My boy and a Shoppe sneak peek

Spent yesterday morning at the Mom's program at the MB Church.
The first year I taught it Max (age 1) played, but Jack (age 3) stayed with me. The next year they both stayed with me. This year I knew Jack (now 5) would play with the other kids. It's just like Kindergarten and he loves school. Max (now 3) plays all day... on his own, with Jack... whatever. So I thought I'd have no problems with him either. I was looking forward to a kid-free, teaching kind of a morning.

But that was not meant to be.

About a half-hour in they come to me and ask how long they should let Max cry. Max? Crying? Since when? This boy is totally happy 99.9% of the time. I went out into the hall, and sure enough... there he was... holding one of the "babysitters" hands and crying. I asked if they could put him in with Jack's group. That would help. But apparently they had tried that and it didn't work. What? Really?
So I spent the rest of the morning teaching with a child on my hip. My happy, happy boy. My little boy who just wanted his Mama to watch him play.

P.S. Molly took that photo. Isn't it awesome? She's totally digging her camera.

Shoppe news.

Almost done. Just a couple more layouts to hang and signs to paint. Thanks to my mom and Tracy for the help they gave. And a super big thanks to my dad.... who has given me so much... and who made this all possible.
Look for the super sale next week.

Here's a sneak peek of the shoppe...

The workroom wall.

The wall of paper.
The display table at the front... currently housing a selection of Valentine's goodies.

One side.
From the back.
From the front.
I hope to post a sneak peek of the February kit on the Red Star blog this week as well.

But for now this is it. Getting ready for the sale. A special newsletter will go out this weekend with all the details.