Another Conversation with Lily

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Me: Are you lying?

Lily: ROAR!!!!!!!
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Hot and cold

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Me: Lily, are you sad because you have a bit of a cold?

Lily: No, have a hot.
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Cousins at Play

On a whim, I decided to bring my camera along to our weekly gathering at Ish's parents' house.  I had a lot of fun following my children and a couple of their cousins around as they played outside.  The swing set in the backyard has provided a whole lot of entertainment over the past few years, and it is interesting to see how the different children use it to entertain themselves.  Lily is finally old enough to really enjoy parts of it on her own.  She loves climbing up the ladder to the slide, but she also likes to climb up the slide.  Little Ish likes to climb the wall and using the tire swing. 

Estimated Due Date

Today was my estimated due date for Sam, the sweet baby that I miscarried in August.  I knew the day was swiftly approaching, but I still felt a bit blindsided when I noticed that today was May 6th.  I have been having a sad sort of a day remembering my little one.  Although the sting of loss has lessened a bit over the past 8 months, it seems fresh and new today. 

Requiem aeternam dona ei, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat ei. Requiescat in pace. Amen.

Ends and Beginnings

I finally finished my shawl last week, and boy am I glad to be done.  The weight of the shawl was making for very sore wrists during the last 40 some odd rows.  On Sunday, I cast on a pair of Sheepy Pants for Liliana.  I am loving the yarn which is Cascade 220 Paints in the Carribean Sea colorway.  I kind of wish I had purchased a couple of extra skeins in this color because it is absolutely gorgeous and the color has been discontinued.  I am not the only one who likes the colors either.  Aside from Ish complimenting it, a random gentleman in a waiting room stopped me to tell me that it was pretty.

As for reading, I am still reading about fermentation, but I have also been listening to a lot of books.  In the past few weeks, I have listened to L.M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables and Anne of Avonlea, and I have moved on to Anne of the Island.  All three books are read by Karen Savage on LibriVox.

For more books and fiber, join Ginny for her Yarn Along!

A Sunday Outing

Normally our Sunday afternoons are spent eating my father-in-law's amazing homemade pizza over at Ish's parents house.  Yesterday there was no pizza planned so we decided to spend our afternoon at Longwood Gardens--an easy trip to decide on as we have a membership.  I had all these hopes of taking pictures of the children in and among the tulips which were at their peak. Apparently everyone else and their brother had the same idea and there was no way I was going to try to take pictures of my children amongst the hordes of tulip-gazers. 

Although we did visit the tulips, we spent most of our time in less crowded areas.  Both kids had a blast running around and enjoying being outside in the beautiful spring weather.  Little Ish was very excited to visit the Chimes Tower which he has renamed Gandalf's Tower; he was especially excited about ringing the bell at the top of the tower.

As a side note, I spied more than one stranger taking a photo of Lily.  I didn't bother saying anything because I would have had to chase the offenders down .  I just find it odd that people who don't know me or my family will have a picture of my daughter on their camera.  I am not sure that I care about it, but am I right in finding that to be particularly strange?

Pirates!