Pieceful Creations

Family Fun

On a search for more 'family fun ideas' that got my kids (and me I suppose) unplugged from video/computer/tv this summer and involving some kind of craft I thought up this new 'game'

Not sure what we will call it yet, but here is how it went.

On a recent trip out to the store, I took a stack of index cards and a marker. Not telling my kids what it was for, I asked them to think of simple nouns in various categories. Food, stuff you do at school, things at home etc. They rattled off a number of nouns and I wrote them down quickly.

While at the store we bought enough play dough that each person could have their own color.

When game time came, we randomly pulled out a card, set the timer from 3 to 7 minutes and had fun 'making' the word on the card, trying to think out of the box if we needed to.

Here are the pictures from the first round.

Blue = J
Green = Mike
Red = Deonna
Pink = Dani
Orange = Me

Baseball bat: Notice J went out of his way and created a bat, ball and glove.  Deonna has bases and a man with a bat.

Beds: Mines a bunkbed. Look at Deonna. It even looks like the covers are rolled back. J's looks a bit like our bed, blanket and 2 pillows.

Boy:  Deonna made a boy face, Dani a well created boy body (although not sure about why it has 4 legs). J over achieved with a boy with a bath and a hat and a number 6, and Mike made sure we'd know it was a boy with XY genes.

Dani made a Lemon Tree, J made a lemon and a carton of lemonaid. My orange portrays a fish with lemon slices (really) and a drink with a slice of lemon. Mike made a lime instead of a lemon.

Rectangle. Mike made a rectangle snowman, and Deonna made a house with a rectangle body.

Wagon: Our last one for the night. Mike made a pioneer supply wagon. Deonna's has a person and supplies in it also. J's has a cute little handle that he spent 3 minutes working on, Dani got a bit upset at her wagon and the fact that it looked more like the Lock Ness monster. Sadly my little guy fell off the wagon....

Overall a fun game and it seemed like all ages were able to enjoy it (we've had problems trying to involve a non-reader into family game time)

If you try the game let me know!

T.

Cure for Nesting

You've probably heard that many pregnant gals near the end of their time as human incubator get an uncontrollable urge to Nest.  The urge to clean, organize, get ready, brood, etc.

I have the CURE!

Move. Pack up your whole nest and put it somewhere else. It works.

Yep.

We are at the end of our 2 week frantic move. Things are settled, pictures are up on the wall, my kitchen sink is shiny, dinner is planned and in the process. I even vacuumed a bit.  I've been rewarded with hiccups from Baby M. Bad news: We have to pay rent at the 'OLD yucky place' for June and still clean it all up. Yikes. There goes what savings we had... but got to do what you got to do, especially when they threaten you with things like 'collection agency and some mumbo jumbo about implied this and thats..." Burning with anger... really.... but will get over it.

I have 35 days left.

I know I haven't posted in a while so I'll just throw out some pictures. I'm a bit unorganized on the whole computer/bills/life still, but my house is clean =)

A test knit due June 20th. I'm having second Sleeve-itus.  (yep it has sleeves)

Our Floor plan

(did I mention I have lots of drawers in the kitchen and bathroom. Drawers. Imagine that!)

51 Days

51 Days til Baby M is here.

I'm waiting for yarn for another Test Knit (it involves lace and sweater shaping... should be interesting. I have til June 20th to get it knitted, but it always makes me anxious when the yarn takes so long... 10 days since shipment so far...)

In the mean time I finished, finally, one usable baby blanket!

I made it using 100% pima cotton (Crayon) from Knitpicks. It didn't take much yarn at all and is about 37 inches square, unblocked.  I'm not real sure how long it will stay together and not mat up into a scruffy looking blob, but it should be usable for a bit.

My friend, Cathie sent me flowers for Mommy Day. Pretty Huh. The orange ones are starting to open wide and they look a bit Hawaiian to me.

We had a yard sale on Saturday, selling a bunch of my old quilt and sewing items and fabrics. It went well but I overdid it and my body is paying for it. Here's hoping my back snaps out of it.  It's been relatively calm this pregnancy and I haven't needed physical therapy. 

Oh, and I don't have a picture but I"m excited because the gal next to me was selling a Moses Basket for 10.00 at her yard sale so I snapped it up very quick! Now my idea of a laundry basket, foam and sheets won't have to be done lol. The baby can have a real basket to sleep in for a few weeks around the house.  Speaking of houses, we are still on our 'new place to live' look out. Hasn't' looked promising yet though.