Our family of 5

Our family of 5

Friday, March 4, 2011

Family Fun Fridays: Let the sewing begin...(yikes)


Kate's first "sewing project".......a sewing supplies box.  We used an old box of mine from when I was growing up, and she decorated it and turned it into a sewing box. 

K-lady has been asking me to teach her how to sew for the last month.  I keep thinking maybe she will forget about it and move onto a new idea.  But that hasn't happened yet.  So, I succumbed to the pressure this past week and we picked out a "crafty" type of book at the library (pictured above).  The first project she decided to start with was to make a sewing box.   Unfortunately, I never really learned how to sew (or at least if I did, I was never very good).  I do enjoy doing projects, but I wouldn't say I am the best at picking out the materials, the colors, designs, etc.  K-lady is very much into arts and crafts, so I am trying my best to help her succeed in these kinds of things. :)  She wanted to make the sewing box first, so that she would have the supplies needed and all organized to begin sewing projects.  Now she is beginning to save her money to buy a sewing machine.  YIKES!!  I have no idea how to use one, so I guess I am going to have to learn with her. 

K-lady was pleased with the finished product.

The inside of the box


Family fun Fridays are a fun blogging subject.  I don't always have the funniest story or even life changing events to share, but it is fun to be relaxed and just share pictures or snippets from what's been going on in our lives.  It will be fun to look back at some day for memories too. 

K-lady and W-man really enjoyed the movie, Toy Story 3.  I would have to say that it was my favorite Toy Story movie as well.(I love when Buzz goes into the Spanish mode). I think Little A will also enjoy it as she gets older, but she is definitely not into movies or TV yet.  W-man was with me in the waiting room at ballet practice one day shortly after Christmas.  He saw a couple of other boys with these "actual movie size" Woody dolls.  He really wanted one.  We don't normally go to the toy store and he had no idea that those existed, but when he watched those boys playing with them, he really wanted one.    He kept mentioning it, but I kept saying........well maybe for your birthday. (not until the end of July). 

About 2 weeks ago, we started giving K-lady (our oldest) a weekly allowance.  We are trying to teach her take her earnings and separate it each week into a giving, saving and spending category.  We will do that for the other kids too, but we want to wait until they are old enough to understand.   K-lady decided she wanted to save up to buy a Jesse doll. My husband and I started talking and we weren't sure what to do.  After all, W-man really wanted the Woody doll first, but yet we knew that K-lady would be able to save up faster than him.  After we talked about it a little more, we realized they both had some money in a savings account in the bank, that they had received as gifts.  We had never really touched it before, but we decided to go ahead and purchase the dolls.  I know we can't always keep everything fair,  but right from the start, we  didn't want to let K-lady buy something that W-man really wanted in the first place. We went on a hunt for the dolls and every store was out of them.  Finally we ordered them on-line and I captured a picture of W-man right after we had opened his doll out of the package.  It was like Christmas morning!!!  K-lady's doll arrived the same day, but we had to go to Wal-mart to pick her up, because it was free site to store shipping.  I never ended up getting pictures of her.  It has been pretty cute to watch them play together with their dolls.  



Have a happy weekend!!

5 comments:

  1. So sweet. The idea of giving Elli an allowance has come to my mind as well. Do you use one of the three area banks from Dave Ramsey? What do you give allowance for or is it a set amount regardless of what she does? I would love to hear your ideas.

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  2. Yes, Lori....we did get one of the ABC banks from the Crown Financial Ministries website....not sure if that is the same as Dave Ramsey or not. They actually sent along a little CD tutorial and a brochure with suggested ideas based on the age of your child. We have a set amount for her each week (small right now) and she has to complete one chore each day to get that allowance....If she does the chore halfway, she gets paid halfway (trying to teach her to work hard and with all her heart). Then we are also coming up with some other chores she can do if she wants to make extra money. This has actually been working out great!! She is eager to help me out (from what I have been reading on Facebook, it sounds like Elli is a little helper too!).

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  3. I love K-lady, W-man, and Little A!!!

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  4. Love this! We give the older boys an allowance for doing chores as well. They have thankfully embraced it. I love that K-lady wants to save up to buy a sewing machine. I can't wait to see what she makes :)

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  5. Thanks.........I am excited to see what she makes too......we have coupons for Joann's and we are heading there this weekend to pick out stuff for a bag she wants to make. That is great to hear how your boys have embraced chores too!! So encouraging and helpful.

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