road trip on Guam

My daughter rode this guy on one of the stops during our little road trip this weekend!!!!

view

KFC with the best view in the world!!!!

knitting

Also last year, my first sweater...Spud and Chloe's knitalong...so much fun, and came out awesome, my daughter wears it all the time!!!!

last tomato plant

I am going through my pictures from last year...boy I was so proud to see our tomato plants bloom...they were doing so well and out of nowhere they just died on me (together with eggplant, peas, beans, basil and peppers) ...
Last tomato plant is still sort of hanging in there but I am not hopeful anymore, it's official, I am the worst gardener in the world!

crazy mommy chicken is back

This picture is from last year....the same mommy chicken is sitting in our new stroller's basket....we almost missed it, and went running with her in it haha.... We did learn a lesson though and cut the basket and very gently put her down so we don't have to discard the whole stroller! Silly chicken!

fire

Every time we make dinner on a grill it is such an interesting event for both kids....is it an instinct (knowing that fire brings you warmth and comfort)? or is it just a pleasure to watch, I don't know but they love it, they surely do!

how can you sit at home on a day like this!!!

Nothing much has happened around here craftwise...and I am OK with that!

fear

Noodlehead has this awesome post about creativity and fear...........most of the fears she is writing about are my fears, actually all of them! I wish I was just like my daughter always creating, never doubting!

bubbles

Blowing bubbles...in our living room!!! So much fun!

Sally has a new sweater

I am pretty happy with it, made it up, no pattern really.....just need a button!!!

celebrate boy

I added a button....you can click on it and see what is it all about, my sewing machine is still broken so I am hoping for some knitting projects.....

love birds

these are sooo much fun to make...thanks Rebecca Danger!!!!!! And just in case you would like to make a baby bird as well, here's how:

the body:

CO 6 st, join for knitting in round

kfb all stitches

(kfb, k1) around

knit 4 rows

ssk or k2tog first two stitches on each needle (three total)

knit 1 row

knit until two last stitches on each needle and then ssk or k2tog (3 total)

knit 1 row

stuff

ssk or k2tog around

cut the yarn and pull through the remaining stitches

now the wings:

use 2 dpn, co 4 stitches,

knit 4 rows

ssk twice

knit 1 row

cut the yarn and pull through the remaining two stitches

the beak:

co 3 stitches, knit as I -cord, knit 1 row,

ssk or k2tog

cut the yarn and pull through the last two stitches

make up the same as Rebecca's birds.....easy peasy

camera in the hands of a toddler

pretty awesome shot if you ask me, esp. since the photographer is not even 2 years old yet haha

Shells

newest prototype.....just hope that I can remember how I made her, it was spur of the moment kind of thing and I didn't write anything down. My daughter likes her, but then again she loves all her dolls ....If I can make her again, I might start selling them on Etsy ....

OUT

nothing crafty here, just old fashioned fun in the sun, with a stick, rocks, water and sand, ............oh sun, how we missed you!!!!!!!!!!!