Right Now I Am...

...glad that my shawl is done.  I had to rip back several times because I managed to drop stitches in my lace rows.

….sad that my shawl is done.  I’ve already been looking for a pattern for another one.  But I can’t start it until the Christmas gift I’m knitting is done.

…hoping the bridge fairies will come finish up the analysis of this bridge.  It’s just plain ugly, hydraulically, and I’m ready to be done.  It’s not even mine, I’m finishing it up for the guy who didn’t do it right in the first place.

...hoping to get my car all cleaned up inside and out this weekend.  I don’t end up in the backseat often, but I took a peek the other day and my kids have trashed it back there!

...wondering what to do for craft night tonight with the big girls.  Something they can do mostly themselves.

...wishing my hair would grow faster.  It’s in this horrible stage and I have to use a headband otherwise it’s in my face as it’s too short to tuck behind my ears, but too long to leave unleashed.

Ice Fishing Season?

Summer's unofficially over now that Labor Day has passed and you bet Jeremy's been thinking about ice fishing.  So much so in fact, he got out his ice armor that he got last year.  It's supposed to keep you afloat if you fall in and keep you warm as well.  He's been wanting to go jump in a lake with it on, just to see if it works.

He let me take a picture.  I think it's funny how I managed to get a pic with him holding his collar like that; looking coy, it was totally by accident.

With the cool weather the last few days, Jeremy's getting even more excited.  I burst his bubble by reminding him that ice fishing season won't be until at least December.

**several days after I posted this, he actually did go up to a lake nearby and checked to see if it floats.  Walked right in and flopped down.  The verdict: it does indeed float.

Cloth Diaper Update

Leah's been in cloth diapers exclusively now for a couple weeks.  All is going very well.  They aren't that hard to get all the solids off; we got a sprayer that attaches to the toilet supply line, so I can spray off a majority of the yuck.  I wash them about every day, depending on how many she goes through at daycare.  I definitely have my favorites and some are more puffy than others, giving her a big ol' diaper butt.  I've rigged up a clothes line in her room and hang them on it to dry.

This cow print is for Grandma Y, who is a cow collecting fanatic.

I caught her trying to remove all the movies from the shelf, this is one of her past times along with playing in the dog water and dumping the dog food on the floor!

I also caught her in the "time-out" chair; climbed in there all by herself.  (Nevermind the dog toy she's sucking on. J )

Gymnastics

The girls started gymnastics today. It’s once a week. Grace was required to have a leotard; Anna was not. But I can foresee the crying and heartache that would cause, so they both got a leotard. I didn’t have much to choose from; they match.

Things were a little rough at first because they were both shy, but they quickly warmed up.  All afternoon they've been practicing the things they learned...now the trampoline comes in handy!

Halloween Shirts

Last weekend the girls and I did some drawing on sandpaper, then transferred it to a shirt. A tutorial is here.  This is not my idea, my sister-in-law did this with the girls when they were at Grandma and Grandpa’s a few weeks ago.  We did pumpkins for Halloween.  It’s super easy and relatively mess free (I’m always up for low-mess craftiness).  I’m trying to do more crafty things with the girls...so any low-mess ideas are welcome.  I see possibilities for all the holidays.

J

Guess which one belongs to which girl?