CRAFTINESS!

Erin's is certainly one crafty little girl.  My mending piles seem to get the best of me.  Sometime ago I had moved my huge mountainous stack of mending into the living room....hoping that I would stop procrastinating!  Well, several days went by and Erin continued to look at one of her items on the top of the pile that was needing a bit of needle/thread help.  She must have finally decided that enough was enough.  She got out the needle and thread and proceeded to fix it herself.  Sadly, she probably did a MUCH better job than I would have. 

Fast forward to this past weekend.....Trevor was busy with Terry, Emily was at a friends house so it was just Erin and I.  I was trying to get caught up on my household duties (I prefer to be outside this time of year!!) before some very important guests arrived the next day.  After learning that I had (more) mending to do, Erin took it all to the living room, set it all up for us to work on together complete with music (a must for most of us, here!).  I am happy to announce that the mending is all done (for now), we enjoyed our special time together and had fun doing it!  Did I just say that I had FUN mending?!  

Here is another item that she was busy with during her quiet time at home......  She had been saving the carton for me to make it for her.  I had already made one a year or so ago and it was NOT as easy as the directions made it sound.  She found the directions in video form at the Family Fun Magazine website so she sat down and worked....and worked.....and worked!!  What can I say?  She makes me sooooo proud!!