These talented girls are heading to Belgium to compete at NBTA Worlds, and are the Senior member of M's dance-twirl team. M. dreams of going to Worlds someday. The senior girls and their coach were featured on the local news this week (here's a link to the segment video). Some of them couldn't make the 530 AM filming, since they are so far away from The Volleyball House.
Here's a link to the team's website, if you want to learn more about them.
GOOD LUCK, TEAM USA! Go, DYNAMICS!
M. and I love to look for cute pictures and to read doll and stuffy related blogs. We found Wendy's Spooky Bunny and thought - how cute! We checked out a Flickr group called * BuNnY MoNsTeRz EvErYwHeRe * and the Etsy Shop for StarMonkey. We loved the fleece bunnies and wanted to try to make our own.
Here's mine:
It was a free form, do what you want project - a lot of fun!
We stood on the old cobblestone square and waited for our moment of fame. We performed Manic Monday for the entire Baltimore metropolitan area. You can click the link and pick Feb. 9, 2009 to see our performance! M, W3 and I were in the crowd behind Ron Matz.
When we were all done, we ate breakfast at Jimmy's. This is a famous "greasy spoon" where stars of Homicide hung out when the show was being filmed. The police station used for the series was right around the corner from where we were. It was a great start to the day. I was back home and working on line by 8 AM.
It was too dark for pictures, but if you'd like to see it, you can check out the link, or google Fell's Point.
My oldest nephew is a soldier who is deployed to Iraq. His wife is waiting for him to return in Texas. In December, their first child was born, a baby girl.
M. has loved Home Ec. this school year. She wanted to make a baby quilt for our newest family member. We bought a kit at Joann's called Fairy Beary. I coached her on what to do, and helped with a few little things, but it is mostly her work. The kit had some challenges in it - stretchy velour type fabric, and sheer, shiny pink fabric that tends to ravel. I think she did an excellent job for her first quilt, don't you?
We will have to wrap it up and send it to Texas as soon as we can!
For Christmas, W4 gave me a two miniature mohair bear patterns and kits. The first I did was the kit to make Pam Holton's 6 1/2" Uncle Will bear. I finished him today. Here he is:
I love to read. Since I've already started my reading list for 2009, I thought I'd share a list of what I read in 2008. Here it is:
Light From Heaven, Jan Karon
Dear John, Nicholas Sparks
The Choice, Nicholas Sparks
Yada Yada Gets Rolling, Neta Jackson
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By Laura Ingalls Wilder:
Little House on the Prairie
On The Banks of Plum Creek
By the Shores of Silver Lake
The Long Winter
Little Town on the Prairie
These Happy Golden Years
The First Four Years
Farmer Boy
A Little House Traveler (includes: On the Way Home, West from Home and The Road Back)
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Alone Yet Not Alone, Tracy Michelle Leininger
Seabird, Holling Clancy Holling
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Kate Douglas Wiggin
Memoirs of A London Doll, Richard Henry Horne
The Yada Yada Prayer Group Gets Decked Out, Neta Jackson
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By Beverly Lewis:
The Preacher's Daughter
The Englisher
The Brethren
October Song
The Covenant
The Betrayal
The Prodigal
The Revelation
The Sanctuary
The Postcard
