The Weekend

We had a nice weekend. The kids played outside a lot - swinging, on the see-saw, jumping rope and all the other things they think of to do. 

The new fabric came on Saturday and Bethany and Tess were really happy as they were ready to make some doll clothes. The felt was kind of a disappointment as it was different from any felt I have bought before. It was rather stiff and thin and not very soft. It wasn't really that great to make troll clothes with but they did manage to make one outfit with it. I'm not sure how I ordered this felt, but I obviously wasn't paying attention and reading the description. I have ordered more and this time, hopefully, it will be nice and soft. The fabric I ordered was nice and both Bethany and Tess used it. Bethany actually ended up working on a dress for Bella after she made some troll clothes. It is turning out really cute. 

We woke up to snow today and it was so beautiful and so peaceful to watch as Bill and I had our morning coffee.  I do love to watch it snow - don't like to go out in it much, though. It didn't last long and it rained and washed most of it away, but it was so pretty for a few hours. 

Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend - ours was really nice. 

 

 

I made homemade vegetable soup on Saturday and we had it for dinner with grilled cheese sandwiches. 

The kids loved it - they are so easy to please. Anyway, I think it was Tess that asked me to light the candles for dinner so I did. We just started doing this occasionally - actually an idea from my older son and daughter who both started lighting candles every night for dinner. The kids think it makes dinner really special even if we are only eating soup and sandwiches.