Yummy Mummy Wristwarmers

I finished this project several weeks ago, but I have been busy making Patrick costumes and being Super Mom.



I am love with these wrist warmers! They are perfect for those spring nights, when it is quite not warm enough to wear a lighter jacket. I will wear these under my sweatshirts. They are sooooo warm! Since they are fingerless, I can still take pictures at my son's Little League games!

Pattern info:
Linda K's Yummy Mummy wristwarmers

Yarn:
Loops & Threads Sophie in Cream. (I bought this yarn SUPER cheap at Michael's - it was on the clearance rack!)

Difficulty:
Medium - You should know how to Cable to do this pattern.

Here is a sneak peek at my next project:

Anyone else have any fun projects going on?

It is Patrick!

After weeks of practice, my son's school talent show has arrived. He is doing the Sponge Bob Squarepants theme with two of his other friends. It was decided weeks ago that he was going to play the part of the pirate in the beginning song:

Are ya ready kids? Aye, aye captain!

So on Tuesday, Billy and his dad went to shop for said pirate costume. Billy some how convinced his dad that he REALLY wanted to be Patrick. There were no Patrick costumes available in the store! Or anywhere else! Needless to say, they did not purchase the pirate costume.

When they returned home empty handed, I was not a happy camper. Where the heck was I gonna get a Patrick costume on such short notice?! (The talent show was on Friday.)

After calming down and thinking things out, I came up with an idea - I would make the costume! (I majored in Art during college after all!)

The costume was due in three days. Could I do it? In the famous words of Barney from "How I Met Your Mother," "CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!"

So I got to work. Collecting cardboard, lots of pink paint and an IV drip of coffee, I was ready to go.

Here's my inspiration:


I found this picture at Coolest Homemade Costumes. I decided I was going to change a few things around, such as making Patrick's mouth the hole he would see out of and keeping the eyes intact.

This project was really easy to do and I had it finished in 1 day. (I work extremely well under pressure.)

Here is the basic shape of the head.

Painting Patrick in Pepto-Bismol pink.

Here is the final result:

I just had to try it on and dance around!

I love him!!

Bring on the talent show!

And then there were four...

Our lonely egg got three more siblings today!

So now there are four eggs. I am still not too sure what type of bird the mom is, but she wasn't too happy to see me checking in on the birdies-to-be. But in some ways, I am their landlord - so I have every right to visit my tenants.

Today I was forced to evict my "friends" out of the fort. We are having lots of children over the house for my son's 1st Communion. I thought that the nest would not survive the horsing around from the wolf pack of boys. So with gloves on and the help of my friend Heather, we moved the nest to a neighboring spruce tree.

I hope all goes well with the move....

We have a guest!

My son made a discovery in his playhouse last week:



Apparently, this is not the first time, he has found a bird's nest in his fort. My son and his father have been at "war" with birds in our yard (we have a plethora of them!) The first time, about 3 weeks ago, my son found a nest in his fort and he threw it out on the ground (don't worry there were no eggs in it). The next day, it was back in the same spot - so my son removed it. The next day it was back! How did it get there? It was a mystery.

So Billy and his dad kept going back and forth with the "game" until one day, they witnessed the birds actually pick up their nest and fly back to the fort. (Determined little birds, huh?)

This is what I found in the nest recently.



I have issued a cease-fire to both parties.

I heart Tulips

Tulips are hands down my favorite flower. So it is no surprise that I have many blooming in my yard as we speak:










Happy Spring!!