Happy Birthday Littleman

I love you, Littleman...what more can I say?

PEEKABOO!

Being a mom is awesome! I hang out with the kids all day; they get me out of jury duty. It's a pretty sweet deal!!

Here's what I want for my Bday: iPod with BOSE sound dock. Pretty please!
My last iPod was stolen...very sad. My iTunes library has no home. :(

P.S. This is my 300th post. Go me!

Choo-Choo Trains and Elenant Poop

Dear Littleman,

You make me smile.

I love you!

xoxo, Mom

In preparation for potty training, I've been reading Zachary a book called "Everyone Poops". It is his favorite bedtime story. It shows grown-ups, babies and all sorts of animals pooping. Zach gets most excited about the animals. He goes on and on about the "elenant poop" and the "monkey poop" and the "ted bear poop", and Katelyn swears that a one-hump camel really makes a one-hump poop, and a two-hump camel really makes a two-hump poop. Anyway, at the zoo today I think he was just as excited with the animal poops as he was with the animals... and I'm thinking it might not be the best book for Zach to be reading. Zachary quote of the day: "Elenant, mommy! ...Poop!"

P.S. He also loves normal things. Like...choo-choo trains.

How to Knit a Harry Potter Scarf

Tonight was our church Halloween party. It was super fun!! Zach was drunk off of candy. I think he almost puked on me once. He didn't eat much of his chili dinner...only what he could suck from the lollipop that he was dipping into the chili bowl. He sure was cute, though!

Zach's a goldfish (not a chicken like most people thought, and definitely not a frog, like one person thought). Katelyn is...well, you know who Katelyn is...although the same lady who thought Zach was a frog also thought Katelyn was Hermione. She was obviously confused! (Hermione doesn't wear circle glasses!)

The party tonight was my deadline for the Gryffindor scarf, so I finished it this morning. It turned out nice, but I made it way too wide for Katelyn's little neck. Oh well. Here it is:

Directions:

First, I looked up "how to knit" on youtube...a very important place to start!

I bought regular sized Red Heart yarn and size 8 straight needles. The colors are burgundy and gold for the Gryffindor house (or USC, I'm told).

I used a Garter stitch throughout, but use a knit stitch if you want it to be more like the scarf in the movie.

I cast on 35 stitches across, but like I said, it was still too wide for Katelyn. 20 stitches across might have been better?

I alternated colors about every 3 inches, starting with burgundy and ending with burgundy, and kept going until it was about 45 inches long. Again, that was probably too much for my little Katelyn. Oh well.

Last of all, I added the tassels. I wrapped the yarn shortways around the DVD case 5 times, then snipped and attached them. I used a crochet hook to pull a loop through the bottom edge, then pulled the loose ends through the loop to tighten. I put eleven tassels on each end. Easy-peasy!

Tooth. Eruption.

Littleman loves to brush his teeth.

Can you tell?

Know what happens when you take his toothbrush away?

Hint: It's something thrown, and starts with a "T".

Any guesses??

Baby, You're a Rich Man

We love our Dad!!

Happy Father's Day Adam.
P.S. Zach became a walker today. Twenty-nine consecutive steps.
You do your Daddy proud, Littleman!!

Look What Zach is Doing!!

...A lotta this:

...And a little of this:

(that would be WALKING!!)

My Littleman is not so little anymore!