Tuesday, June 20, 2006

The week continues!! VBS is awesome and so is sewing camp. My kids are learning to use our sewing machine that Erik bought me many years ago(BC-which is, of course, before children). Perhaps someone will finally get some use out of it. My kids love to sew and all needlework of any kind. I find it tedious and it makes my neck hurt. I want it to look perfect and yet do not have the skills to do it perfectly. *sigh* I will be a perfect encourager for my girls. I even let Erika enter her knitting with some dropped stitches. She can be her own critic-I am so proud she taught herself to knit watching a DVD!!! It only got a white ribbon I think. However, her colored drawing of Strawberry Shortcake which was fantabulously awesome got a blue ribbon AND*****DRUMROLL****** A PURPLE GRAND CHAMPION RIBBON!!! I am so proud. Her other drawing got a red ribbon.

My sugar free cookies got a blue ribbon, my choc chip cookies got a blue ribbon, and my AWESOMELY fabulous sugar cookies only got a red ribbon. The best cookies of the three I took scored lowest...go figure. I don't care because I win $$$ and my daughter got a purple ribbon!! I am living vicariously. SOMEONE ELSE I KNOW, has a daughter that won a purple ribbon too.

Gotta go now, closets and drawers are on the docket today!! Get off the computer and do something why doncha!!

5 comments:

Susie said...

Does your VBS have cookie competitions?
You must be so proud of your girls! : )
[wistfully sighing] I always wanted to learn to sew . . .

Sandy said...

I haven't even seen the results yet! There's no rhyme or reason for some of the decisions, we've learned from other events, so you just celebrate when it goes your way! :-) Maybe the judges had so much sugar yesterday that the sugar free just didn't have a chance!

janjanmom said...

Susie-No, I am discussing my fair entry of cookies. My daughter also entered drawings and knitting.

I ramble and therefore become unclear. It is a common occurence.

SANDY- You should definitely go have a look at the results of the fair!! ( : They still charge you to go look- it cost us $6 but I think one of the nights has free admission.

Jessica said...

Can I have the sugar free cookie recipe? Please....

Sara said...

Congratulations on your fair entries! Very cool. Closets and drawers? You are so ambitious!