Yup, today is my birthday. It was a rather nice one.
I got my first present in the mail yesterday, from my childhood best friend.
weekend
Lacey~Vesty~Swishsy~Fun!
I have been working on my next pattern. It’s one I started a while back and put to the side because I had too much on my plate. It started out as a short vest.
I then continued the pattern to make it long with slits up the sides. There is something about this style of vest that I have always loved.
Happy Spring!!
Just a quick note to let you know I have not forgotten you all.
I thought I would share a few Easter pictures to brighten things up.
The good, the bad, and the monsters.
It was an interesting weekend here. Doug got home a little early on Saturday, so he and the girls spent some quality time together. Doug bought some new Dinosaur Train figures for the girls, and much fun was had by the three of them. Apparently there was a carnivore convention. When I came back to check on them, the convention had grown. Later there was light saber fun to be had. Everything was going well until dinner. So many times … Read more
Gobble Gobble, Ho Ho Ho!!
As usual, I’m a bit late in posting these pictures. We had a wonderful time visiting family in Beverly for Thanksgiving. So much fun in fact, that I frequently forgot to pick up the camera. Ooops. We stayed with my cousin Christine, who hosted a small Thanksgiving at her apartment. Afterwards Tom, her boyfriend, kicked everybody out of the kitchen so that he could clean it all up. Vada popped in and asked if she could help, and amazingly he said yes. I had to sneak in to take a picture of Vada carefully loading the dishwasher after Tom rinsed off the plates.
Later Tom came into the living room to let us know there was another photo op. Vada was busily scrubbing out all of the pots. She is quite the little helper!
Powerful Powerless Lessons
So it snowed Saturday morning/afternoon. Umm…isn’t it October. Who ever heard of a white Halloween? It was a bit odd. I had already told the girls we would go to the grocery for their Trick or Treating at noon, so we ran out to the car and braved the oddness.
About 3:30, Doug and I were playing with the girls in their room, and the power went out. It soon became clear it was going to stay out for quite a while.
The girls informed Doug that they wanted to “Throw snowballs at Daddy!”, so they all bundled up and out they went. I stayed in and made dinner. Yet another reason I am fond of my gas stove!
Weekend Happiness
It was a *very hot* nice weekend. Lots of fun inside time, due to the heat. So I thought I would share a bit of it with you.
The girls decided the bunnies needed to have a picnic.
Mother’s Day!
We had a very nice Mother’s day. It started out as any Sunday, cleaning and shopping.
Then I was off to play with the Yarrrn Club at InsaniTea!! I worked on cross stitch, as it is something I can do left handed.
At 4pm, when the fiber fun was over, Doug and the girls showed up. We had a little tea party. The Yummy Berry tea that Ingred served up was, well, YUMMY!!!! I had to buy some to bring home. The girls played the little bongo drums and a guitar and danced around between cups. It was a lovely time.
Then the four of us walked around a bit. It was a gorgeous day! Eventually we stopped and had a wonderful outdoor dinner at Raymond’s. They have a wonderful menu with both vegetarian and meat dishes. I have to remember them next time I have veggie guests!
Finally we crossed the street and grabbed some dessert to go from Cupcakes Galore. Kyla got an Elmo cupcake, and Vada got Hello Kitty.
They are my girls, alright. The first thing they did was eat the eyes. Mmmm.
Yummy! Elmo eyeballs.
Doug’s Birthday and Janice’s Quilt
Saturday was Doug’s birthday. Unfortunately I awoke in the middle of the night rather sick, so I ended up missing most of the day. We had planned to go to a Medieval event on Long Island that afternoon; I told him to take the girls and go without me. Being a good husband and father, he took many pictures.
The event had a tavern theme, which, in this group at least, did not mean drink yourself silly. It was set up with tavern games of old ~ and some of new ~ tavern food, and of course…
…a bar brawl!
