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!

Snowy Sunday Morning

Posted on February 24, 2013 by cpeezers

It’s snowy this morning in Colorado! It’s coming down right now, and the wind is really picking up too.

Koko and Buster were out briefly.

I like to try to get pictures of Buster in motion.

Buster comes in from running around in the snow, and you can hardly even tell that he’s been out.

Koko, with her fluffy fur, spends five seconds outside and looks like this:

She doesn’t look too thrilled does she?

I like this picture of sweet Koko – standing in the snow – wind sweeping her fur back. She’s a good old girl (who just turned 17!).

Meanwhile Davey was on the couch carefully looking at his latest Fisher Price catalog (makers of all things “village” (his imaginext collection)). <– that sentence is starting to look mathematical.

And finally, I’m just fascinated by these ears!

Walking in the snow and a little crochet

Posted on February 22, 2013 by cpeezers

We had some snow the last couple of days, so today Davey, Buster and I went for a walk. It’s pretty cold, but the sun was shining so we were ok for awhile.

Davey always loves the opportunity to throw a snowball at me.

He was pretending some superhero something all down the trail. It involved picking up snow and throwing it on the ground in a very “Hulk Smash”-like manner.

Love the stance!

(I was cropping me and Buster out of the pic. It’s hard to completely crop out those ears though!)

Buster is always wondering what Davey is up to. They are pals for sure.

And then I was playing around again with trying to embellish the black fingerless gloves I made. I tried sashiko, embroidered some little people, made some embroidered hearts and tried to applique them – then I pulled each attempt out. It’s a wonder my gloves haven’t fallen apart. So today I crocheted a little. Davey liked my flower, but he said it needed “grass”. So I chained a row of chain stitches and sewed them down around the wrist. Davey was happy with the grass. I kinda like this flower. I really like that bright flowery embroidery, and this reminds me of that. I may leave this decorative attempt intact.

I enjoy a little crochet here and there, but now I am back to a pair of socks I am working on. Finished one yesterday, and I marched right into the second one – no hesitation! (Just a plain sock in a really pretty yarn from Debbie Macomber. I had bought it back in Arkadelphia at the best yarn shop ever – Knit Unto Others. I think it might be this yarn. It’s really soft and knitted up really pretty. I’ll have to post a picture soon.)

Valentine’s Day!

Posted on February 15, 2013 by cpeezers

Fun Valentine’s Day! Davey had a party at pre-k. He woke up yesterday morning and pretty much the first thing he said was – “It’s Valentine’s Day!” It was like Christmas morning. His party was a lot of fun. We made his first Valentine’s Day box. I got a box at Hobby Lobby – made out of that thin kind of cardboard stuff. He (and David) painted it red with acrylic paint, and then Davey had fun arranging the stickers. (Although David did apply the stickers for his name to ensure proper kerning, etc.!)

They always have an assortment of treats at their parties. Davey had a mini-cupcake, but they had healthy treats too. Davey is slowly getting better about trying new things, and we were thrilled to see him eat a cherry tomato (I don’t think he knew what he was getting into with this. They are squirty!), and a piece of celery. Pretty major for Wee Tot!

We’ve been celebrating at home too. I saw a cute pattern from Craftsy for some Crocheted Heart Garland, so I made that one evening. I hadn’t crocheted much in awhile, but these went really fast.

Davey really liked our new decoration.

Then I came across the cutest pattern on Purl Bee I could spend years knitting all the neat patterns on their website. Davey took one look at the pattern picture and wanted one for his very own.

It’s a little hedgehog!

He was really fun. You knit the blue body part and then gradually pick up stitches along the edge of the blue body in order to knit the prickly top. I used Brown Sheep Bulky, and it has a little bit of a halo to it which makes it look kinda “prickly” maybe. (Davey chose blue for the hedgehog body – his favorite color.)

Davey was setting up Hedgie’s habitat here. I guess it makes perfect sense that a yarn created Hedgehog would have a yarn related habitat!

And finally, I knit little Lila a hat. This was another fun fast knit.

I knit the hearts with a silver yarn that had a little metallic sparkle to it. It’s cute as a button on her!

And for a non-knitting ending, I love this picture of Buster sleeping.

Davey and I are getting ready to take him to the vet for the rest of his puppy shots.

A Treasure Map and Bust”ears”

Posted on February 7, 2013 by cpeezers

I wrote about Davey’s treasure map creation at his Little Gym camp last week. Since then we’ve had lots of pirate activities. We decided to draw a treasure map at home. Davey insisted that the paper be off-white for that aged map look. The three of us worked together and came up with a fun map.

I like to watch Davey’s little hands draw.

He was pretty pleased with this skull that he was working on. This became an additional project to go along with the map.

The final result.

Then there’s Buster or “Bust-ears” as we’ve started to call him. He’s always making Davey laugh.

His ears are ever-growing. You can’t help but smile when you see those ears!

Some knitting and Davey the Pirate

Posted on February 2, 2013 by cpeezers

I’ve been starting some new projects. Trying to finish some old ones too, but I can’t resist new projects. First the new – I am knitting a baby sweater for a friend who will be having a baby soon. The pattern is called “Snug” and I am knitting it with a Lion brand cotton/acrylic blend. It’s a nice squishy soft yarn, but it’s a little hard on my wrists if I knit with it for too long. It’s all garter stitch too, so I guess the pure repetition doesn’t help either. It’s a neat pattern though, and I look forward to seeing how it turns out. I like this pink!

