Runaway October

My mother-in-law, Ann, treated me and the boys to the Phoenix Zoo today. We had a blast!

Declan rode a camel, who he named Bill. All by him­self too!

They hugged a Komodo Dragon, who they couldn’t decide on a proper name for.

They proved that Cot­ton Candy will be this years newest accessory.

And rode the Safari Train.

Of course there were ani­mals too.

Bornean Orang­utans

Chilean Flamin­gos

Chilean Flamin­gos

Otter

Watusi Cat­tle

Retic­u­lated Giraffe

We had a lot of fun!

Now that the weather is warm­ing up, what are you and your kids doing for some fun and sun?

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I’ve been feel­ing quilty lately. Baby show­ers seem to be the best inspi­raion for me. I gives me a dead­line and an excuse to give a gift that will last instead of some­thing that will be used for a month or two and then donated.

I have few baby gifts that we still use now that my youngest is a year. One of them is a small sam­pler quilt that my mom picked up at at a truck stop some­where out­side of Payson, Az.

Here’s the ver­sion I cre­ated. I think it turned out really well. I had a cou­ple dif­fer­ent quils in mind when I des­gined this. Purl­Bee lists a great tuto­r­ial. Crazy Mom Quilts had a beau­ti­ful ver­sion. Don’t for­get this sassy one too.

I used 6or 7 dif­fer­ent greens that I picked up at JoAnns. The brown is a super soft linen blend. The back­ing is Alex­ader Henry’s Giraffe Cross­ing.

When I asked the mama-to-be what her nurs­ery theme was she said giraffes and out­doorsy col­ors. I hope it fits in okay. If not I know quite a few boys here that would be happy to keep it!

(That’s my 6’2″ brother for size reference!)

Still try­ing to decide if all 3 of these would work well together. Flow­ers and Stripes is City GIrl by Berna­tex and Giraffe print is Happy Trails by Bernatex.

We’d love to have you join the fun. Check out Tamara’s blog 1/4 of an inch for info!