Arts and Crafts for St. Patty's Day

We went to Poquito Picassos this morning, and the children made crafts
to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. The clover is my son's work while the
necklace is my daughter's. In her usual style, she donated her work
(to me).

After their class, we went to Michael's to pick up some more pipe
cleaners (or chenille stems or whatever else they are called) to
finish the weaving baskets that the girls at GirlsClub started last
week. They will serve as handles. While we were there, we picked up
more yarn for the Transformer blanket, a 3-D chalk set (really about
the glasses than the chalk) that was on sale, and 2 plastic canvas
kits. As I considered having my daughter learn embroidery, I just am
not comfortable with her handling such a tiny, sharp needle right now.
So I will have her begin with plastic canvas (which is also a badge)
and then work on knitting embroidery before I allow her to learn
proper embroidery. My son also wanted in on the plastic canvas
projects so the 2nd kit is for him.

On a final note, I ordered Far Above Rubies on CD today. It was priced
at half off until Monday so I wanted to take advantage of that deal.
We won't be able to use it for many years, but I just couldn't let
that deal go by. And since I think many years into the future, I
figured it would come in handy in other ways until my daughter can
actually use it. In a few weeks, Blessed Is the Man is supposed to
become available on CD as well. I imagine for a similar price.