Birthday Celebration

(Note: Monday’s update is being posted on Tuesday. Had trouble uploading photos to Blogger!)

Yesterday, we celebrated our little Griffy’s third birthday! He was born three years ago on the exact day - May 24. It was a special day for him the entire day. It started out with a trip to the “muffin store” where he was treated to a blueberry muffin with a candle! After breakfast they took their dog Charli for a walk and went to the park where Griff got to go down the slide several times. He also saw some “sea turtles” in the pond (all turtles are sea turtles in Griff’s world.) No issues with taking a nap because he knew that a birthday party would follow. One of his special guests at the party was Great-Grandma!

Not to disappoint you, there is some stitching in this post. A couple months back I decided to finish an Annie Beez piece that we received the last time she was at Quilter’s Station. As I was stitching it, I kept thinking about Griff - he loves to sing the ABC song and he loves looking at some of my stitched samplers that have animals in them. I decided that this would make the perfect birth sampler for Griff with just some minor modifications. I was thrilled with how it turned out. The hardest part was keeping it a secret until his birthday. He loved the ABC’s and the animals! Yay for Grandma.

Today, I’m organizing, sorting, cleaning, dusting. It will feel good when I am done.  Pulling out some projects that have been waiting to be stitched for a very long time.