My Muskateer!

Paul was heading to his cousins wedding in El Paso and so I was excited to be able to make a quilt for them.  Here Dawsyn is my cute little helper.  We all love to be wrapped up in a quilt and the girls love any opportunity to pose for the camera.  So here are a few of our favorite things.

 My helpers peeking out!

 The back side.

 I did a swirl quilting design, which is my new favorite, it is pretty quick and easy, and for quite straight lines on the quilt, it adds more dimension and movement.  I have done it on a few now.

 Here is Dawsyn, my little musketeer.  She picked out a movie from the library of the 3 musketeers (with Barbie I think) and then after that she wanted to be a musketeer.  I even asked her something about being a mommy when she grows up and she said that she doesn't want to be a mommy, that she wants to be a musketeer and be able to fight bad guys.  I explained to her the mommy bear effect and how mommies fight off bad guys all the time, keeping little baby bears safe.  She was satisfied with that and decided to just add musketeer to her list of grown-up responsibilities, along with mommy and ranch girl.

 She is so funny!  She is quite the personality and has been such a fun 4 year old.  So here is our little musketeer beauty!

Learning and Growing

Here is a glimpse into our days. 

 

 Here Kyndal is working on her Math.  She worked really hard through the month of September and finished more then half of her Math from grade 3.  Math is the subject that she finds the most frustrating and has to work the hardest at, many times not wanting to put in that work.  But this month she made a goal and had a good reward that guided her through the month.  She did it, completed over 70 lessons, plus quizzes, etc. in one month!  She did so well and we were all so happy to get it done and have the month be over.  What progress she made through this process, she knew she couldn't give up and was driven to work through when it was hard.  She grew in leaps and bounds with her math!!

 Elliette is working on some math as well.  She has done really well in math so far, at times working on the same grade 3 math as Kyndal.  She has really grown in her reading confidence lately.  She has been reading slightly above grade level, but the last while something just clicked in her confidence.  She realized that she can do it, and so will sit down on her own, on occasion, and begin reading a chapter book.

 Elliette also lost her second tooth.  I love these grins all with empty spaces.  He top ones are wiggly as well as another bottom one so that smile will be missing more soon!

Dawsyn has been really proud of herself for doing this puzzle all by herself.  I love to see this discovery of abilities that they didn't know they had.  She is quite independent and loves to be able to have done it without any prompting or help of any kind.  These girls are just so great and I am glad for these times that I can really appreciate how amazing they are and how grateful I am for where we are at in our lives.  Moments of perspective and gratitude are so helpful!  I sure love my life!