Boom 34 Roses
 

Good morning. This is our new thread so please move all future discussion here. The group name is “Roses”.

Our group is as follows:
Our important dates are:
All members will send me 19 F8s per set. Those sending 2 sets will send two sets of 19 F8s. Postage is $10.50 per set or a prepaid label. Please be sure to include it with your fabric. If I can combine 2 sets into a single envelope, I will return the overage. I do ship at commercial rates and pay a little less than the standard USPS rates.

All rules posted in the original sign-up thread still apply. Please refer to it as needed. Please remember to keep in touch at least weekly! That’s the most important aspect of the swap. It's helpful to subscribe to the thread.

Welcome to Boom 34, Roses! Please start posting here!

Good morning, Roses! I found our new thread....

Good morning, Roses!!

Love our name! :)

Good morning, Roses.

The grands vacated the premises quickly once the younger one, 3, started her second meltdown of the day. Get this, she was insisting that mom drive and when dad said he was going to, thar she blew. But this is what irks me, mom said, “she wants me to drive” and my son, usually in agreement with his wife, saw what I saw and said no, he is driving. That child is trying to get her way with everything and mom constantly gives in. She admitted yesterday that she “spoils” her. I’ll say. Wait til she’s a little older and she’ll be a terror if this isn’t curbed. Sorry. Just needed to vent! Overall, I think they’re very good parents, probably better than DH and I were.

Anyway, that’s the reason I had time to get everything up this morning for the Boom. (Ahhh, the silence!)

I’ve gotten two notifications of packages arriving Wednesday. Some of you are on the ball. Way to go! You have until the 22nd to get them to me. Just be sure to ship leaving a few days for them to make their way from your house to mine.

Have a lovely (and serene) Sunday. I know I am from here on out.

Good afternoon Roses

GramE love love to hear the good news on your implant and baby Elouise is a real cutie, her smile makes me smile.

The campground had their big picnic yesterday. The owners made the best barbecued chicken and the campers brought a dish to share. It was another first for our little group of 8 friends now 7 friends, it’s surprising how grief hits you at a moments notice and it’s the little things that make the tear drops fall. Our very own Sewbiz has agreed to make a memory bear out of Bob’s shirts for me to give to his wife Tracey. Thanks again

The Winnie the Pooh quilt needs a backing and I think there is enough batting left on my roll to make one more quilt. Would like to get it and a couple more sandwiched and quilted before the boom block arrive.

Janice, I hear ya. Our grandson has temper tantrums galore. He's 3. Both my son and dil do so much to "appease" him. Our granddaughter never had them but my son( grandson's Dad) had those same tantrums when he was my grandson's age. We handled it a bit differently LOL. Oh well, it will all be okay. They are great parents and I'm sure it will get better as time goes on.
BTW my son had them until he was 6! I haven't told him as he is quite frustrated right now. hahaha

Elouise is a doll - oh how I love babies - as long as I can give them back
Janice - It took me a few days to adjust to not having DGD here. Love her, but child raising is for the young. My son though everything his daughter did was cute and now as a teen it isn't so cute anymore. And then they look at you for help!! Nope - that is why we are in AZ and he is in NH!
This heat and it IS a dry heat has really gotten to everyone. I get out at 5:30 to walk the dog and take her to park and back in house for the day by 7.
Working on my boom blocks as I make myself finish one boom before starting another (unless I am traveling).
Thank you again Janice for putting all this together.

When we went to Omaha my daughter requested we give swim lessons to the four year old twins. My daughter told me if E doesn’t want to put her head under the water she doesn’t have to. I wrote them an email telling them that if kids aren’t comfortable with their head under the water before they’re five it becomes extremely difficult to teach them swimming. Their life is going to be very difficult. They took the girls out and prepped them. We gave them beanie babies for every lessons they did and Frozen stickers for A and Troll stickers for E every time they put their heads in the water. By the last lesson they were getting 10 stickers each. They learned how to jump in to us with their heads going under, reach for the edge and climb out, Move along the edge, use kickboards with help, backfloat with help, get passed from one grandma to granddad underwater, starting to swim. The last day they watched Grandad go from indoor pool to out door pool and they decided they wanted to try it. They got passed several feet under water and they were so proud! They aren’t swimming yet but they are close, They are ready for Y level 2 lessons in the fall. IF we had let E get her way she wouldn’t have been able to do most of those things.

One benefit these kids have in being twins is my daughter has to maintain nap schedules etc. If they fight the toy goes up. We are fortunate they like each other and play well together. If she had had a singleton I think we would see similar behaviors to your grandchild.

When I teach swimming lessons I need a nap in the afternoon!

Don't get me started on bratty kids... My kids do not spank their children. When I have my granddaughter, it only takes the look on my face to get her to step back in line. She does not want to displease Bon Bon. But we did spank our own children... plenty. Actually only one of them required much dicipline. The others learned from his behavior and what he got for it. LOL! (It's funny now... wasn't then.)

Checking in on the new thread. Bookmarked and ready to continue with this community of quilty friends frequently.

Spoiled children. I saw many in my classrooms from age three to college age. I always recommend that parents nip it in the bud or the child will pay dearly when they grow older when friends begin to make let them know their behavior is cruel or nasty or simply ostracize the child. Inviting parents into the classroom frequently resulted in parents of the unruly exclaiming "How do you get him/her too do that?" An open door for parent education. :) Well, we appear to be in agreement, that "no" and "not now", "let's say that in another way", and "let's try any way", can go a long distance to mold a little one in to a delightful, inquisitive and pleasant child. My grands are now all well the little child stage, two in college, two in high school and one in middle school, but they still need an occasional "no, not now or try it another way". Don't we all!

Sending out my bundle of F8th soon. Here we gooooo!