Go Brewers!

Can you believe that the last time the Crew made the playoffs, Ray & I were Owen's age?

Apple Picking

Apple picking has become a yearly tradition for us. Owen's been asking for weeks when we were going, so last weekend when Granny & Gramps were here, we headed out to the Oneida Apple Orchard.

Elsie slept through most of the outing.

She did wake up at the end to get in on a little apple picking.

Owen's favorite part was hiding out in the shade under the trees.

Sept 18 Update

Here are some pictures from the last couple of weeks.

Owen trying to support the Crew even when they are tanking!

Owen had a great time playing in the water/mud.



Elsie at 7 months


If you look real closely, you can see Elsie's two teeth.


Owen with his favorite CD. He loves listening to music. He usually selects The Beatles, but is expanding his horizons. His favorite albums are Yellow Submarine, Magical Mystery Tour, and Sgt. Pepper.

Just Like My Brother

Here's Owen in January 2006 at 8.5 months.
(This is the picture I thought of the minute we unpacked these overalls!)

And Elsie today at not quite 7 months. I can't believe she's this big already!

Recent craftiness

And some not-so-recent....

These first few are from a swap I did in July. I could swear I just mailed them! The two bag/hat/chalkboard rollup sets are for 5-year-old twins. The bags were modified from this tute, and the chalkboard rollups from this one. Hats are slightly tweaked versions of the bucket hat from my favorite, SewBaby's Hat Shoppe.






The knit monster (pattern here) and matching bag are for a two-year-old. His mom said he went to sleep the first night singing "one-eye, one-eye". I have been commissioned to make another monster for O, although his will be orange and have anywhere from five to ninety eyes, depending on the day. I think five would be a more manageable number.



One of Owen's little buddies had a rock n' roll themed birthday party yesterday, so I thought he needed a guitar bag inspired by this tutorial. It was cuter in person, I think. Owen has requested one of these, too, and what else am I going to do with my leftover pleather?!


Last up is my first sock in twenty years of on-and-off knitting. I was testing the pattern for Amy of Prajna Mama. It took a month (which is why I've never knit socks before -- teeny yarn and teeny needles!). And I still have the other one to do! I like how it turned out, though, and can see myself knitting more socks when I don't have to reserve all of my patience for a certain 3-year-old we all know. Whenever Ray saw me working on it, he'd say, "You're never going to wear that!" I might just frame it. ;)

Oh, do you?

Owen was doing something that I had already told him I don't like, so I said, "I am very frustrated when you continue to do things after I tell you not to." To which O. replies, "I know how you feel, Mom."

When asked if he really did, he said "no" and laughed.

Staff of Life

I've been wanting to try making our bread for a while now, but have always been intimidated (read: lazy) by the kneading, especially since one book I have recommends 20 minutes for 100% whole wheat bread! I was going to suck it up and try it anyway when I found out you can use your food processor to knead. With that, I present to you my very first loaf of homemade bread, Classic 100% Whole Wheat. I was quite happy that it wasn't just edible, but actually good. Now if I can just figure out how to cut even, straight slices, we'll be set.

It's even Owen approved.