When I started this blog at the first of the year, I tried to come up with a creative title. I couldn't think of anything great at the time, so I just settled for "Aunt Sally's Yarns and Stuff". Well, it recently occured to me that I should have named the blog "Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally" so I changed the name.
Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally is what many of us memorized (or should have) to help us remember the proper order of operations for evaluating mathematical expressions. Since I am a math teacher who is called Aunt Sally (not really my name, see the profile) this seems like a better name for this blog.
The math geek in me thinks that I should include an explanation of the order of operations, but the rest of me says that it is the weekend and I should be knitting. Besides, my mother and Kim read this blog and they don't like math.
And now for the rest of Niece K's birthday gifts:
Once again, I apologize for these annoying spaces. Keep scrolling. Any suggestions?
 | Note the $60 lace. No, the lace did not cost $60, but the only place around here to buy lace is Wal-mart and I kept finding other things I needed. The pattern is McCall's 3261. I substituted lace for the ruffles and used top C with bottom D. I can't ever seem to do anything just like anyone else. Not that I'm complaining about that. |
 | More overalls. The pattern is Kwik Sew #2921. These are made out of Care Bear fabric. Niece K loves her Care Bears and has a large collection. She has assigned "Purple Heart Care Bear" to her daddy. I find it very amusing to see my tough brother (police sergeant) holding his Care Bear. |
 | I found this rocking chair on clearance. It was white, but needed a paint job. So I changed it to Niece K's favorite color. |
So, what did she like the best? Well, I had everything in a big gift bag with the rocking chair on top. She took the chair out and admired it briefly and then returned to the gift bag which she promptly picked up and dumped out. Ignoring all the doll clothes, she went straight to the Care Bear coloring book and crayons that I put in the bottom. Having experienced life with a 3 year old, I was not surprised. She and I did have good time playing with the doll clothes later on in the day.
Niece A was also present that afternoon and she had much fun drawing on the Disney Princess stationary that I had gotten her. So I have decided that next Christmas both girls are getting an assortment coloring books, interesting note pads, crayons, markers, etc. I'll just sew doll clothes when the notion strikes. Its more fun that way.
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