Keeping Busy on a Blustery Day!!

We have another winter storm rolling through and here where we live it means blustery winds and lots of rain. Today the children have the day off from school we handed in their grades today for the second semester of homeschool. So we are tucked inside our little home keeping busy on this very dark and windy day.
Noah is working on an airplane model....






Liam loves Lego's so he is busy building all sorts of things...


Anna is busy painting butterflies. She is always painting yellow and black butterflies these are the ones she would always see when we lived in Florida but she was never able to catch one. Maybe this is her idea of catching one!


And I was busy sewing. I took my first attempt at making an Edwardian Apron for Anna. I would like one for myself but I decided to start on a smaller scale first. I had originally ordered the epattern from sense and sensibility patterns but my printer for some reason would not print it out. Talk about frustrating. So much for modern technology I will have to wait for the adult size pattern to come in the mail. But in the meantime I decided to put my art skills to good use and draw out my own pattern. So this is similar to the pattern I will be getting in the mail but I made a few changes to it like a much larger pocket and a ruffle on the bottom. I also lined the entire apron so there are no frayed edges and it is heavy duty to withstand anything Anna could dish out!
Here are some snapshots of the Edwardian Apron.


sketching out the pattern....

choosing some fabric......

getting to use the beautiful chatelaine that The Graham's sent to me....How did I ever make it without little scissors before? and thankyou so much for this thoughtful gift.
Here is the finished Apron I am very happy with how it turned out.

Okay before you say Wow you have alot of books this is only a small fraction of them lol!! Yeah we have that book collecting disease hehe!!



Some big pockets for all those girlhood treasures....

Just the right size for a friend!

We hope the sun is shining where you are today ~Thanks for visiting with us and have a Most Blessed Day ~Love The Watts Family

The Reason For Our Hope!
But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander.
1 Peter 3:15-16 NIV