Showing posts with label sock monkey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sock monkey. Show all posts

Sunday, August 17, 2008

A photo essay

Kendra  Eli 2 by you.

Eli thrived in Kendra's presence at the Bethesda style show. He worked the crowd with his big brown eyes, sweet smile, and enchanting wave.



FW: Saturday pics by you.

Seth was overwhelmed at the impending prospect at modeling. He sacked out for the entire show.

Keever Gabe  Katie by you.
While Gabe strutted his stuff flanked by two cuties -- Keever and Katie. Hard to resist those young smiles...especially the one missing two front teeth.





Nat  Gabe by you.

Or the close up of the two missing front teeth and his buddy the 15 y.o. varsity cheerleader!



IMG00083.jpg by you.

A few days later, we went fishing for the first time. Here's Seth's first catch...which, had you been there, he would've convinced you that he was catching a WHALE!


Baiting the hook IMG00085.jpg by you.

Here's Gabe working to bait his first hook. My city-boy son learned how to bait that hook and make the family proud. It was a big day!


IMG00058.jpg by you.
Bananas Blanco was knit for Seth and is awaiting a new wardrobe to be sewn by MiMi. Just WAIT until you see the fabric Seth picked out for him.

Two boys and one garden. IMG00057.jpg by you.

Lastly, here's a pic of two cousins with the fruits of one garden. Caleb (Marty's son) is on the left) and Gabe is on the right. They are two peas in a pod. I think often of Marty and Eric or Marty and Foshee when I see them together being wild boys in the country. Those faces tell the story of the stories they will be telling for years!

Sunday, March 9, 2008

Bootie Call (Subtitle: A Sock Monkey is Having His Way With Me)

For eight frickty frackin days I've knit nary a stitch except for these:



Baby booties. They're for small feet. They're not time killers. They're mindless. Right?

Horse hockey!!!! These booties are a nightmare of endless seed stitch and double layers. They're charming, and they'll be deliciously cute when I'm through with them. I've been hell bent on finishing them. There's a plethora of new babies expected in my corner of the world but as for this little product after 8 days of knitting...well, they may not be finished until the children are in kindergarten!

Today I abandoned the bootie call so that a sock monkey could have his way with me. A friend and I spied this on TV yesterday. I had to make it. All bootie discipline went out the window.

I cast on, I knit, and just an couple of hours later, I have this to show for myself:



I bet it won't take me 8 days to embroidery a nose, eyes and mouth either.

Damn booties!