Category: kids
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Two-Hour Purse Decorated and Ready-to-Go!
I finished up the two-hour purse by using hand-painted roving and my needle-felting tools and freeforming some cool swirls. Jay picked the roving because she wants the purse as a present for her birthday. Here’s the Front: and the back: I also felted a circular shape that I knitted with the leftover yarn. Jesse wants…
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A Busy Friday and Saturday
Friday night we went to the kids’ school to check out their science fair projects. Jesse’s project was about the stages of tadpole development. Unfortunately, all the tadpoles died to they got a frog that still had a bit of a tail. Jay and her friend did Volcanos. Saturday night, I got…
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Ice day from school
We were supposed to get 1-3 inches of snow overnight, looked out this window this morning and saw nothing. There’s a little bit of white stuff on the driveway, but that’s about it.
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Jesse’s Armor – Part 2
Jesse’s Armor – Part 2 Finally got some progress on this. I tried knitting it using 2 circs instead of the DPNs. I wanted to re-do the first one so I could test knitting 2 at once while I did the second once. After frogging it about 10 times, I finally switched over to trying…
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Shopping for new appliances….
check out my readers! Once Jesse finally “got” reading, he’s been doing nothing but reading when there are moments he can’t run around like a maniac….
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Down on the farm after Christmas
We spent some of the week after Christmas in Alapaha, GA on the farm. The kids were really, really glad to see Granny and Papa and really enjoyed being outside.
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Roundup of the last week…
No knitting or crocheting was done on any of our trips. I attempted to start Jay’s Monster, but my needle broke. I cast on the Moss Hat, but no go… it was way too small after 2 rounds. Oh well… Last week Nana came to visit and was here through Xmas. The kids and I…
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Things that make me happy….
My new hair! (I finally got a REAL haircut this week for the first time since moving…) Spending a nice couple of hours Christmas shopping with my husband for the kids. AND figuring out what we’re going to buy. Pepperoni pizza Chebe (gluten-free and yummy!) for lunch. Getting a funny Christmas card from a long-time…