Altered Plans

The grandchildren were out of school today. President's Day! and I had a plan to help them to make pencil holders from recycled cans and pretty fabric. I had a piece of leopard colored fabric which I knew would catch Leah's eye, and some camouflage fabric for John.I thought it was a really good plan, but they had other ideas. I ended up making ONE can,myself. That was all I could squeeze into THEIR plan.They wanted to play Country Store.

my can

Both kids scavenged through my craft/supply room and found lots of things to use in their store,as did I.

Leah's store

My Store

Leah's beauty shop

I played store with them until I exhausted. Finally, Leah said she was setting up a beauty shop in her shop, and ask me to come by and let her do my hair.I know how relaxing that has always been to me, so I agreed.No matter what she did to my hair, I'd get to relax,if only for a few minutes.It was glorious.The break, anyway.And the hair do was not all that bad either.Sorry! No pictures of the do.

We took a break from our store keeping to help Pop cut and drag out a couple of downed logs from our newly purchased woods.It was turning out to be such a nice day outdoors.We drug two logs up to the yard to be cut up later, then decided to do a good deed and cut a load of firewood for a neighbor who is struggling with cancer, while he was taking one of his chemo treatments in town. All in all, what started out as a really cold day at 28 degrees,turned out to be a really pretty and productive day in the 50's.Not so bad for a mid-February day.

An Early Gift to Meemaw

The kids are off today with all the snow, so they asked to come to Meemaw's house.Pop went to get them since the roads are pretty slick, and I don't like to drive with those conditions. He does great,no matter what kind of weather.Leah and I worked on crafts for a few minutes.We are making napkin rings for all of the guests on Christmas Eve night. That is when we have our big meal and open gifts. Then Christmas Day, they can each have Christmas with their own immediate families or the inlaws,etc.It works good for us. Never the less, we have all been working with the kids, trying to get them to stop fighting between themselves. I truly think they do it, because it is something to do. I don't think they are really doing any serious fighting,but it does get to be too much when they are with us or their Aunt and Uncle. Well, today, I had John to ask me"Do you like the way we are not fighting,Meemaw?" So by that, I figure they have had a little lecture from Mom and Dad about the fighting.I let him know that was one of the best presents they could give me. I love to keep them both when they are not fighting.Otherwise, I will have to demand that only one at a time,come to visit, and they don't want that. Leah stayed home yesterday, since she had not finished her homework,and I was sad since she didn't come,but that seems to get their attention quicker than any punishment they could get. They love coming to Meemaw's.