I'm not sure how it happened, but I found myself caught in a promise to teach the kids to sew this week. A friend from church put some extra fabric in a bag she gave me on Sunday. The kids happened to be sitting at the table when I pulled it out. Somehow the words, "I could teach you guys how to sew with this" just popped out of my mouth. Oops. The problem is that I really don't know how to sew myself :) I can sew straight lines with a machine but not much else. The kids were so excited about sewing I didn't have the heart to back out. I did, however, manage to delay it until Friday and get a return promise that they would work really hard on
home school this week and finish their work by Thursday.
Somehow I kept my promise and they are about halfway done with their little pillows. Our stitches are definitely not pretty, and I'm not sure I'm teaching them correctly, but we're having fun! I think I can safely say we will never be sewing our own dresses (I realize this does make us "B" team
homeschoolers), but I'm okay with that.
Grace is sewing her pillow slowly and carefully. She cried a few times when she messed up. I keep telling her it's okay, she can't ruin it.
Even Elsie got in on the action with a little heart pillow. I might have to go back over her stitches and do some reinforcement stitches, but she did wonderful for 4 years old!
Weston was most excited about the sewing. Not excited about the photo though.
I'm well aware I've got a lot of blog catching-up to do. :) Until then, I'll just post this picture from today. Weston and Grace are holding their passports to explore the world! We'll be "visiting" one country every few weeks over the course of our homeschool year. I issued the kids their official passports today before starting our study of Mexico. The kids had to apply for their passports by filling out applications and writing me fake checks. 
