#tbt chunky baby leg edition [212.365]

Throwing back to 2 years ago, when M started cruising (omg, she's been "on her feet" mobile for 2 whole years now!). Those legs! This was when she was 8 months old, and then 6-8mo age range was "peak chunk" for M - that's when she wasn't even on the charts, size-wise. She's dropped back…

train work. [211.365]

It started thunderstorming just as M woke up from her nap, so instead of walking to the playground(s) like we'd planned, we drove to the Museum of Play for some indoor fun. M *loves* the train area!

elle melle all the time!

Unsurprisingly (to me), despite casting on for a billion (more like 3) new projects at once, I pretty much instantly reverted to my monogamous ways. It's been Elle Melle all the time, here! I'm almost up to the underarm split: I just can't get enough of these awesome striped ridges: And the Beaverslide 2-ply Sport/Sock…

“keep trying and never give up!” [210.265]

M kept saying those words to herself, over and over, as she "worked very hard!" (also her words) to learn how to do new climbing things at the playground. I think she heard Elmo say them in an episode of Sesame Street, and this kid, she loves Elmo. And though I actually think there are…

rainy day. [209.365]

We had an INCREDIBLY rainy day on Monday - a storm just parked right over top of us and dumped rain all day long. I needed to run errands while M was at school that morning, and I got VERY wet. So did our basement, though thankfully it didn't "flood-flood" (as we've taken to calling…

swimming! [208.365]

One of our family-friends lives in a townhouse complex a little over a mile from our house, and there's a pool in the complex, and guests are welcome, so they invited us to come swim with them on Sunday! We walked over, had an early lunch, swam, and then walked home. M had a BLAST…

i DO have affection for Lopi, it turns out!

This, dear readers, is how much sleeve I can knit from a single skein of Lett Lopi. Gosh, I enjoy knitting with Lopi. It's just so delightfully wooly. And I'm pretty darned excited to be creating a Lopi Affection cardigan for myself, because gosh, garter stitch + stripes + yokes = perfect, as far as…

leaf rubbing! [207.365]

M and I went on a long (2-playground) walk Saturday morning, and along the way, collected leaves to make crayon leaf-rubbings at home. She learned how to do this at school and was so excited to show me! Here we have an oak leaf, a gingko leaf, and a maple leaf. We're so lucky to…

another set of mitered crosses?

As I mentioned in my previous post, I've been casting-on like crazy (for me, at least - I tend to be fairly monogamous in my knitting projects...I just don't know how to make progress on projects if I'm working on a bunch of them at once). The other new project since defending my dissertation: Another…

playground fun! [206.365]

M had so much fun at the playground this afternoon! She met a little girl, E, who was about her age, and they hit it off, and played together for 2 whole hours. (By "play together", I really mean that E copied/followed everything M did, but they both seemed to be having a blast with…

making an elle melle!

I appear to have contracted a powerful case of start-itis (and, um, also a nasty respiratory bug, alas) since defending my dissertation. First up, an Elle Melle for M: I cast on for this on Wednesday while M was at her Montessori morning-camp, and even at the fairly small gauge (6sts/inch) I feel like I'm…

taking pictures of knitting. [205.365]

Still feeling pretty yucky, but thanks to Tylenol Nighttime Sinus meds, I actually did get some sleep last night (unlike the night before), so here's hoping I can keep up with M this afternoon. Took advantage of the lovely weather we're having this morning to take my knitting out to our back porch and take…

“I not tired, mama.” [204.365]

Sure, kiddo. You don't look tired AT ALL. But no nap. She was not a happy camper yesterday afternoon, because it was a rainy day but we didn't have the car, so we couldn't go to the Museum of Play, and I've come down with some sort of respiratory crud that is sucking the life…

haircut day! [203.365]

I had a haircut scheduled right after M's usual drop off time, and so instead of heading home, I went to get my hair cut, and then I got to run errands ALL BY MYSELF until it was time to pick M up from school. This was amazing. Getting groceries without either having to wear…

afternoons with M. [202.365]

Since M wasn't gonna take a nap, we took off for our usual 2 playground walk a bit earlier than usual. She had a blast in the sandbox at Playground 1, but as we were walking to Playground 2, I noticed she was quieter than usual... She zonked so hard she didn't even stir when…