Back To School

I love fall. I love being outside again. I love a crisp breeze. I love the anticipation of hot chocolate and butternut squash soup and holidays. And I love back to school! Sophie had a great first day and was very excited to meet her new teachers and friends. Only 1 girl from last year is in her class so everyone else is new to her. She came home and talked about playing with trucks and making snakes. Definitely new exposure! Here are a few cute snapshots of my big girl ready for her first day of 2 y/o preschool!

PS - Sophie's sleep saga continues. We are about to move Audrey back in our room and retry the cry-it-out method. I'm just too afraid to do it with Audrey right next door and then have to deal with two wide-awake babes at 3am!

Ready with her lunchbag, "Ellie" the Elephant! And yes, Ellie must wear bows too!
Warming up to Miss Stacy, who actually lives on our stree!
Arms crossed, looking around, getting comfy. But holding her own. Love this girl!

Naptime Crafting

Last year at Sophie's school, the kids gave offering each Thursday in chapel. I didn't find out until the end of the year that Sophie was not able to open her coin bag that I had made. I really didn't think she would be able to (it was a drawstring bag) but I didn't think she would try either. But apparently she always wanted to do it and couldn't. So this year, I made her a new coin bag for her chapel money that has a velcro opening. Now that she's older, she will also need to do little chores to earn chapel money. She LOVES to play with coins and Benoit has a tub of coins in one of the kitchen drawers and we always have to shoo her out of it. So today, I told her that she had 3 chores to do to earn coins:

1. Make her bed


2. Put her toys away


3. Put her clothes in herlaundry basket.

Today, she has earned 2 coins, which you can find in the little coin purse below. I made the cute fabric flower to match the interior lining of the bag. Pretty cute, right!

To make one of your very own, check out these tutorials. I skipped the quilting section but otherwise, this is exactly what I did.

http://www.valeriecustomquilting.com/patterns/free/QuickNEasyCoinPurse.pdf

http://www.makeit-loveit.com/2011/08/full-and-textured-fabric-flowers.html