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We have some good friends in Japan, and with the recent events there we have been talking about it a lot, and the kids wanted to do something to help.  A friend here had noticed recently that the Church's humanitarian aid site had mentioned they were short on quilts, and since winter without power in Japan is cold, the kids thought it would be cool to make a quilt to donate.  (I also thought that undertaking a project of that magnitude would certainly put me into labor… no luck.)  I figured even if the quilt didn't go to Japan, it was something tangible they could do to feel like they were helping.  

I was surprised at how interested in tying the quilt the kids were – and how good at it they quickly became!   Even Carter was an active participant (I would poke the needle through and he would walk away with it until it was pulled tight), and Emma and Zach were independent quilters!  They finished it up in only 3 days… now we will see if it gets bound more quickly than my average quilt – we will hope so.