Spring week...

~We have had a beautiful lead-into spring, up until the snow lately (and another big storm tonight). It is lovely to see the bulbs pop up and my 'Goliath' poppy's are reaching out more each day. I have wanted to grow the 'Goliath' variety for several years, so was overjoyed when I found them last fall at White Flower Farm (yes, they did cost a pretty penny). Up until this point, I only saw them on-line in England.

~So I quickly finished the spring 'peep' above which is the outline of my oldest son's foot (my 3 year olds foot is trying out in the pic). I have a whole file of rugs/pillows I would like to hook and this tracing is a good 2-3 years old--so I thought, I better get on the stick and create this peep!

~I was trying to incorporate my son's initial "Z" into the peeps wing--mainly so I can remember whose footprint was traced...

~I had this vision of making pop-up Spring cards for the holiday, and the task ended up being more difficult than I had planned...

~I printed up gobs of photos of the boys, and I was hoping they could be the pop-up feature. Anyhow, they weren't perfect in the end (needed time to do more research on the subject)--but were appreciated by the recipients...so that's all that matters...I love to give personalized cards that the children have created with their own thoughts and idea...

~Lastly, our little guy has been eagerly rearranging the Easter books. The boys love getting out the holiday books, and C. keeps asking when it is time for the Halloween books...egads..

~So the rest of my day will be writing bills (ugg), finishing some Citronille shirts for Z., cutting out one more Amy Butler pattern, exchanging table cloths (I'm obsessed), and quickly reading Still Alice--which I just started last night and is due for my book club tomorrow, not to mention play-doh and puzzles with C.C....It is so nice to have a day at home with C.C. With the gray, cool weather outside today...it is definitely a soup day for us...