated and disappointed.

Here is the one and only picture I got from the day. This was taken of Ruth inside the museum with a dinosaur behind her.

Prayer

As the years have gone on, it has become very obvious to me that I have no idea what I am doing.
If you guys could really be praying for me and my family this week, I'll post later about what is going on, but for now our life is changing, we have decisions to make, and I need to do this both right and well.
Thanks, Amber

Success

I have been nervous/worried that Mary is behind with her reading. I have tested her, talked to ex school teachers, and it was all in my head. She was/is doing well, but with an older sister who reads at an advanced level, it is hard not to push and worry about her falling behind.

Well, today was a monumental day. Mary read this book all on her own, with very little help.
It was great, a really good day for us, and I am so super excited for her, and me!!

Here is the book Mary read.

Doll for Mary

For Mary we are making a type of soft sculpture Cabbage Patch Kid doll. It is going to be a baby doll with no hair and blue eyes. We are then going to make a two piece kimono type outfit with a matching diaper. Here is the material we are going to use for the clothes.

Dog for Ruth

Here is the fabric we picked for Ruth's dog.
The hands, feet and head will be the spotted material, and it will have loops on the crown and body with the solid colored felt. (Red, blue and cream)