That's an article written in 1968 about my Pap. He was 22 years old at the time and had saved a 12-year-old boy from drowning. Pretty sweet. That's him and my cute Grandma.
"Be it known to all men that John Rice has been responsible for saving a human life while performing his duties on a construction job site. Through quick thinking and ingenuity, Joseph Scott Jr., who was in danger of drowning, was preserved June 14, 1968 at Crafton, Pa."
One of my goals for the 52 weeks project is to do more crafts with Henry. He LOVES paint, so I wanted to make something with handprints. After seeing this on Pinterest, we decided to make a handprint peacock to hang in our turquoise kitchen. Here's how it turned out.
I didn't get any pictures of Henry since my camera charger is hiding somewhere, but he had a great time smearing paint around. I definitely want to try to find more cool things to make with handprints. Super cute, super quick. Maybe this or this next time.
This has been the most ridiculous week. Hank has been sick for the better part of it. He is becoming super skilled at blowing his nose (yay!) but also thinks my shirt and tissues are one in the same (boo!). So while dealing with my grouchy sick kid and his 103 temp, I decided to bust out my felt and embroidery thread.
52 weeks project 2: Creepy Plushies!
Scary Bear and Foxy Lady
I have been a huge fan of Stanley Donwood, Thom Yorke and Radiohead cover art since I was 15. Really, how can you not love scary bears? I haven't made one since Wesley and I were dating, but it seemed to fit Hanks mood, so one more has joined the world.
Stanley Donwood, Despot Bears
We are currently working on putting together a fundraiser show for the B&B to help with some of our renovation costs. Yay for musically talented friends and friends of friends, because this is a total learning experience for me. I'm trying to make a whole bunch of random weirdness to sell. Look forward to that. I'll let you know when we have some bands and dates.
Sorry for the short and sweet update, neglected housekeeping calls. Have a great week! Also, check out Emily's crazy awesome project. I'm pretty impressed.
I have always loved reading "Flashback Friday" posts. It's awesome to see a family history and random tidbits of their lives. My mom recently scanned and saved hundreds of photographs for us because she is incredibly awesome, so I really have no excuse not to do this. So here's my first flashback photo...
Ohiopyle State Park, 1980-something.
That is my mom climbing the tree and my dad catching her. We grew up (and still reside) near Ohiopyle State Park, which is where this photo was taken. My parents used to hang out there quite a bit. They were teenagers, dating at this time, not yet married. My mom was (and still is) pretty fearless. One of her stated reasons for dating my dad was that she couldn't beat him up. Love it. Love them.
Henry's vocabulary is increasing every day, and it's way exciting but he sounds so grown up sometimes, I just can't stand it.
Everything is "Henry do it!".
He still loves to read, and hearing him read to himself is hilarious. "LOOK OUT! Evil Dr. Octopus is on the LOOOOSE!"
His current favorite books are "Brown Bear, Brown Bear", anything with "superdudes" and "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus". Super fun.
He thinks his stinkers are hilarious and loves to announce them. "Henry FARTED!"
He can spell his name now and he can count to 12. If you ask him to do either one to make him show off, he refuses. But if you give him some paper and tell him to write his name, he'll spell it out while he "writes" it. And if you ask him to count cheerios for you, he usually will...although he does still get stuck on three sometimes. "One...Two...Three....Three...uh, three...".
He can now identify more superheros than I can. No idea what people do when they don't have a Wesley around to be all like "Oh, that's Kilowog." Right....I totally knew that?
He loves to talk on the phone, and he's getting a lot easier to understand by everyone but my dad...but in his defense, Henry always has to tell Pappy really random stuff like he's wearing octopus pajamas or Rango & Beans went to Dirt to get water...so it's not entirely his fault.
He loves pizza.
He's been really into learning peoples "other names". Mommy is Jamie, Daddy is Wes, Henry is Bean or Henry Eisner or Batman Henry or whoever else he is that day, Pippy is Johnetta, Gammie is Sharon, so on and so on and so on. Your secret identity is not safe with him.
He is not very interested in the potty, though he will sit there forever if I let him look at the "Where's Waldo?" book.
Sesame Street has finally been replaced by the new Avengers cartoon series. Yay!
He's the best thing ever.
Edit:
Jen caught Hank reading "Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus". For your viewing enjoyment:
I've been an avid knitter forever, and the accumulated yarn stash from the last ten years should probably be insured. Seriously, you should see it. I think you could swim in it.
After Henry arrived I had to trade in my knitting needles for crochet hooks (so I wouldn't poke out his eyes or have to pick up a million stitches) and I've come to love to crochet as much as I love to knit. During all the time I spent breastfeeding (when we weren't reading nerd novels) I made Hank a ton of weird little hats. I attempted to get an Etsy shop going to sell them under the name Innocent Aesop, but two years later have yet to list anything. Lazy me!
Worlds Smallest Radiohead Fan
One of my goals for 2013 is to get some of my patterns written up. Maybe even list some finished hats on Etsy in my spare time. (Ha! Spare time?) Word of mouth has kept me pretty busy, to the point that I still owe a few people some holiday hats. (My bad guys! I haven't forgotten about you!)
"52 Weeks Project" number one: Crochet pattern for the Sleeping Owl Newborn Hat is written! I'm going to make one more hat just be 100% sure the pattern is correct, then I'll post it here so you can make your own. Yay, productivity!
Sleeping Owl Hat
I recently made a few of these hats for Christine Baggett of CMH Photography, LLC in Saint Cloud, FL. I'm toying with the idea of selling them at the B&B souvenir shop. It was super exciting to see the finished photos of them. They are such a cute family, and she's a great photographer. If you are in the area you should check her out.
The Baggett Family
I've also been doing a bunch of custom hats, and they have become my go-to gift for the awesome kids in my life. Henry "helped" make the kitty hat gifted to my friend Emily's sweet daughter Hazel. At her birthday party when she opened it he started yelling "It's a hat! Hazel, it's a HAT!"...he's not so informed about the element of surprise, I guess. Hooray for busy children, because happily she either didn't hear him or she's very good at faking surprise.
I just wish I was better at writing down what I'm doing, my style of crochet is to just go at it until I like it. Awesome and uncomplicated, but it's hard to make an exact duplicate.
Kitty Hat for Hazel
And there you have it. We are currently buried under 12+ inches of snow, so maybe I'll keep being productive? (Or maybe we'll watch cartoons and drink hot chocolate?)
