Lately....

What have I have been up to lately? A whole lot! :) It's a busy season of life right now, but I am having fun! In addition to work and finishing up co-teaching two college courses, I have a full life! Here's some of the fun I have been having!

We had a huge Kids Expo in town where thousands of children showed up to see various vendors and meet some famous people from Disney shows! Our department put on a teddy bear clinic where we could help children "play doctor" and introduce them to medical equipment in a fun way!

 We had teddy bears with casts and medical equipment (syringes, x-rays, stethoscopes) that the children could play with as they pretended to be the doctor!

 We decided that a fun activity would be to do little finger casts out of plaster that they could take home and decorate as finger puppets. This pic is a little blurry, but I am showing off the examples (this was the calm before the storm of thousands of children!)

 The children seemed to love our booth!

 See the finger cast? By the end of the day, we were all so worn out from talking and casting thousands of little fingers!

 Apparently, I had not had enough fun in one day so I decided to go hear a bluegrass band who was playing an outdoor concert downtown. I had been standing from 9am-7pm, so I thought that I would just relax at the concert, but ended up standing right in front of the stage the whole time! The band was great and really interactive with the crowd. After it was over, I ended up meeting one of the band members, and he signed my CD!

 I have had several projects going as well! Have you ever heard of a clothing line called Matilda Jane? It's really cute stuff, but quite pricey too! I decided to try making something for my little niece that was similar in style to THIS little dress. I found a pattern and some fun fabric:

 And made this little dress! I love how it turned out!

 My other project last week was planting a garden. I really don't have a good place for a garden, but I was determined to make something work!

  My back yard is very shady, so I didn't have much to work with. We had a tree cut down last fall, so there is one tiny little patch that gets some sun, and I took advantage of it! I took this area:

 And turned it into a little garden that is about 4'x6' It's pretty small, but big enough for me to get my gardening "fix." :)

 I also found some containers for the deck so that I can grow some herbs and lettuce on the deck.

 This first plants to go it...5 tomato plants! Can't wait to get some more variety in my little garden!