I recently learned that we live very close to a nice park with a duck pond. So on Wednesday morning, I loaded up Megan and Drew and with bread in hand, we decided to go feed the ducks.

When we got there, we discovered that the ducks were VERY hungry. And there were geese. Big geese. And the geese were not in the water and were honking at us. And there were pigeons. And all of these birds were coming closer and closer to us. The kids didn't seem to mind at all. I did though. So we fed the ducks REALLY fast, and then played in the grass, picked up pinecones, and found a playground.

Here are some pics from the day...

» Show Gallery «

As promised, here are some pictures of the pincushion and zippered pouch that I made (also for the craft swap).

AJ came home with his first homework assignment this week. He's learning to write the letter "i". The assignment isn't due until Friday, but he finished it today. I'd say he's doing a pretty good job so far!

I'm not sure if this is actually called a suitcase. If anyone knows the technical name for it, let me know.

I found this "suitcase" at the local thrift store, and got it for $1.50. It was green, disgustingly dirty, and smelled AWFUL. I think Ray was pretty skeptical when he first saw it, and to be honest, I wasn't sure if I could fix it up either. But I figured that for $1.50, I wasn't losing much if the project went bust.

I made this for a swap I'm doing on Craftster. It's another bargain swap, so my spending limit is $10.

I finally got my ribbon organized! Before this project, it was all over the place. The ribbon was hanging off the spools, and it was just a mess. I found this awesome "thing" at the closing sale at Hancock Fabrics. I have no idea what it was intended for at the store, but I got it for the purpose of organizing my many spools of ribbon. I think it cost me $4. It's very heavy and made of metal. Anyhow, here it is in all it's glory. I am so excited about it.

I took the kids out for root beer floats tonight. This was Ray's mom's idea, and was a brilliant one.

You see, one of the incentives for AJ's fundraiser, is that if you bring in a certain amount of money by a certain day, you can have a root beer float at lunch time. AJ knew this and all weekend was begging us to give him enough money for one. We didn't have the $30 though. So, the compromise was that we would take him to Sonic for a root beer float after school.

I was at Joann's yesterday and fell in love with this fabric. Luckily, it was 40% off, so I didn't have to feel guilty buying it. I bought 4 yards, and after making the skirt and dress, I have about a yard left over. So one of these days you'll be seeing something else made with this fabric as well.