backtracking... getting things ready

back in march, around st. patrick's day, i had such a sweet moment working with english language learners in kindergarten. the students had an assignment to bring in a green snack and there was a list of food such as: grapes, apples, jello, celery, sour cream and onion chips, etc... and a student melted my heart when he brought in this literal translation:

also, around this time, when there were only about 10 weeks left before baby fisher arrives...

we began getting down to business on the house/nursery work in preparation for the babe. drew bought and installed new blinds...

we found a matching piece of furniture that we refinished and painted:

and i got busy sewing a creation that will go over fisher's crib using the fabric of the pillows: