Cheryl's Last Day

Well...so sad, but we have to take Cheryl to the airport today...which officially marks the end of my days with fabulous help, and leaves me all alone with two little kids. Im scared to death, I know I can do it, but will I still be a fun mom to Maxer, and will little Ives learn that screaming is how she gets what she wants, or will shr be mild-tempered enough to know that Max is high-maintenance, and she needs to wait her turn? Only time will tell, Im just hoping that I can manage a shower and a coat of mascara every day before Jeff combs SoCal for its prize winning future big-leaguers. In the meantime, this is what we did on Cheryl's last full day:Cheryl constructed these way cute Mary Jane booties out of felt, and I embellished them... she made two other colors, but Im slackin' and did other stuff-- dont know what other stuff, but other stuff.

I finally made a cute little bandana skirt for Miss Ives which made me think of my dad (as he carries hankies in his pocket, and uses them on a regular basis, and thought he'd be proud of the legacy he's passed onto his children and grandchildren. Unfortnately, with inflation, we'll probably have to fork out more than a quarter for these Hankies to be ironed-- dont get too mad, Brand and Erin... You guys only got 5 cents or something crazy, and sweatshoppish. Inflation hit just after Erin outgrew ironing hankies, and passed the chore onto me.) :)(ps, I know her skirt doesn't match her socks... I just really wanted to try it on her!)

Ivy is working on her double-chin and filling out her cheeks. We are trying to get her chunked up like Max was. It'll happen, she just started out waaay smaller, so it's taking longer, but she's getting cuter everyday! And she's sleeping so well! And Max is loving having Grandma here... and will be so sad when she leaves. He's doing great with his new little sis, and loves to 'hold him.' He's such a big boy!