Ooops, that was a long break, sorry! It's the end of February! I've got spring fever, golly, we even got up to 35 degrees over the weekend! Spring cleaning is in full swing--no closet safe, no toy exempt from the Salvation Army pile! It feels so good to get rid of "extra"--stuff just creeps in, no? It takes over before we've realized what happened--one February day you just wake up and realize you're spending your days picking up stuff you don't need or use, fighting piles of stuff to get to the few things you actually wear, and tripping over toys that don't get played with.

The kids were "playing dollhouse" this morning--I listened in as Grandpa Rob had a sleepover and Alex got in trouble for putting the babies in the car without their carseats. ("That's not safe, Doot doot.") Abby doesn't want to get dressed this morning, so she's still in jammies. I thought about pressing the issue, but we should all get a day in our jammies now and then, right?





Here's a little bit of what's been keeping me from Blogger...








It's a doll quilt. It belongs to a yet-to-be-made birthday present for Abs. Mr. Giraffe was kind enough to pose for the picture, since the real owner hasn't yet been created. I was tired of knitting at work, and felt like stitching a binding. I also got a handy little bias tape maker doo-dad that makes quick work of quilt binding and needed to try it out. I hope the quilt is big enough for the doll...I didn't check the size before I jumped in. Oh well--I'm totally up for making another if this one doesn't fit. I love the crinkly "old" look--instead of batting I used un-shrunk cotton flannel inside--I love the way it shrunk and scrunched up when I washed the whole thing!


Here is last night's project (kids were sleeping by 7:30, whoopie!!):





I thought about giving it the above straps, but ultimately decided on making it a wristlet insead:





I'm happy with it. Will make some for my spring Etsy shop update.

This is my valentine from my Valentine, isn't it beautiful? I don't know how he knew--I had been shopping for an orchid exactly like this one, only not as big, beautiful and expensive. He's just that good.








And that's our new dining table it's sitting on. And those are my new vases that were on clearance at Target. And that is my laptop. And a pile of fabric waiting to be made into purses for the Etsy shop. And that is an empty Cheerios bowl, peanut butter toast plate and milk glass Abby forgot to clean up from breakfast. I thought about clearing off the table for the pictures, but really, where's the honesty in that?