Now with Sound

We had another belt graduation last night. This quarter was bow staff. He has the same size bow as the other kids even though he is the smallest and manages to do pretty well. The boy is now a Red II belt. Just a few more till Black Belt.

I wanted to post a cute thing he said a while ago and it goes like this:
Boy and Daddy were watching a show on Animal Planet about bears (I was at the laptop and not paying too much attention). There was a mommy bear with 2 cubs and the narrator was explaining that a male bear will kill the cubs and mate with the female.

The boy says " If he kills her babies, she will NEVER want to be with him!"

I almost fell off my chair laughing and told him he was TOTALLY right.

Cub Scout Salute- Heros who keep us safe

This is what Poquito drew at the cub scout meeting tonight:


"Jall U.S.A.S"
(jail USA's)
I love his little boy art style!

So, so, so behind

on everything. I have taken on too many jobs and the puppies have pushed me right over the edge... See??

Yes that's a big honkin HOLE in their crate that, by the way, is already clamped shut at the seam.Shea says "I was sleepin"Paladin says" um, Hi Mommy!"The terrible 2. That's what I'm calling them. Destroyed yarn, roving, and played in the plants so they were MUDDY! ack!

We now have a titanium metal crate for daytime use when I'm working out of the house. But aren't they cute? 12 weeks old and almost 30 pounds!

Mean while, I have completed a swing top, a pair of Silk Garden Wristers, a pair of Andean Silk wristers, the Forest Canopy Cowel and a half-pipe hat. I've updated my Ravelry with everything if you want to see. If not, lookit this:

much cuteness!!!! Noolie SPUN and KNIT this for The Mayor. He likes it very much and it will be super warm to wear in the snow that we finally got (today), which btw is The Mayor's birthday. 7 years old. yikes! I told him to stop now, he's reached maximum cuteness. He can stay 7 forever....... (if only he could)

Happy Birthday!

6 years ago today I was 26 weeks pregnant and very sick. At 4:15pm the doctors took me into the OR and delivered my son. Here he is at 1 week old. And now....
Here he is today (well actually this was Wednesday but you get the idea). He really is a miracle and the best little boy ANYBODY could wish for....

Happy Birthday !!!

Now off to continue cleaning after the family party last night... yikes! and then possibly nap

Puppy Paws

I was surfing the Morehouse Farm site, minding my own business when a little voice pipes up from beside me" Mommy! Are those paw mittens? I would really like some paw mittens!". Sigh. Helpless when he asks for handknits, I complied. Really the best part is the Morehouse wool. So soft and squishy and great to knit with. But rotten for seaming (must add a bit more twist before seaming to keep the yarn together)

He loves them! I think next time I'd have a bit more "thumb" to the mittens, but he will wear them and have fun so its worth it.

Still trying to catch a nap....

How much sock you can knit in 9.5 hrs

A little bit more than this: I had to rip some out when we got home.

Oh, from where you ask? The ER at AI duPont. The Mayor could not make it through the summer without an emergency.

He whacked his head and got a Vertical laceration which required surgery & a plastic surgeon. He looks like a little Revolutionary solider.
Here he is the next day. It looks great and there is practically no bruising. Its just a bad spot.

After the initial trauma, he was great! NO crying or carrying on! Really amazing.

So naturally, little else has been accomplished at the RC house. However, Amanda and blogless Kim came to visit today and guess what???? Amanda left her Lendrum wheel here for me to play with while she is away! Yippie! We had a fun visit and The Mayor got to play with the kids and all is good.

I'm going to spin now and will post pics of finished yarn later.

Later 'Gater

Swim Lessons

The last jump off the diving board this swim session. Maybe the next camera will have sound!

Baby its COLD outside

In a panic because of the extreme cold coming & here this week, I knit mittens and a hat for the Mayor. (because this is how my brain works) His previous mittens were a bit small and I wanted them longer in the cuff so new were in order.
I knit mittens with a longer cuff and sized to fit me, then felted them to a smaller size. These will fit this year and next! They will be super warm even when wet. I'm thinking I should do a cord to attach to his coat.... but 5 is an iffy age for mitten cords... what do you think?

The hat came out a bit larger too, sigh. It will fit for a while. I know better and yet keep making the same mistake and not trusting my knitter instincts. Really, how hard is it to take 10% off the spi x head circumfrence?
I wanted a hat with ear flaps and got a helmet hat. Oh well, it works.

Projects:
Felted Mittens for the Mayor
yarn- Cascade 128
Needles- Denise 10.5
Pattern - mostly from the Knitters Handy Book of Patterns, some of my own preferences.

Helmet Hat
yarn- Cascade 129
Needles- 9's & 10's
Pattern- again some from the Knitters Handy Book of Patterns, some my own preference and I estimated the the ear flaps by putting the hat on his head and marking where I wanted them to go!

**note I really need to make a note in hat section of the book to decrease ALL cast on's by 10%. My hats may fit better.More tomorrow.............