Our Christmas Card

Merry Christmas to all!

Mermaid, not squirrel

Cormac is not a squirrel, he's a mermaid. (Or, I guess I should say merman.) I tried finding a video from Splash to portray exactly what I'm talking about, but YouTube let me down. Anyway, I imagine everyone who was a live in the '80s knows how mermaids are supposed to talk. In case you forgot... here's what it sounds like:

Baby Jeans Part 2

Dusting off this poor neglected blog.... wow, it's been a while.

I have to post this follow up to one of my last finished projects. Baby jeans are even cuter on baby butts. This boy is such a chunk, I hope he can wear them again - if it ever gets cold enough!

Maybe it's the crisp fall air, a new job situation or a little more sleep now that Cormac is older, but I'm getting back to the knitting. I started my first new serious project since Cormac was born, inspired by all the trendy knit hats that are all over the fashion mags. The Zigzag beanie from Interweave to cover up messy hair. I might actually finish this one before the month is up. Although, I worked most of it during the Texas v. Tech game.... my gauge is probably way too tight...

Cormac the Squirrel

This is a quickie video by request of Cormac's strange new sound. It is usually a laugh, but now he does when he's tired too... sounds like the squirrels outside taunting the cats...

My Heroes

Since my knitting is moving at a rapid rate of two rows a week, I didn't want my blog to gather digital cobwebs so I commissioned another artist. My knitting hero, Mom! She's knitting so much I told her she could start producing stuff to sell. But, she has too many grandsons who need knitted items.

This one's for the D man. Super D Man. From Vickie Howell's New Knits On the Block book. This book is awesome! There are so many cool things in there for kids - things they would like. I've worn the book out. At 3 1/2 the D man is in a developmentally appropriate superhero fettish. So, every super hero needs a cape.

This one is going in the high school yearbook: Up, up and away....

Random update

The birds flew away before I could get another picture! It only took about a week from hatching to flying... I hope. Surely nothing could get up to the mailbox to get them.

This is a link to Michael's... a test for a friend.
http://www.theknackkids.com/LandingPage.aspx?cm_ven=2008HomePage&cm_ite=The+Knack

More babies!

Did I scare you? hee hee.

Not my babies... bird babies. A few days ago I went to get the mail and a bird flew out of the mailbox. Poor nervous mama bird was sitting on the 4 eggs she laid in our mailbox! We left a note for the mailman with a substitute mail box and check on the progress of our eggs.

Yesterday, the eggs were little pink blobs. If you can see in the picture here, they have beaks and big black eyes.

I don't like to disturb them much since I feel sorry for the mama bird. I know how it feels to be worried about your babies. But, we'll keep checking to watch them grow and eventually fly away. Poor mama bird...

These things are so much more fun with a preschooler in the house.