What I Did on My Summer Vacation

I went canoeing around our pond (Herringbrook). We saw ducks and a blue crane which proceeded to take off and buzz us. Luckily, no dive-bombing! I watched P get his first bullseye in darts.
I flew balsawood planes in the yard with A.
I enjoyed time with the kids and watched them become closer than ever!

Vacation Tales

I can't believe our two weeks at the Cape are almost over. And school is about to start. But this morning I can definitely tell summer is starting to end. It was 58 when I woke up, although it is going to be hot again by week's end. So, I plan to enjoy every last minute of summertime! And the kids do too. The pictures are from my mom's camera (at least someone brought one!). We are at First Encounter Beach right down the street here in Eastham.

No knitting news now, other than I am up to the armholes on the sweater I'm designing. It is coming out well, but no pictures quite yet! Off to enjoy summer.

Still no pictures, but an update

Well, we are still away, so no pictures. The vacation has been very nice so far. Lots of relaxing and hanging around. We've been fishing everyday and all of us have caughter something. Wook caughter a good size bass and the kids and I have caught small ones. I am still not convinced that all 3 of us didn't catch the same not so bright fish! I am both looking forward to the kids going back to school (for a bit of a breather) and sad about them going. They are starting to get a bit excited. I'm sure they'll get excited once we get home and start getting their school things ready. P got a new dinosaur backpack. A got a red sox lunch box. And of course both have all new pencils and crayons.

After a momentary crisis when my IK disappeared (I was saved by another knittyhead who posted the needed info), I finished all but 1/2 of one sleeve of Wook's Cambridge Jacket. Why stop now, you may ask? Because I ran out of yarn. Yup. And I can't get more until we get home late next week. So, I knit all the pieces for the red riding hood doll for Wook's cousin's daughter Lucy. And now I am making a pair of felted bunny slippers. If they come out they will be too cute for words!! Wook thinks he has figured out his cell phone camera, so you may get pictures of all these things tomorrow.

Vacation!

Well, we are just a few days into our weeklong Cape vacation. We come up for a few days at a time, but it has been lovely to spend a longer time. Wook has until Sunday and we'll stay through the next Thursday. Just in time to get home and ready for the first day of school (!) on the next Monday. PJ is going to half day Kindergarten and Abby will be strating first grade. Both are excited.

I've been steadily working on the cambridge jacket. I am most of the way up the first sleeve with the front and back all finished. The problem is that I just started my last skein of yarn. Oops. I'm hopeful though that I can get more once I get home (I'm using Patons merino). But that leaves me with a week to go on vacation and no yarn to finish the sweater. Not to fear though, since I packed a huge bag (okay 2 bags) with yarn just in case. I'm planning on getting started with a doll for Wook's cousin's daughter. Her grandmother, Wook's aunt, asked me to knit one for her after seseing A's topsy turvy at her birthday party.

Well, off to stop the whining. Too bad that doesn't seem to take a vacation!

Done! Now time to finish!

Done and finished are such different terms in knitting. While the topsy turvy is done (meaning all pieces knit), it is FAR from finished. There is still the stuff, sewing together, and mostly importantly the decorating. For a doll, this has to be the most important step. It is the step that turns knit pieces into a doll ready to be loved. So, topsy is going into the knitting bag. She will have to patiently wait to return home tomorrow where the finishing supplies are.

Since the weather has taken a turn for the better, we spent most of yesterday enjoying the coming of spring. We took a hike in Chatham, played garden in the side yard, and flew slingshot airplanes. Wook and the folks all arrived last night, so we are looking forward to going on a hike this afternoon. This morning, we head to Zooquarium, a fun place to stop if you find yourself around these parts. We only go this time of year since it is INSANE during the peak season. Well, everything is insane during peak season. Anyone who spends alot of time on cape knows that you need at least two ways to travel. The way you go during the season, and the one you use off season. So, as we enter the peak season, I say time to take the roads less traveled!!