I’ve also returned to a pair of socks that I started knitting in April 2010. Almost 3 years ago! The pattern is called “Spring Forward” and it’s from knitty.com. I did complete the first sock back in 2010.

It is such a fun lace pattern. I think it is perfect for a first lace sock project. I don’t know why I put it away! But the second sock is now underway. I love all the needles poking every which way in this picture.

And then there’s Davey the Pirate. He went to “Parent Survival Night” last night at The Little Gym. (David and I went to a movie – Zero Dark Thirty. Really good!) Anyway, they had a pirate theme. Davey loves pirates. I asked him how it went. He said, “it went really well except for one thing. There was a ‘bubble’ on my pizza”. I guess his slice had one of those bubbly things that happen with the crust sometimes. So except for the bubble “problem”, it was a great time!

They made treasure maps, and he told them exactly what he wanted them to write on the back of his map. He’d drawn a map and he had placed the treasure in a lava pit.

“Ye beware if you dare

the treasure awaits right

where ye seek”

I loved that and wanted to remember it!

Monday Afternoon: Snow!

Posted on January 28, 2013 by cpeezers

It’s been a pretty dry winter. We’ve had snow a couple of times, but it’s always fallen at night. I’ve been hoping to watch the snow fall during the day. That happened today when it started snowing late this afternoon. The snow consisted of big beautiful flakes, and Davey and I could not wait to go for a walk in it.

Davey, Buster and I headed outside and luckily just as we were headed out to walk around, here came David – home from school! Love the big flakes in this picture.

Buster was very happy to be in the snow too. He was sticking his nose into it, rolling around – showing his Siberian Husky lineage I think.

And I love this picture which shows off his hilarious tall floppy ears lineage.

I wanted to try to take a picture of the landscape, but it was snowing so hard that my camera was getting wet. So the result is a nice blur in the picture. I kind of like the way it looks though.

Davey may have been running from coyotes in this picture (or more accurately – the suggestion of them). Well, there have been a lot of coyotes lately in the field there on the right, and I didn’t want him to get too far from David. So I was reminding him of their possible presence. (I wish you could hear them howling at night. I’ve never heard anything quite like it even back in Oklahoma.)

And finally I got David, Davey and Buster to stand still for just a moment.

Sunday Sick Kid and Knitting Stuff

Posted on January 27, 2013 by cpeezers

We are having a quiet Sunday. Trying to encourage Davey to rest and take it easy. Last night right before bed, he asked for a towel. Said he’d need it because he felt like he was going to “spit” (this is what he calls throwing up).

We were hoping for the best, because he’d seemed healthy all day up to the moment he went to bed, but two hours later he needed that towel (and a bunch more). He threw up every hour for awhile and then every couple of hours after that. After awhile, he didn’t have anything left, but he didn’t get it out of his system until about 4:30 am.

6:00 am – he wakes up and is a little shaky, a little puny, but he’s pretty much ready to go. After such a sick night, he’s had a fairly normal day. He’s not played as hard, but he has eaten some and has been drinking quite abit. Amazing. He’s still puny, but typically I’d be confined to the couch sipping 7-up and eating a few Saltines.

He just decided he wanted to play with Playdoh, and a little bit ago he helped me block a sweater I just finished.

It’s more like a short-sleeved cardigan I guess. Almost a vest. It’s a free pattern called Abalone. It’s been knit over 1,800 times on Ravelry! It was a fun pattern to knit. I relearned how to do applied i-cord for the bind-off. There was a lot of it, but it’s kind of fun to do. I used a merino silk blend called Tahki Sedona. It’s been really nice to knit with. I bought it back in Arkadelphia – probably almost 4 years ago.

I started this sometime last year. I think it was last year. I didn’t note it on Ravelry, so I can’t be sure. It’s the year of finishing things (hopefully!). So anyway, Davey likes to help me pin. He did a great job too. As soon as it dries, I will try it on, and I’ll hopefully want to get some more pictures of the final product. That’s always the goal!

A little hike at Mount Sanitas

Posted on January 26, 2013 by cpeezers

Today we went over to Boulder to hike at Mount Sanitas. It was a perfect trail on which to take Davey. It was more like a jeep trail – nice and wide. It was uphill all the way out, but it was a gradual uphill and not painful.

Buster went along too for his first mountain hike.

This trail was really busy today, and it was dog central. This made Buster very happy. Buster is a highly social little guy. He played for several minutes with a Yorkie who was running 90 miles an hour all around him. Davey found this hilarious.

Buster had fun encounters with several dogs.

Notice the white dog in the background of the picture. Davey announced that he looked like a pig. Then there was a big furry Husky, and Davey let us know that that dog was chubby! We told him that we had to be careful about our dog describing technique so as to try not to offend. He was calling them as he saw them though.

He told me to take a picture of this rock formation.

We liked the little bridge looking thing in the middle.

Davey played in the dirt. A lot.

He was looking for gems. He marked spots with an X where he thought we should camp or build a fort.

David took the two above shots. He held the camera down really low. I love that look.

Davey also insisted on walking Buster part of the time as well.

David took his turn too. I think he is intently listening to Davey’s story here. Davey is explaining something!

Davey was worried this old tree might come alive and start scooting along the mountainside.

I can see it.

I took several pictures of the landscape. When I looked through the pictures this evening, I half-expected to spot a mountain lion camouflaged in the grass somewhere.

It was a cloudy day as well. That’s pretty rare here. We have lots of sun, so I kinda enjoyed having a cloudy day.

I highly recommend this trail for a 5 year old and an almost 5 month old pup. We probably walked about two miles in total. Buster is pooped!

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