Post 292

For those of you counting until the 300 post giveaway, I thought I’d give you a heads up on where that was. I thought we were at 294, but when I looked back at my posts, there will a few drafts I needed to delete.

I think it’s fair to say…the buttercup bag it is! I already have something special for that, and let me tell you, you will all LOVE IT! You’ll have to wait and see what I’m talking about.

I haven’t blogged much, because I’ve just been busy trying to get my house cleaned up, and trying to sew. I don’t find posts about me cleaning too interesting, and although I love posting about my sewing, I hesitate in making this blog one big commercial for my store.

However, the store is doing as well as I’d hoped! I’m very excited about the sales I’ve made, and the interest I see. For the April 1st stocking, I’ve already finished 2 little girl aprons, and have a few perhaps mother/daughter sets to finish. I’m planning on making a bunch of buttercup bags for that as well, and my bamboo fleece should be in the mail any day now, and I’m going to sew up some more bamboo fitted diapers.

As for knitting, I’ve made 2 more wool shorties, and the 3rd is almost done. For the last one I’m making this month, I’m doing the shorties in a “linen stitch” which I’m told some people go gaga for in wool covers because of it’s beauty, density, and utility. I had to buy a new set of needles for it, though, because I guess it’s such a tight stitch that you need to go up 2 sizes. So I got an awesome pair of circular needles, and it has been taking forever (because of the different stitch) that I feel as though I could have finished 2 shorties by now! But last night I finished the body of it, and tried to split for the legs, and wouldn’t you know, I couldn’t do it with my 16″ circular needles! I don’t have double pointed needles in that size, so I guess it’s back to the store. Although I’ve never seen double pointed needles in size 10, so I might have to search the internet. This pair seems to be never ending.

I’m planning some yarn embroidery on all 3 shorties that I’m adding. The aqua colored ones will get 2 shades of goldfish on them. The salmon colored ones will have something, but I’m not sure yet. Perhaps daisies. The gorgeous orange that I’m working on in the never-ending-linen-stitch-pair will get some black-eyed susan flowers…and it’s going to be stunning. I hope.

I promise to show pictures when I’m done for most of the things, and they’re ready for the store.

On the kid front, Silje has the pleasure of having her Great Auntie Ruth as her sub in kindergarten this week. She’s so thrilled with that! Each day I am more and more thankful for her as she is such a help, and her desire to listen.

David seems to have an ever increasing desire to read as he’s constantly attempting to read everything around him, and identify letters. He’s starting to spend a bit more time drawing than he used to, and I’m hoping that he’ll finally have some sort of interest in those things. I’m glad he won’t be starting kindergarten this fall, though! He just misses the cutoff with his birthday being when it is, and I think that of the kids who would benefit from being almost 6 going into kindergarten, he would be one of them. He’s smart and energetic, but classrooms are not made for boys like him, (they’re made for girls like Silje) and I think he’ll learn more at home for a bit.

Elias…still not walking. BUT he’s getting closer, and he’s starting to “chat” all the time! He says the most serious things to us…if only we could understand. He waves and says “BaBa”. He says a handful of other words, all sounding like “Ba”. He signs pretty frantically when he wants something. He knows “all done” and “milk” mostly. So far, for “more” he’s found that screaming works sufficiently. He says “Dada” or “Da-ee” pretty clearly, and usually with quite a bit of enthusiasm. Instead of “Mama” he usually says “Mimi”, which I think is funny. He also says “Me!” when he’s mad, though, so I’m not sure if he’s wanting me, or just standing up for himself.

So that’s an update on us. I’ll try to think of something more cohesive to write about soon. I’ve got 8ish more posts to think up before I can give away the buttercup bag!