Daddy Daughter Dance

Last week was the Daddy Daughter Dance. Hubby took Girlie and they both had a great time. It was fun to hear about the dance from both of their perspectives and then from other dads who were there.

Before Girlie and Hubby left, Girlie was so excited to see her BFF. They had been on a playdate a few days before and had a plan to make sure they found each other and that the Daddies met. According to hubby, Girlie found BFF and they ditched the guy to make crafts.

I made Girlie's dress. It is Ottobre Design spring 2003 item 19 I used size 115. (on page 5) I used flannel backed satin and purple sparkly organza. Girlie called it her fairy elf dress.

I have been on such a knitting kick that I had forgotten how much fun it is to sew clothes. I might need to do some more sewing before too much longer.

Warm Weather

It is suppose to get up to 50 degrees today. That is practically spring-like. Of course the thought of spring brings on consignment sales which is were I was at 6:30 am this morning, on my off day when I could have slept until noon! But Girlie needed a new coat (found one for $1) and Boyo was in need of pants that didn't have holes in the knees (got 3 pairs)

But my best purchase was this:

Plaid pants made from midweight cotton (think golf pants) Throw a tunic over top and Boyo will be ready to do Bar-Bar in the Bog. And how much did these little darlings cost (besides getting me laughed at as I squealed with glee) only a buck. Can't do better than that!

And in honor of Pennsic (less than 6 months to go) here are some photos. Cue heroic music.

I still can't decide who is a cuter warrior, Boyo or Hubby.

Another tooth

Boyo lost another tooth.


This makes 6 teeth gone from his darling little head. And Girlie has a loose one too. When did my babies decide to grow up?

Boyo lost his bottom two teeth at 5. It was almost exactly a year (to the week) before his lost the top ones. We are still waiting for one of those to grow all the way in.

By the way, the newest one lost is the hole on the bottom.

Boyo is already talking about how he is saving his $1 that he will get from the Tooth Fairy. (Boyo likes to save money. Girlie likes to spend it. Oh well.)

When we had our first Tooth Fairy visit, Hubby and I talked about what the going rate on teeth was and we each had different stories on what we got. I remember one year I got a new book, and for the teeth I had pulled, I got $5. Hubby was lucky to get quarters.

How much did you get from the tooth fairy?

On my needles

So last night I finally finished Boyo's Christmas sweater. This sweater has been blessed in all kinds of ways.

I started it last year with a different pattern. The weather got warm so I put it away about 1/3 done.

1. I started it again in Nov. to make for Christmas. The previous size was too small so I had to frog it all the way back and go up about 3 sizes.
2. I finished it in plenty of time for Christmas (about a week), but on Christmas day when I had Boyo try it on it was too small!
3. I frogged it all again and tried a different pattern.
4. I was able to salvage the sleeves from the other sweater but I used every bit of the green yarn I had.
5. A year later the yarn was discontinued.
6. I had just enough Green for the whole sweater and a small ball of black left over.
7. It fits great!!

The Pattern I started with- The Wallaby. Last winter my mom made my entire family (except me) wallaby's for Christmas. Hubby and Girlie still wear theirs often. http://www.nakedsheep.com/wowaknpa.html

The Pattern I ended up with- I made it myself with the pattern generator. I love this generator as I can use the same principle for sweaters for everyone from Hubby to Max (Girlie's Bitty Baby) http://www.woolworks.org/patterns/raglan.html It is a bit confusing the first time but after you do one, the rest are easy-peasy.

More on Johnny Law- Reprieve

So all that I have fussed about, written my Washington people about and told everyone who has listened about is now being given a reprieve for a year. Yay, Glory and Hallelujah!
Basically everyone who makes stuff for kids has an additional year to get their ducks in a line. This is also to give the small mom-and-pop shops time for their manufacturers an/or suppliers to get their stuff tested and approved. IE curriculum providers will be able to have the ink and paper manufacturers do the testing on the components instead of the mom-and-pop shops being forced to do the testing which would have killed them.