Weekend with Daddy

Bananas and I waiting for Daddy to come home!

Hubby was able to make it home last weekend. We weren't sure he'd make it because of all the work he's had to do, but yes, he did make it home! Yay! He walked in the door well past midnight. I have a hard time sleeping while he's gone so I ended up just staying up to greet him when he walked in. Unfortunately, Mr. Bananas was having one of his tough nights and was up with me. While I crocheted he "helped" by grabbing the skein of yarn, shaking it really hard and wrapped it around himself. He then proceeded to run around the house with it which left me with many, many knots. After 6 hours of diligently undoing each knot, I had a ball of usable yarn again.  While I was working on the knots he was practicing his gymnastics skills doing back bends over my extended legs that were laying over an ottoman.  I finally took him to bed after a few hours.

The kids were so excited to see him and crawled into bed with us on Saturday morning. They snuggled with him and relished they time they had with him.  Later that afternoon Hubby read a book to all three kids. He found a neat book by one of my favorite children's authors, Patricia Polacco.  He brought it home from his trip and shared a fictitious story about the ducks that are a fixture in the hotel where he was staying.

Hubby was able to move his flight and stayed later on Sunday. We spent Sunday at the Renaissance Festival spending time with friends. It has become an annual event for us.  We enjoyed spending time with our friends, watching the shows, eating the yummy food, and spending time together. The weather was great and the company even better!

All in all it was a wonderful weekend.  I'm looking forward to having Hubby home for more than a weekend. The countdown begins!

Mr. Bananas helping me crochet another blanket

Daddy reading a book to his favorite people

Ladies on the bridge

Best friends on the bridge.

My tired Godson and his Mama

Little Sisters playing at King and Queen 2012

Queen and King 2012

Queen and King 2009

Queen and King 2007

Almost Wordless Wednesday--Crocheting Buddy

Over the last few years I have taken up crocheting. I have found it to be incredibly relaxing and I love making afghans and baby blankets for friends and family.  I have enjoyed it so much that I have also joined the knitting/crocheting ministry at church. However, I am woefully behind on many projects. I'm crocheting a couple of afghans for daughters of friends who are entering college. I better get moving or the girls will graduate before I finish!  Mr. Bananas tries to help whenever he can ;)

The hook goes into this loop...

This isn't hard, look how much I've done!

Really, Mommy, this is a piece of cake!

Almost Wordless Wednesday--Rainbows for Boogs

 For Boogie's birthday in March he asked that I crochet a blanket just for him. For the past year I had been crocheting baby blankets for various friends who have had babies, for Buggy, and for Mr. Bananas.  Boogie asked if I would make him one that had all the colors of the rainbow. It's still a work in progress, but I'm almost done. Hopefully by the end of the week.

Boogie chose all of the colors for his blanket. It is bold, colorful, whimsical, and loud...just like my beloved son!

Baby Blankets

When my daughter was born she received a couple of handmade crocheted blankets. They are her favorite things.  She calls them her "babies" and there is definite distinction between her "babies" and other blankets.  Fortunately we have three that we can rotate between the car, her crib, and the wash. At one point we lost one and it was tough to go just between two. Fortunately we found the missing one and my husband and I could breathe a sigh of relief.

I saw the beautiful blankets and saw how much my daughter loved them and I decided to teach myself how to crochet blankets.  I bought a couple of books, some crotchet needles and some yarn.  I have now successfully made 3 blankets. One was donated to a pregnancy center and the two others have been given to friends for their new babies.  I'm working on my fourth.

A part of me started this new project because I like using hands and making things. I also wanted to give something to pregnancy centers so that the mothers-to-be knew that someone was thinking of them and praying for them as they start the journey into motherhood.  The bonus part was that since I was using my hands, there was no more late night snacking in front of the tv and I lost some weight :)

I really enjoy making these blankets and I enjoy making them for friends who are having babies. My hope is that I will also be able to continue making them for the pregnancy centers. What better way for me to contribute to one of my favorite causes?  New life!