It’s been a long time, and I’m finally getting around to performing some long-overdue maintenance. Twitter is back, and the photo gallery should be better soon too.
Before I forget October 11, 2010
Yoga asansas from tonight:
Cat, Child (1 & 2), Cobra 2, Tortoise, Penguin, Frog.
Wild.
Busy weekend! October 11, 2010
Saturday morning, Chris dropped me off at the gym and took V to ballet class. I spent 30 minutes on the elliptical and grabbed some breakfast at Bruegger’s next door. We came home and changed so I could take the girls up to the Topsfield Fair with my parents and my brother & his family.
V and Cordy loved checking out the animals, and had a blast on the rides. Both girls were fantastically well-behaved, and loved peeking in at Adin Jr. who slept in his stroller all day. V held hands with Lily, who did an excellent job of keeping her with the group. At the end of the day, my parents, Adin, Kelly and the kids bailed, and I took V and Cordy on some of the rides.
They went on the carousel, bouncy castle, crazy bus, and flying turtles. On the way out I stopped to get them some cotton candy (the first time they’ve ever had it), and the lady gave me a free bag that had gotten a little squished. We headed for the car, both of them daintily eating cotton candy as we walked. Cordy managed to get it all over her face, and fell asleep 5 minutes later with a large piece of cotton candy still in her hand. Veronica lasted another 10 minutes before konking out. All in all, it was a success! We got home exhausted, ordered a pizza and watched Happy Feet.
Sunday we took our time getting up, had pancakes for breakfast, and cleaned the house before heading to the grocery store. Lunch was delicious (if greasy) homefries, bacon and eggs. Cordy went down for a late nap, and got woken up early so we could head to Nicole’s for Canadian Thanksgiving. We got there just in time for dinner, which was delicious. Veronica even cleaned her plate! Dessert was pumpkin whoopie pies and Marc’s amazing maple sugar cake. The girls ran around the house like maniacs, playing with everyone, until it was time to crash (literally – V tripped and smashed her chin). It was great to see Marc and Scott again (it’s been way too long!), and as always we love to see Nicole.
Getting back into the groove October 8, 2010
I’ve just realized I’ve had this blog for over 5 years now, and I’ve barely documented anything about our lives in it. I have also just realized that I haven’t uploaded any pictures of the kids in the past year. So for the rest of October, I’m going to try to stick with updating the blog and adding pictures of the kids on a regular basis.
Feeling crafty June 23, 2010
I’ve been doing a lot of spinning lately. Tons of spinning. And tons of knitting. It’s like I’ve been eating, drinking, and sleeping fiber for the past several months.
I dropped my subscription to WoW, because I found that I would rather create something useful than just waste hours of my life playing a game. Also, my desk configuration stinks, so using my mouse puts a lot of strain on my elbow and shoulder. I can’t quite figure out how to get into a more comfortable position, but I just see it as motivation to spend less time in front of my computer.
I borrowed my friend Jenn’s spare spinning wheel in January, and bought one for myself just like it in April. Sadly, I preferred Jenn’s, but the experience has certainly helped me narrow down what it is I am really looking for in a wheel. For now, I’m looking at something like a Canadian Production Wheel (large, saxony style, designed for fine yarns), and either the Schacht Matchless (described as the ‘Cadillac of spinning wheels’) or the Schacht Ladybug (the smaller, ‘entry level’ offering from Schacht which is half the price of the Matchless).
Right now, I’m still having fun exploring this craft. I’ve got the following projects to keep me busy:
1. Sock yarn spun from Dorset (a breed of sheep usually used for meat, but has a non-felting, good-for-sock-yarn type of wool.
2. Processing a pound of cormo fleece from Alice Field at Foxhill Farm. The sheep was named ‘Oriole’.
3. Tussah silk dyed by Enchanted Knoll Farm
4. Dyed Blue Faced Leicester from Spunky Eclectic
5. Knitting a pair of Nutkins from sock yarn dyed by Mind’s Eye Yarns
6. Finishing off a baby hat for Kelly & Adin’s baby.
Just enough to keep me hopping!
I hereby resolve… January 14, 2010
…to make no more resolutions.
I had mentally challenged myself to post here once a week. So here we are, third week of the year, and my first post.
Off to a great start!
Franklin Park Zoo May 24, 2009
Chris and I took the kids to the zoo today. V had a great time checking out all the animals. We got caught in a torrential thunderstorm while in the barn. Cordy LOVED the horses, and V played with the puddles. They’ve got some construction going on near the tropical house, and the only entrance was clearly marked ‘Exit Only’, even though they’ve got all routes to the real entrance blocked off. Didn’t get to see the apes or snakes, which was a bummer, but we saw peacocks, condors, keas, flamingos, kangaroos, emus, zebras, giraffes, ostriches, lions and tigers (sadly no bears – V really wanted to see Baloo). Goats, sheep, horses, owls, and chickens and things. We had an awesome time! Home again for naps (after a bit of a fuss), freeze pops and burgers for dinner. Yay!
Before I forget April 17, 2009
Cordelia’s growth:
12/29/08: 16 lbs 7 oz, 27.5 inches
3/30/09: 18 lbs 10 oz, 28 inches long (2.7 oz gained per week average for this 3 month period)
4/14/09: 19 lbs 4.5 oz. That’s 5 oz/week! Poor thing has an ear infection now, so who knows how long it’ll last.
She’s getting really close to walking. Pulling up on everything, cruising the furniture, walking behind the little push cart toy, JUMPING! in her crib. Oh how she loves to jump. She started clapping at the end of March (real clapping, not hitting her legs clapping), and has started waving this week. I’m working on blowing kisses too. She loves to take my glasses off and chew on them.
Veronica potty trained in January – hooray! We’re still working on the night training, but taking our time about it. How we did it: I prepped her Thursday night or Friday am saying that when she came home on Friday, we were going to put big girl undies on, and she was going to start using the potty. She could still wear a diaper for bedtime. Saturday, we woke up to a dead furnace. Put her in the undies anyway, and took off to Wiley & Jenn’s with little potty in tow. She did great! Bribes worked well too: m&ms for a pee, lollipop for a poop. Boy does this kid love lollipops. Once the heat was back on at the house, we came home she fought the potty for a bit (I think I held her on it at one point), but once she gave in, she again did great. Sunday was also awesome. No accidents (or maybe one?) all weekend. Monday came, and I sent her to school in undies (with tons of changes of clothes), and she didn’t have a single accident. From then on, she’s had a few – usually right in front of the potty because she spends so much time dancing around getting there.
Cheep cheep! April 11, 2009
This is what I see every time I open my fridge:
They have lots of personality.
Like this guy:
He cracks me up.
And I love this one:
Do they get any fresher?
Chick cake pops, from Bakerella.
Happy Easter, everyone!
