Burning the Midnight Oil

One week from tonight I'll be snoozing in Chicago, snuggled up with Ike and Fiona. My vacation.  A jet plane zooming me back to The Windy City for a week.

And while I'm there I will get to share in the twin's second birthday celebration.  I get to love them and snuggle them again too. 

I am just about bursting with the thought of all this.  In a perfect world Satchel and Temple would be coming along with me, and Jahan wouldn't be in India.  And now my new little guy here.  But I have to take my baby-love whenever and wherever I can get it.  All these babies fill my heart every single minute of every single day.

Tonight my house here is empty.  This is an unheard of phenomenon.  I am very happily watching chick flicks, finishing up my knitting project; but also pulled out some felt and embroidery floss and started designing birthday crowns for Sofia and Eli.  Second birthday crowns with two stars each.  And then I cut ou 4 more stars of each color so that I can add them at 3, 4, 5, and 6 years old.

 

Now I want to make Autumn Fairy crowns for Fiona and Temple. 

When I worked in the kindergarten classroom all those years I think I probably made at least 100 crowns.  No.  Probably more.  I know there were a few years there that every student got a birthday crown made by me.  I swore I could not make one more.  But with a little time off, I'm thoroughly enjoying this project again!

But right now? I'm starting to see a little cross-eyed, so I'll have to finish tomorrow.

Comments

[naomi dagen bloom]

Best wishes for a great trip. Love the birthday crown...maybe I can do that sometime; you always make it look easy as well as pretty.

[me]

naomi...will trade birthday crowns for Ron beanies! :) xoxoxo

[Vickie]

When you talk about your babies, I just hum inside. I so relate. The anticipation of seeing my babies (every few months) fills me with such excitement I can taste it. Those crowns are precious. I'm so stealing that idea. Do they velcro or button? Email me!