Here is the Goonies house. The owners are VERY nice to welcome visitors on foot - and the view is amazing from up here.
We also hit the Maritime Museum where the kids could run around a real ship . . . . we loved the whole weekend.
I love this kids! They had the best time and so did we! Marfie did a great job finding a good old-fashioned farm for our pumpkin picking.
So, so happy to have wrapped up Em's swing coat and E's matching hat. I fell in love with this jacket from the Mason-Dixon knitting book - the same one I found the Emma Peel dress in.
I used KnitPicks yarn, repurposed three buttons from an old shirt of mine, and embroidered the sweet little ferns freehand. I made E a sort-of matching hat and I am also making one for Tall House Double Cup.
Action shot.
Em had her first haircut today. She has tons of fine hair, a million different lengths, with a big chunk that kept falling in her eyes. So we asked for a little fringe bang and some length off the back. It turned out not quite what we were after but still so, so sweet. Em was a little worried but got through the cut like a trooper.
I finished this new smock for Em this weekend. The fabric is by Jay McCarroll (Project Runway Season 1 winner). I made the binding myself so it's a little home-ec looking but it will work fine for a school outfit. The pretty fabric is carrying the outfit rather than the skills of the seamstress.
We headed up to Washington for an overnight at Great Wolf Lodge - a huge waterpark/playland/kids' haven.
The kidlets loved the waterpark. Em was a little young for the whole thing but busied herself wading around while Ev went INSANE on the waterslides.
Tall House, Double Cup took the kidlets to Enchanted Forest last weekend while I did some painting projects around the house. I've never been to this sweet and shabby little park. They LOVED it. Videos below.
There were so many things to love about farm camp - but here is what makes me swoon. Evan knit this hat himself! Sweet love! Here he is posing at Blackberry Hammocks (every area of the farm has a sweet little name) and yes, that's a family of ducks swimming behind him.
E and his best friend Will, wearing the caps they knit.
This is definitely the cutest thing I've ever knit for Em. It's the Emma Peel dress from the Mason-Dixon knitting book. I used KnitPicks CotLin which is a cotton/linen blend.
Side view. I love it so much, I may need to start another one in the next size up.
The back has a sweet keyhole that buttons up. A first for me to make.
I am spending the week at farm camp and I brought home vegetables. I feel great about all the vegetables I picked. I am holding a bottle of vinegar in my hand. We made the vinegar with herbs. My favorite thing at farm camp is Villages - that's where we build stuff with sticks. And I like boating on the pond. My friend Will is at my camp. That's pretty much it.
Pictures from our beach vacation . . .
The boys loved horseback riding. Emme couldn't stop requesting her own pony all week long. Evan is on Cowboy and Jeff is on Trigger.
I'll admit I am advance blogging this by a couple of days because I'll be mostly offline for vacation - but just admit it - you wish you were here right now too, no? Hello from the beach!
I've been looking forward to this vacation for months. A week at the beach - sand right up to the back door of a sweet little cottage. The last thing I'll see at night and the first thing in the morning will be the Pacific Ocean. Happy Day. Big stack of books, lots of wine, toys for the kidlets and sunscreen for all. Yeah beach!
I've been spending my craft time lately on sewing instead of knitting and I really missed having a project I was excited about. So I dug out some patterns and did a little yarn shopping. I've started the Emma Peel Dress from Mason-Dixon. And since Em is starting to imitate what she see'sus doing, she picks up the project and pretends to knit - so sweet! I have a secret dream that she'll end up both a knitter AND a librarian. A girl can dream.
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