Backyard Quilt

With Great Nephews!

I've never had a quilt adventure in my own yard.   I've never had the quilt with me when I've spent time with my great nephews in New York or California. Since they were visiting us in Texas for a few days, I made use. They rose early one morning and we went out back to have some "quilt time" before the Texas heat hit.

Soft in the Grass

I'm used to the quilt being spread on a large table or on a gritty classroom floor or even a bit of carpet. It felt odd to have just the 3 of us, casually sitting on this lumpy soft quilt... on the grass!

The kids "woke" Pickles the Puppet up out of his sleeping bag, just like my preschool groups do.  It was fun to let Silas take over the puppet work for me.

I'm not sure what Pickles was telling Silas, but he and Colden thought it was pretty funny.

I thought it was pretty scary when Pickles nibbled my shoulder.

And Then We Read

We played a bit and then the boys, who both love books, sat and listened to two Quilt Story books. These two amaze me with their love of stories.  We would have been done faster, but Silas asks a lot of questions.  And then when we finished, the sun had gotten too warm.

What did I learn?


It's fun to let the quilt just be a quilt sometimes.  It did its job, being soft and cozy.  That's all we needed!