Cotton Creek Picnic

Posted on March 30, 2013 by cpeezers

Yesterday, Davey and I decided to go to a park and have a picnic. We’ve gone from lots of snow last weekend to it being almost 70 degrees yesterday.

We decided to take Buster. He immediately jumped in the car ready to go.

After relocating Buster to the back of the car, we headed out to Cotton Creek Park.

It’s a really pretty park in Westminster. It sits up on a big hill, and so we had a really nice view of the mountains and the big sky.

Davey and I sat down to eat our lunch although Buster wanted his too and so immediately sneaked in and took half of Davey’s sandwich.

We forgave Buster of course. It is completely by accident that he is quickly developing a taste for human food. We wanted to avoid it, but he’s figured out that following around a 5 year old can result in capturing some delicious treats.

Davey played on the playground for awhile.

Buster always had an eye on him.

Here is Buster looking pretty handsome!

This is the more typical goofy Buster. Those ears!

As usual, Davey had some big imagining game going on which involved superheroes.

He did take a small break. For just a moment.

beautiful day!

Sunday Knitting

Posted on March 24, 2013 by cpeezers

We had another nice snow yesterday. Snow in March still surprises me given that I rarely saw it in Oklahoma or Texas, but it’s a fairly common occurrence here. So when David headed out to the store yesterday, he put on his hat that I’d made him about a year and a half ago.

I had made the hat out of Cascade Duo which is a wool/alpaca blend. It felt really soft and knitted up so pretty. The problem is that about a year and a half later, it has stretched out a ton and has become really floppy. Even the ribbing has lost almost all elasticity. I’m learning a lot about yarn as I learn more about knitting. This yarn is not ideal for hats. Is it because of the alpaca? I’d guess this was the case, but I am not sure.

Here is the old hat in process back in October 2010. I loved it because the colors were neutral, but still really pretty (handsome?).

So after realizing, how much the hat had stretched out, David asked me to “whip him up a new hat”.

I checked my yarn stash, and I had some heavy worsted from Knit Picks. It is called Gloss and is 70% wool and 30% silk. I just checked the website, and I can’t find it. Maybe it’s been discontinued already? I’m not sure it will hold up for the long term either, but we shall see. Worst case – I’ll have to knit another hat. Not so bad!

I’m knitting an easy but fun pattern that I’ve not tried out before. The ribbing is a 5×5, and then just knitting straight, decreasing and done.

Picture of hat in snow. Although, it’s pretty much impossible to tell that this is snow in the background (beyond the general whiteness).

Since it is a bulky weight, it’s knitting up really fast. It’s a nice yarn to work with too. I have made two Gaptastic Cowls and test knitted a shawl with this yarn, and I loved it every time! Although, I don’t know why I’m singing its praises, as it looks to be unavailable now.

Time for some knitting. Happy Sunday!

St Patrick’s Day 2013

Posted on March 22, 2013 by cpeezers

It’s been almost a week since St Patrick’s Day, but I wanted to post a few pictures about the fun things we did.

Davey was all into St Patrick’s Day this year. He wanted to have a “party” so we decided on a craft and a green treat to make together.

Pinterest came in really handy for this, and we settled on making a rainbow and pot of gold. This involved Froot Loops and goldfish. And glue.

I sorted Froot Loops. David applied glue, and Davey attached the Froot Loops (well a lot of them).

This final result was cute!

Within about 5 minutes of the completion of the pot of gold(fish), Buster jumped up and ate about 3 of the goldfish. That was his contribution.

We made green cookies too. This was a really easy recipe which involved sugar cookie mix, andes mints and chocolate chips.

Davey refused to try a cookie. I’ve realized he is somewhat of a purist (have to put a positive spin on his particular eating habits). He likes sugar cookies, Andes mints, and chocolate chips – but he does not like them all mixed together. Davey is not a fan of mixtures of any type. (and of course the cookies were green – maybe not a selling point either!) But sugar-laden cookies -not a bad idea to refuse anyway!

I like this close up of him.

And then a short Buster story. Buster is almost 6 months old and of course he likes to chew things. He is in love with this Superman (who is about 3 inches tall?).

He will dig it specifically out of a tote with about 40 of these little guys. I tested him. He got it, and I took it away and reburied it in the bottom of the tote. A minute later, he had found Superman and was carrying him across the room. It’s all about the cape I think. He was ready to annihilate the cape. Superman is safely put away though. For now.

St. Patrick’s Day Eve

Posted on March 16, 2013 by cpeezers

I’m learning about leprechauns and all things St. Patrick’s Day. Uncle Kev sent some great books to Davey, and I’ve learned all kinds of lore. At preschool, they looked for leprechauns and even set “traps” for them! I don’t know where I’ve been all of these years as far as St. Patrick’s Day goes! The extent of my knowledge was wear green so you don’t get pinched. Pitiful!

I need to make some plans for a little St. Patrick’s Day party tomorrow. I’ll need to check out pinterest for some last minute ideas. Davey always loves a party!

It’s already been a couple weeks ago that we went to San Francisco to meet our new niece Lila. We had a great trip. She is the cutest baby girl, and Davey loved hanging out with her.

We met our great old friend Michele and her family too. (She’s not old – but she’s a longtime friend!)

Davey saw the ocean for the first time, and he loved it.

I love this picture.

So now we’ve been back home for a couple of weeks and we are making our way to the end of the semester.

I’ve been knitting some. Not as much as I’d like. I just finished a sweet little sweater. I’ll put up pictures soon. I need to block it. I made it with Blue Sky worsted organic cotton. Sometimes cotton is hard on the hands. Not this cotton. It was great to knit up.

That’s about it on a Saturday afternoon!

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Monthly Archives: March 2013

Cotton Creek Picnic

Sunday Knitting

St Patrick’s Day 2013

St. Patrick’s Day Eve