We've been packing a lot of family bonding time into these summer weekends. We've had to, since Chris's current summer work schedule involves being gone every morning before anyone else is awake and getting home just in time to put the boys to bed. Margaret is mostly out of luck and has to get in all her daddy time on Saturday and Sunday.
It's super lame but almost over.
Last weekend that meant that we all went to the quilt shop together (and by "together" I mean I went inside while everyone else stayed in the car and listened to Chris read Lord of the Rings) and then out for a rainy picnic/playground/geocaching adventure (this time I stayed in the car and read while Chris and the children frolicked in the downpour). Togetherness.
Once we were home, Chris and David also spent a good bit of time out in the yard adding a tailgate to the thing-a-ma-jig. It's got some sort of pully system and it's pretty spectacular. David also wanted to add a license plate or eight so that it could be "street legal" as soon as he also gets a driver's license. And an engine.
Instead of helping with what was clearly a male-bonding project I sacrificed myself and staying inside in the air conditioning and worked on hand quilting baby Christopher's quilt. I wanted to try out quilting with perle cotton this time but when I went to the store to get some they only had size 5 thread in the pretty colors when what I actually needed was size 8. Since I just wanted to start my project right then I got the size 5, too thick, thread thinking to myself, "how bad could it be?" Well, it's been fairly difficult to work with but since I'd already brought it home I figured I'd just go with it. I think it's looking pretty cute even if it is doing a number on my fingers trying to pull it through all the layers.
It's actually quilting up pretty fast and I think it will be done soon, which is good. My third trimester fatigue is combining with my lack of husband to create one very tired mom.
