Barbie and Ken in Yellowstone

I showed this Barbie and Ken wedding to my 9 year old daughter (La).  And this adventure of a Lego Ninjago guy.  Now she's taking a series of photos with Ken and Barbie's adventures.

First, they went to prom.




 

Then, a trip to Yellowstone.


 
 

There are probably a few more pictures on her touch still.  The things that I think are neat about this is (a)other grownup's reactions - Everyone she's shown this to thought it was really cool.  When she took the boardwalk pictures, she got some good chuckles from the grownups nearby (we had glommed on to a ranger talk), and my sister thought it was so neat that at one point I had to remind her that it wasn't her project.
(b)I am really impressed at how her photos are improving over time.  She's taking a lot of time to stage the photos and get them the way she wants them to be.

Five Things (11 things?)

Five UFO's that I really want to finish. I'm at a point where it seems like stuff won't finish. Perhaps because there are too many UFO's at once. [note: I'm planning to take pictures and add later.]

1. Darbie Sweater. [just needs ends woven in. Am hoping to do a whole Darbie photo shoot with the outfits I've made her.]

2. Monkey Sock. [second one. needs heel flap through toe. Shouldn't take too long.]

3. Sideways garter stitch scarf. [Needs 6 rows or less.]

4. Jaywalker sock. [second one. finish heel flap through toe. Once I get past the gusset, it really shouldn't take too long.]

5. LaLa's quilt. [Top is pieced. have the batt. Bottom is ready. Have a variety of colors of pearle cotton. Just need to make a sandwich, pin-baste, and start sewing & tying, then bind. ]

Just so we have some perspective, my other WIP are:

1. DH's sock. [Need a whole second one.]

2. DH's sweater. [Should really put it on yarn and let him try it on before I get too far. am about 5" up the body.]

3. La's funFur hat. [Blech.]

4. Shetland Triangle. [two repetitions done, 10 more?]

5. The Monkey's quilt [need to cut a bunch of strips and get to town piecing.]

6. Feedsack quilt [also need to so some cutting then piecing]

Presiden'ts Day Roundup

1. One monkey sock done, one ready for the heel flap. Still no photos. sorry. Really dreading the ( keep typing "hell". )heel flap. don't know why.

2. No Boy Scouts this week. So, no Boy Scout knitting. Jaywalker is still two rows or so from turning the heel.

3. Last finished quilt top - the one for LaLa. I have a name for a long arm quilter in the area. However, I think I'm going to tie the quilt. Need to read up on it.

4. LaLa has her first Barbie (or Darbie in household vernacular). She is named Bear (Bare?).

5. La picked out some fat quarters for Darbie clothes (one from the Fun Quilts Mendhi line (blue disks) and the other was a blue background with cats playing musical instruments) and some turquoise with dots for a nice outfit for her. Something from Free Spirit's Freckle's group.

6. The Darbie now has a My Little Pony skirt, made from two leftover quilt patches and a "night gown" made from the two quilt store fabrics. I'm currently knitting her a sweater from some aqua Aruacania Nature Cotton.

We had a pretty nice three-day weekend here. The monkey and Dh went camping from Saturday to Sunday (Boy Scout wilderness survival campout where everything you bring has to fit in a gallon coffee can. No matches. No tents. Did you know that you can light a fire with a steel, flint and dryer lint? note to self: clean out dryer hose). La and I had an adventure - one day she will figure out that adventure is a secret code phrase for running errands with mom. We hit McDonalds for breakfast, the Winter Park farmer's market (although the produce was beautiful, I'm not convinced that it was a good buy, but I have a data point.), the quilt store, and Sears, finishing off with lunch at Chick Fil A at the food court. Sunday was a vegetable day, featuring groceries and the bills, and today was sewing Darbie clothes, lunch with dad, the fabric store for Barbie-scale notions and patterns, and the toy store. We were looking for Barbie panties but left with a ball and glove. Took the monkeys to get ice cream and then La and I went to the playground to practice throwing the ball. She's not bad for 4. She had some good throws and some good catches and "stops".