This is the purple batik sling I made for a friend in town, who just became a grandma. She asked specifically for purple, which was so fun to shop for, escpecially in batiks, and gave me an excuse to order online rather than rely on the little stash at the fabric shop. It’s my favorite sling fabric yet– just the right weight and strength when you double it up. I’m partial to batiks anyway, but this is so yummy. It’s made by Avlyn. Good stuff.
This is Anna (8) reading to Ella (1). Gets me every time.
This is another new grandma sling from earlier in the fall. I had to stick to the fabric shop, so I ended up with babyish prints, which I wasn’t thrilled with. It was the best I could do in a sky blue scheme, given the circumstances. Whodathunk Grandmas would be slinging? Although now that I think of it, that was EVERY grandma we ever saw in China. I guess we’re just catching up! Someday I will join the worldwide ranks of Babywearing Grandmas, should I tarry, and should my daughters ever leave home and marry and reproduce. That’s a nice thought. 
Loved the sharing. . .love seeing the girls reading together. I really am SO excited about you coming this direction. I can’t wait to get all the kids together so Jonah and Thad can finally play.
That’s the only thing Jonah talks about. I keep telling him his name is Thad, but he still only wants to play with “That boy who sent those clothes and dressed up like Star Wars!” I think they’ll get along just fine.
“We’re going on a bear hunt…” Oh, I miss those days – the boys LOVED that story. “Can’t go over it… can’t go under it… gotta go through it!” That is a beautiful capture, that picture.
I love the way Ella is holding Big Sissy’s hands. . .so sweet.
Yes, Thad and Jonah will get along smashingly. Block, Hot Wheels, Legos, Star Wars light sabers for TWO. . .’twil be a day that will live in infamy.
Thad is DYING to get a skateboard like Jonah. Of course, black-top–especially our rough stuff–is no good for skate boarding. Poor boy
I think the girls and Victoria will have some fun too. . .but those boys will do some damage. . .in a good way.