Embroidery Square

Andrew's teacher Laura was pregnant with her first child at the beginning of the year (she actually gave birth to a baby boy earlier this morning!). The class decided to make a quilt for the baby as a gift before she left on maternity leave. To make the quilt extra special, each family embroidered a sea creature onto a square and then our amazing art teacher sewed it together.  The kids presented the quilt at a surprise tea on Laura's last day.

For our square, I embroidered a sea turtle. I hadn't embroidered in the longest time (over 10 years) but was pretty happy with how it turned out!

Our square

Hiding

Surprise!

Kids loving on Laura

Laura (left) and Gwen (our awesome art teacher) with the quilt

First Day of 1st Grade

Today was A's first day of 1st grade, I can't believe time has gone by so fast. It literally feels like yesterday that we brought him home to stay with us for the first weekend. I had a rough time last night after he went to bed (definitely didn't want him to see Mommy's tears) coming to terms with the fact that my little buddy wouldn't be around in the afternoons to hang out with me anymore. He started full school days going from 8:45-3:15.

Thankfully, he loves school and is such a social little guy so it makes it a lot easier for him in new situations. He was so excited to go today to see all his friends, have two recesses, and learn new things. Randy and I were concerned with how he would be at the end of the day figuring he'd be tired and horribly grumpy but I was pleasantly surprised to find him totally content and happy! We went to The Penny Creamery with some friends from school to celebrate the first day. Such a great milestone and day.