Happy Hat

Thanks, Celine, for this great hat!

gardening!

I haven't posted in ages. We have been working on the house like maniacs. I'll post some pictures soon. In the meantime spring is springing and we have done some work on the garden. Bert was here last weekend and helped us turn over a garden bed and build a hoop house over our raised bed. We got a few flats of starts going, too.

and hands in his pockets

 

I'm sure it won't be long before he's putting frogs in there, too.

big eyes

 

Loaded and ready for action

 

The Deep

 

Tiny T was The Deep for Halloween. He wasn't too keen on me attaching his fish to his coat, to start, and wanted me to take it off. But once he got used the idea, he thought it was cool that his animals were on his shoulders, with him at every step. He was into the candy, too, but the first door we approached was opened by a dad wearing a gorilla mask, which freaked out our intrepid ocean explorer. He recovered, and tried his best to keep up with Miya in her blue butterfly costume. Miya's 3, though, so he spent a lot of the evening saying "Catch Miya!" and running as fast as he could.
At the end of the night, we drove through downtown on our way home, just to see what was up. There were hordes of people, a parade with a band and lanterns, and fireworks on the Coast Guard dock. We happened to be near a parking spot with a good view when the fireworks started, so we watched. Tiny T kept saying "Firework! Push button. Firework! Push button." Maybe he thought someone was setting them off one by one, pushing a button each time.
A good time was had by all, and his 3 candies will last him for weeks.

And thanks, Mom, for knitting the awesome creatures!!

Crumbs!!

 

This is my best crumb yet - irregular holes, light and fluffy but still chewy bread. I'm over the moon. I've been reading a bread blog, and followed the double-flour incorporation technique. It worked like a charm. Trust an organic chemist to come up with great new bread-baking methods!

Airplanes!

 

Word Web

We have all been very busy here (and remiss with posting!). Mr. T has also been busy expanding his vocabulary. I wrote down this snapshot the day before yesterday. It's now obsolete, of course - he's added at least a dozen new words since I made the list. But here it is - just shy of 19 months, and talking up a storm!

 

my hero

Life the past 2 months has been completely crazy. Let's just say the involved moving, painting an entire house, commuting across a major body of water, Douglas being away for a solid month, and a freelance writing class. There hasn't been much sleep.

What there *has* been is a lot of fun - sunshiney days on the boat, hummingbirds buzzing past our heads, eagles soaring past the kitchen window, and beach after beach after beach. Douglas and I have been discussing how it feels like life has been on pause for the past few years, and someone just hit the cosmic 'play' button.

Somehow, this sums it up for me:

http://sailingknitter.blogspot.com/2011/04/diving-andknitting.html

I feel like we've been living a crazy life - and being richly rewarded for it.

Little T is growing huge - saying 'light', 'rock', 'boot', 'boat', 'car', 'cracker', and my favourite: 'hug' (followed by an actual tiny T hug). He's got molars, is running, stomping, wearing my shoes around the house, climbing stairs, and fetching things when I ask him to (if he feels like it!).

tickled

 

running

 

wanna play ball?

 

15 months

 

so, how does this thing work?

 

Shades of the teenager he will become...

 

Duck Pond Day

blast from the past

back when little t was little (O, am I getting nostalgic already??):

making some calls

little t often sees us on the phone, and has started making some calls of his own. When he can get his hands on one, he uses an actual phone. If there's no phone handy, he uses a measuring cup, a stuffed toy, or just his hand. It all seems to work for him. This one is a business call, I think, because his "hi" is pretty subdued and serious. Sometimes, when he calls his friends, his "hi" is high-pitched and boisterous, and accompanied by wild waving of his eyebrows.

walking!

The little man has decided that there might be a better way of getting around than crawling. He's walking well while we hold his hand, and starting to step out on his own:



He's so pleased with himself! and he should be. 8)