A Snowy Day...

It snowed here again this week (just a dusting) and the white landscape outside reminded me that I hadn't posted about a very special snow day yet. So, despite being sick with a head cold I'm going to post about it now, because tomorrow I start a temporary attorney position, and things will quickly get busy (especially with Hubby traveling Monday - Thursday next week).

On Inauguration Day, the day after we got back from our trip, we woke up to see snow everywhere. While Little Man's preschool was open (since it is subsidized by Hubby's company), I decided he should get a snow day. After all, snow doesn't happen often down here, and if he had gone to school he wouldn't have been able to play in it. Plus, I think he should be able to have a little bit of that Northern experience: The Snow Day... he is half Yankee after all! We ate breakfast, watched a little bit of Playhouse Disney, and then got our snow gear on...including the cutest little cowboy boots that someone passed along to us.


We threw snowballs!

We looked at the beautiful scenery!


We made a snow doggie (with berry eyes)

We made a mini snowman

And Mommy and Me snow angels.

Little Man took it all in...




...and played hard....

...and loved every minute of it!

Then he decided he was cold and was ready to go inside (I think knowing hot cocoa was going to be made had something to do with it). We had that hot cocoa with marshmallows and a cookie, and then we played with play-doh. And I played with some Sculpey, and we watched Barack Obama's Inauguration. It was a little surreal honestly, playing with Play-Doh with my little son, and watching this inauguration.


And I felt creative, so while also helping Little Man make his creations, I made these stitchmarkers. They were modeled after some I saw that someone else made, except for the piggie, that was all me. There are sushi rolls, a plate of sushi, a teapot, a bowl of miso soup, and a plate of shrimp tempura with chopsticks.


Later after lunch and a nap, Little Man and I did some "cooking" while watching the "cooking rat" movie (aka Ratatouille). We made all kinds of yummy food. It was just a great day of Mommy/Little Man time.


And, because it's really cold at times, and because the Charlotte Purls are doing a mitten KAL, I decided to make Bella's Mittens. The designer made them to look like the mittens worn by a character in the Twilight movie, and I loved the cables. But I didn't like that I wouldn't be able to use my fingers, so I used the idea of the Peek-A-Boo Mittens along with the pattern for the Bella's mittens to come up with a pattern that was perfect for me.








Other than that project I've been knitting away on the never-ending Clapotis, and, because I'm truly a little nuts, I signed up to do an indoor triathlon at the end of February. And I'm writing it here so now I have to do it because I've publicly put it out there!

Happy 4th of July!

Today our little family went to the movies for the first time. We went to see Ratatouille a Pixar film. I've been looking forward to seeing the film since I first saw the trailer for it since I'm interested in French culture and cooking...I decided to overlook the fact that the story is about a rat. Pitiful that I was looking forward to it? Yes, but I think slightly understandable, after all, just because Little Man could watch the same shows over and over doesn't mean I don't get bored to death. [Although Little Man does NOT sit in front of the television all day]. Little Man did great sitting through the movie, and, as a special treat I decided to let him have popcorn with me and Daddy. I originally didn't plan on letting him have any until his 3rd birthday, but I changed my mind. Boy did he love it, he truly is our little boy! Oh, and by the way, the film was cute although there were several violent parts that I felt were just too much for a little person (I mean really is it necessary to see someone shooting at rats with a rifle?). It is definitely not destined to be a classic like Finding Nemo, but we all enjoyed ourselves.

Here is the completed Harry Potter Book Scarf knit in Gryffindor colors. This project is knit in the round with embroidery floss and size zero double-pointed knitting needles...which was just too much for me to deal with at this point. I lack patience to begin with, but right now with the bar looming I am too stressed to work on such a tiny project in the round (especially since this project is the first project I have ever completed in the round). The hubby actually asked if I would be making him one, all I could do was laugh and tell him he could share the one I made, because I don't think I will make this one again! Although, I'm glad I have this one, because it will really add to the whole experience of reading the last book! (Ask anyone who really knows me, I LOVE a theme!)

Hopefully I'll post about the beach trip by this weekend, I've got a lot of work right now and I want to think about which photos to post, since there are a lot of good ones!