Progress

The ducklings have been growing like weeds.

They are approximately 2 -3 weeks old.

They cooperate as well as young children when it comes to taking pictures.

The camera kind of sends them in a panic.

The stand upright when they run (more like the one on the left).

They look like fuzzy bowling pins.

One of these days I'll get a good picture.

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I've been working on sewing a zillion half square triangles.

This is only one set. I've finished three of them.

I have three more to do before I can move on to the next step in this quilt.

While browsing through all the quilting blogs I read, I came across something I decided to try.

A couple of bloggers are doing 100 quilt blocks over the next year.

I decided to give it a shot.

I will print the patterns and put them in a binder just in case I get behind.

Not that it would ever happen!

(I'm laughing too. - After all, I "only" stay at home and homeschool.)

Here a Duck, There a Duck

Everywhere a duck, duck.

Yes, we got seven ducklings today.

We may be a little crazy.

We don't care. :)

They are Indian Runner ducklings.

Five of them are a little over one week old and two of them are only four days old.

They're so funny when they eat.

They go back and forth from the food to the water and back again.

Chickens are messy with their food, and ducks are messy with their water.

They stand in it.

It splashes everywhere.

They ate and drank for almost an hour after we brought them home.

Then they settled down for a nap.

Not Much

So we've hit that time of year when not much is going on.

It's usually chilly and yucky outside which is typical for Indiana winter.

But we've managed to escape the winter storms so far.

It seems we always have a nasty snowstorm the last week of February or first week of March.

Only time will tell if we'll escape without any storms.

What have we been up to?

We made homemade ice cream in zip-loc bags.

It was one of Connor's yummy science activities.

The ice cream was good but someone wasn't so thrilled with the process.

It was a little noisy.

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I have started working on my next quilt project.

It will be lap sized and obviously darker than the one shown on the pattern.

I found this material on a Shipshewana trip with some ladies from church.

It was a fat quarter bundle that I saw and loved the fabric.

I snatched it up not really knowing what I'd do with it...

other than quilt it of course! 

I spent the last several days measuring and cutting.

And measuring and cutting some more.

I think I cut 24 rectangles and 120 squares by the time I was done.

I don't have all of the material I need for this project yet.

At least I have a good head start for when I get the rest!

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And in other news... we're getting five ducklings this weekend!

Connor's super excited... Ok, we're all a little excited. :)

It will be good hear the little "peeps" again.

Not to mention that we'll have an overload of cuteness.