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This is a doptone. Using ultrasound, it detects fetal heart tones. I use it many many times at every birth I attend. I've heard countless little beats from soon-to-be-born babies using this doppler.
And this is me-- today. Hearing MY OWN baby's heartbeat for the first time. 170 beats strong. Yep, that's right...SURPRISE! Baby #4 is due in late April. Nothing compares to hearing that little heart fluttering away. A sweet sweet sound.
My friend Camille's birthday is September 7th. Every year I make her a bag. The last bag I made her was from Lotta Jansdotter's Simple Sewing Book. It met her needs so well (she is a busy lady!!), that I thought I would use the same pattern this year, just changing the look of it.
I used a polka-dot denim for the outside, and a striped seer-sucker for the lining. I made a few yo-yos for the front using my handy-dandy yo-yo maker. The pattern doesn't call for bias trim on the side and back pocket, but I added it and liked the way it looked.
This bag whips up in an afternoon. I had just enough time to cut it, sew it, iron it, photograph it, and wrap it in 4 hours!! As I was giving it to her, I worried that it looked a bit juvenile- what with all the polka-dots, yo-yos, and all.
Thankfully she didn't agree. She loved it. She then went on to totally annihilate all of us in a fierce round of bowling. I was the BIG loser, setting a shameful record with a score 57! What?!? Too bad we weren't golfing. Lots of laughter (mostly at my expense). Happy Birthday Friend!
For those of you interested, here is a list of the curriculum that we will be using this year:
Tapestry of Grace History/Literature- Year Two, Lower Grammar
Shurley English- level 1 and 3
Saxon Math-level 2 and level 54 (with DIVE cd)
Nature study- this website will be so helpful.
Bible study/character development- Young Peacemakers
Besides that, the girls are again to going to take some extracurricular classes one day/wk like: cooking, spanish, science, karate, and music.
In general, the week went well. At first, there was a bit of laziness. It took a couple of days to get back into the discipline of our morning routines, sitting still, listening carefully, and working with diligence (I include myself in that). By the end of the week there fewer off-task moments and we were happily settled in for another year of home-learning.
Hope your families are thriving in your new fall schedules!
