Summer Crafting

We've been enjoying some lovely lazy summer days. Violet has kept busy by sewing up some of her stuffed animals that had acquired battle wounds.

All mended!

Violet took part in a ceramics painting class at the store in the mall this week. There were lots of classes to choose from on the flyer, but she liked this arrow wall hanging the best.

Jake and his family were on their vacation when we returned from ours, so he and Cora didn't see each other for over a month. They were happy to get back together when he was back in town.

All the stuffed animals were in the trampoline because Cora had to get them out of her closet, and we also had to vacuum all the carpets and couches because of the flea problem. Seb made himself at home with the animals - it reminded me of that scene in E.T. with E.T. surrounded by the toys.

Stace likes to preach about limiting screen time, and I don't disagree in theory. But, he learned a valuable lesson over the weekend about how Minecraft can be engaging for HOURS.

He was helping direct the girls into crafting a medieval English castle. I was lucky to be able to get them to break away in time to head to Ikea to buy the bookcase we needed for Cora's closet project.