Well, that was a longer than normal break! It’s been a pretty busy spring full of fun activities with the grandbabies plus the usual spring chores around the house, etc. It all seems like a big blur now that I look back on it — it’s true what they say — Time Flies when you’re having fun. Or, it just flies when you’re old LOL.
A lot of my time was spent getting ready for a trip to Scotland, which happened a few weeks ago. Half of the trip involved a hundred mile walk, so, in February I started walking 5 miles a day to build up my hiking stamina. All that walking takes a lot of time and I probably should have trained harder, but more on that later! When I wasn’t walking, I spent a fair amount of time making fun things for the girls and preparing our annual little Easter party for them. Just like last year, we decorated cupcakes, made Easter bonnets,
and had a fun scavenger hunt to find prizes. Prizes included the annual Easter Grammy Surprise Box
and some little knitted kitties in their denim dungarees.
As always, the pattern is by Little Cotton Rabbits. Her fun little animals are so cute — I’m pretty sure I love them more than the girls do!
Judging by the mess at the end of the party, it was a big success. The girls are at such a great age now — they love all the fun activities — especially the suspense of the scavenger hunt.
In addition to the Easter Party goodies, I made some smocked Easter dresses for them. We love to read the Peter Rabbit stories together and have Peter Rabbit tea parties, so I decided to put little bunnies on their dresses.
The pattern is Lee from The Children’s Corner Store and the fabric is a Liberty print called Camille — one of my favorites. SweetiePie sent me a cute picture of the three girls in their dresses, but I can’t seem to find it now, so a picture of three little sleeves will have to do ;-D
I also made matching hairbows for each of the girls. I ordered Peter Rabbit scrabble tiles from Designs by Chastity on Etsy. She did a nice job on the tiles and it worked great just to hot glue the tiles to the Liberty fabric.
So, that about sums up spring in ThimbleannaLand. Oh! I also made a wedding quilt which will make an appearance this weekend — CuteNiece2 is to be married on Sunday. More on that later too. Have a great weekend!
XOXO,
Anna
Oh Anna, such beautiful things for the littles. I especially love those smocked dresses :)
You make such lovely things for the girls! Little Cotton Rabbits (Julie) was one of the first blogs I discovered back in 2007! Your knitting looks awesome as ever!
Look at you. You’re superwoman I’m convinced. All of this is just amazingly beautiful and I can’t wait to hear about your trip.
I so love your inspiring blog, Grandgirls are growing up beautifully. I have been making your “secret” holiday surprise boxes & the 6 grands love them! So much fun to make throughout the year. Bless you and your lovely family….
You are seriously the most talented person, Anna!! The dresses are BEAUTIFUL and the little knitted bunnies are so cute. And your granddaughters are adorable! Where do you get the boxes for the Easter treats?
So fun! Ah, Scotland. I hope to visit someday. I would love to see a close-up of the smocked part. Did you smock across Peter? How did he stay in shape??
xo Karen
Your work is so beautiful and your ideas so creative. I want to be you in my next life!! ??
All so lovely! And it was wonderful to see you (in Edinburgh) even if only briefly and not quite as intended! How fit you must be now…
Anna-banana! You seem to be on about the same blogging schedule as me – once in the blue moon! But when you do, wow. The things you make for those girls are gorgeous and the girls themselves even more so….