Monday: E's Accomplishment

E has finished her first stained glass projects: three butterfly hangers, one for each of her cousins whom she was supposed to visit this week. Unfortunately, my brother-in-law's plans to travel to Southern California have changed, so the trip to Phoenix has been postponed indefinitely. E is extremely disappointed, but we hope that Jim can drive through next week and take the butterflies home to Phoenix with him for the girls.

Keith helped E with some of the process, but E really took to the stained glass work: she jumped ahead of him in her eagerness to complete the project and did most of the cutting, foiling, and soldering herself. She needed a boost or two over the "hard parts," but now she feels much more able to work on her own stained glass projects. I'm very proud of her, and she's quite proud of the beautiful butterflies she has created from scrap glass.