Saturday, June 26th, 2010 | Link to this Post
Let the Festivities Begin!
A couple weeks ago, we took the kids to Disney World. For someone who’s never lived more than 30 miles south of the Mason Dixon line, it was insanely hot. But it was fun. The kids enjoyed it. And we’ve concluded that they are roller coaster junkies like me (they loved Big Thunder Mountain Railroad and Test Track).
Can you believe this handful of flimsy cards is worth more than 3 iPads?
We cheaped out the first day and went with shoulder riding as the kids’ mode of transportation. The kids were fine. The same could not be said about the human transporters. But we were all still very happy!
Isn’t that photo great?! We were lucky enough to have Uncle Tim come along and take awesome photos for us:
The kids were surprisingly patient waiting forever to get 5 minutes of thrill:
And were thoroughly intrigued by the massive aquarium that was part of the Finding Nemo exhibit:
Now that we know they like roller coasters, I think we’ll start taking them to less expensive amusement parks that are nearby and return to the happiest place on Earth when they are a bit older.
In keeping with the “festive” spirit of things, Calvin and I worked on some mini free-floating pennant flags to hang in their playroom:
A fairly simple way of using up those tiny scraps that your husband can’t understand why you don’t just throw away:
You will need lots of tiny triangles (mine measured an inch at the base). It took me 30 minutes to cut roughly 120 of them. Then I just straight-stitched parallel to the base, letting the needle stitch “blanks” (no fabric underneath… I’m sure there’s a formal term for this) a few and then placing/feeding the next triangle under the presser foot. Calvin helped by picking out the order of the triangles. If I really wanted to make it an educational experience, I could have set a pattern for him to figure out… and even let him cut out the triangles… but I didn’t. So anyway 
Hope this helps put a dent in your scrap bin!
Hopefully, we’ll all be able to get together again soon!
