Ugg Hat

Here's a little something that I made to go with LG's Baby Uggs.

I'm so glad that I had frogged the bootees and reknit them a little smaller.  We have gotten a ton of use out of them.  It's so chilly here in the mornings while walking to school.  Then we try to walk the lagoon a couple of times a week.  Of course, by the time we get back home from our walk, it's warmed up.  Layers people, it's all about the layers around here.

I tried to copy the look of the bootees with the faux fur and a brown "leather" top, all made of cotton.  People do say the bootees look like uggs, the hat doesn't get so many comments.  Of course, LG has usually pulled it off by the time we see anybody.  I love the little flower that I added as an accent. It's a little bulky, but I didn't want to redo it.

I know a shocker with how much I frog things.

We get a ton of compliments on the set.  People always ask right away if I made them.  That's something that I don't get with too many projects, but I love it.

The Determination of a Child

This morning LG was a very determined little girl.  She had her mind set on reading a book in the most comfortable seat in the house.  I just treasured every moment watching her.

She picked out her googley eyed dinosaur book and did the crab walk, taking her book to her big sister's everywhere chair.  She put her book on the chair.  Then she climb up.  Picking up her book and getting ready to read, her butt slowly slid off the edge of the chair and LG found herself on the floor.  She yelled.  She climbed again.

Pulling herself back onto the chair.  LG took a look around, to make sure she was all the way on the chair.  Sat down and once again her butt slid of the chair and she found herself and the book on the floor.  Another yell.

LG was still determined that she was going to read her book in that chair.  Book on chair.. check.  Baby on chair... check.  Butt on chair...  nope.  This time she slid to the floor and rolled over.  BIG yell.

Mommy to the rescue.

I put LG on the chair, facing the proper way so she wouldn't slid off, and gave her the googley eyed dinosaur book.  She happily read... until she wanted the nose book.

LG climbed off the chair and started the entire process over again.  She only had to slid off once before I helped her out again.

Tell you what.  She knew what she wanted to do.  I can't tell you how many times she slid off that chair, but once she was there she read her books for a good fifteen minutes and was happy the whole time.  It was so neat to watch her little mind work.  Trying to problem solve how not to fall off the chair.  Not giving in and reading her books on the blanket. 

Knitting
I've been working on the Wallis Cardigan and getting a lot done.  I've also spent a little time on Ravelry and am trying not to add items to my queue.  There are so many pretty things.  It's tough trying to decide what to knit once I'm done with the sweater.

Da Zoo

Student of the Month
I totally missed my blog post yesterday.  It was crazy busy.  Between school assemblies, two playdates and taking BG out to dinner for getting student of the month, I barely went near a computer.   But yeah BG!

It's nice to know that you can still get student of the month when you play hooky to go to the zoo. 

The Zoo
We did make our way to the zoo on a school day.  My cousins, the ones that were crammed around my coffee table, were in town enjoying a SoCal spring and Disneyland.   They came down to San Diego for a day and we had a fabulous time.  It is so easy to have a great time with this group of monkeys.  The kids were great.  They love to climb on everything.  It's a good thing that there are plenty of animal statues to crawl all over.

Our favorite animal is the brand new panda bear, Yun Zi. It was really tough trying to decide between the baby giraffe and the baby panda.  They are both so darn cute.  And giraffes are a favorite animal around the house.  Then we learned that Yun Zi was born the same day as LG.  Sorry giraffe, panda wins.

Though, I think LG's favorite part was the bus tour.  She loves to look over the side and see everything passing by. 

Nothing beats a day at the zoo.