Break the Cycle

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Little man is finishing up first grade.  Never thought this little 1 pound 3 ounce 23 weeker would turn into this strong, healthy young man.  I thank God for him each and every day.  This first picture is of one of his classmates - it was her dad that took such excellent photos and emailed them to me - both her mom and dad were very involved all year, which as a homeroom mom, I really appreciated! The "graduation party" started off with a show for the parents - they all were flowers ... and they were surprisingly loud flowers . They also did a song on money - each child was some denomination of money - Adam was the dime ! My second oldest daughter loves being in his classroom, and the kids all love her.  Adam's teacher, Ms. Ludgate, gave all the kids beach buckets filled with nifty gifts - including way cool sun glasses ! I usually take all the kids with me when I go to Adam's parties, as homeroom mom, it was my job to make sure everyone had a good time - ...

Spent the weekend camping with all 4 kids.  Really nice time - I blew up 2 king size beds for them to share, I took the cushions off my pool lounger, brought out a TV and DVD player, and all were asleep before the movie was 1/2 over both Friday and Saturday night.  Actually, Saturday I feel asleep before they did !  Anyway, beautiful weather, beautiful weekend, so when we weren't camping, we were swimming in the pool.  Did take a few minutes to work on another set of swap blocks for my online group - but that was the only sewing I got done - so not much to sew this Design Wall Monday - for inspirational ideas, check out what others are working on at Patchwork Times !

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Finally - another finished project (well, the top is finished, I'll quilt it next weekend)  I really like how the watermelon table runner turned out.  I will never make another - so if you'd like the pattern - drop me a note and I'll shoot it off in the mail to ya ! Also found time to whip out the latest online exchange block my group is doing.  I love batiks, and have plenty in my stash  - so didn't even have to spend a penny on this one. To see what others have on their design wall - check out Judy @ Patchwork Times

Wow - time is going by so quickly !! I never thought it would, I always thought I'd have all the time in the world to accomplish the things I wanted to try, but now I find myself picking and choosing what's most important - and right now - that's my kids ! #1 - She has decided to skip 8th grade and go right into High School.  I'm not really worried, we have been using the Calvert Curriculum, and it seems to be a much higher grade per level then public school.  She really didn't have too many free choices for her freshman year, but luckily our swim team's head coaches wife is a guidance counselor, and even though we aren't officially assigned to her, she's taking care of everything for us.  I do think #1 was a bit overwhelmed when we are at the school and the bell rung and she saw masses of kids rushing in the hallways, but I also think she's more excited than ever to give it a try ! #2 - Had an awesome swim meet this past weekend.  She made two J...