Museum trip and Archery

I have a hard time with summer vacation.  Trying to entertain/keep busy two girls who are 5 1/2 years apart is exhausting, especially when they have two different stages of life and they bug each other all the time.

This week Jeff is out of town so I took the girls to the Lawrence Hall of Science at Cal.  Annalise won tickets in a school raffle this past year.  We went and it was free but it is not a museum we will be going to again.  Robyn loved it and Annalise did not.  It's the age thing again.  Though I have to say it was not my favorite museum as we saw everything within the first 45 minutes.  Growing up in the DC area I was spoiled by being surrounded by neat (and free) museums.  Many of the museums around just can't compare.

Even so, it was a beautiful day and it was lovely to get out of the house.



Bay view



That same day was Annalise's last archery lesson of the month.  July is going to be busy so she won't be back until August.  Though she will be able to practice many times at girls camp next month.

Archery is definitely something she enjoys.  After seeing the movie Brave, Robyn wants to take archery lessons too.  I think we will wait a while before signing her up and let Annalise do it herself for now.

Summer is Here

School is finished!  Yes!  I think I am more excited for myself.  This year I was the elementary school's PTO Secretary.  It's not a hard position but definitively an active one.  Especially for someone like me who is inclined to help out when needed.  In fact I'm going to be doing it again next year, but I am going to use the summer to rest up for August. 

I'm hoping to get a bit of sewing in this summer.  For some reason I've pushed the knitting aside and have really been doing a lot of sewing projects.  I'm sure I will go back to knitting but maybe not until this fall.   Now I will just need to figure out to how to keep the girls occupied this summer, especially since Robyn has her cast until July....

So, some of the projects I've completed so far:

Robyn has been the recipient of most of the clothes.  Though I did attempt a swim top for Annalise.  It fits okay but it should have been a little tighter.  She's so skinny that I should have made the XS and not the S.  I have material to make Robyn a suit but I need to finish this up:

I'm making this for Quilts for Kids.  They provided the kit free of cost and I am putting it together and I will mail it back completed.  I found out about the program by reading the blog Make It And Love It .  I am finished with the top but now I need to go buy some batting and then it will be time to machine quilt.  Wish me luck!  I will need it as machine quilting is something that I am still learning.