5 months

Another month. I'm so enjoying the pictures showing #6's growth each month and I know I will LOVE having these post to look back on, especially these ones that her siblings wrote, telling how much they love and what they are observing about her.

It's #3's turn to tell you about our sweet #6...

• She rolls over both ways now.
• She likes being held
• She is a sweet little bug.

Little miss #6 is getting so big! She can squirm around, getting across the room if she wants. She's starting to "talk" a lot and smiles and laughs at her siblings. She LOVES his siblings...watching them in all their antics around her. She is sleeping well, some nights she wakes once but more often then not she sleeps through until the rest of us wake up.

Wanna see other months?

1 month

2 months

3 months

4 months

:: Yarn Along ::

On the needles :: I ordered yarn to finish the sweater I started LONG ago for #3, hoping to finish it before he outgrows it. I suddenly got the finishing bug and hoped to finish #6's sweater and my summer shawl project before the yarn arrived. And I was making great progress on #6's sweater, until I ran out of yarn. What is really the bummer about it is the yarn is from knitpicks, the same place I ordered from for #3's sweater...so more shipping to be paid. Wish I had know I was not going to be able to get both sleeves from the skein. So that's on hold while I work on finishing the shawl. It is nice to knit now that I have fixed my mistake and I can kind of see that I may finish this week. Just in time too, the mornings and evenings are sure cooling off around here.

Another project you see in the picture is what I spent much of last week doing. Dyeing yarn for the first time! With Queen Anne's Lace flowers! It was so cool, though time consuming! And I'm so thrilled with the color I got. Just have to figure out what to make with it.

On the nightstand :: I've been trying to read. I want to read. It just isn't going for me. I have The Throne of Fire from the library. And I want to read it so I can read The Serpent's Shadow, I bought #1 for kindle but so far I haven't been able to get into it.

Joining Ginny today! Much to see over there today...

:: Yarn Along ::

On the needles :: I haven't worked on any knitting in weeks. I need to go to the yarn store for more for 2 of my biggest projects and ripping back all of my lace must have added a block in my brain about wanting to work on my shawl. But I realized that it will be fall before I know it so I need to get over my phobia about placing buttons myself and work on the sweater for #6. I purposely made it big, casting on the 6-12 month size, so it would fit her when it was sweater weather. I didn't want to have not finished it and miss sweater weather or her 6-12 month size. Though in my zest to place those buttons correctly I just knitted right along past the point of binding off the arm hole...back to ripping out. Sigh. I'm going to the yarn store this week so I'll have some more options soon. 

 On the nightstand :: It is that time of year where I'm not reading much but trying to read ahead and plan for school. I think I have all of my FIAR pre-planning done so now I just have to figure out when to put each book into our schedule. I'm ordering the rest of our books this week so I'll be planning and researching and scheduling for awhile yet.

Fo on over to Ginny's to see even morn yarn and books.

:: Yarn Along ::

On the needles :: I was about half done with the lace pattern on my Multnomah when I had to tear it out. I missed something somewhere and was off. I knew I was off but kept going until I reached a point I couldn't fake it anymore...rip. Good thing I'm enjoying the simplicity of it and how pretty the lace is even though it is so simple and the yarn...I guess my summer shawl making is going to take all summer.

On the nightstand :: See that "lucky day" sticker? That's my library's brilliant idea of having a shelf next to the self-check out counter with a copy of new releases. I got to pick up a grown up book (the adult sections of the library are many floors above the children's section and very quiet...not something I want to haul my collection up to very often). I read The Witness by Nora Roberts in two days, this included two very late nights because I had to know if it turned out! I'm sticking with Jane Eyre and it is getting good. Surprised me, Mr. Rochester did...

4 months

We are back to bring you our sweet #6's monthly update. We've had a milestone around here this month but I'll let #2 tell you about it since it is him month to share about his sister.

• She's cute.
• She's fun to hold.
• She's rolling over a lot.

That last one is just too much of a big deal to leave in the words of an 8 year old brother. Miss #6 rolls from her back to her tummy now and most often gets a little worked up that she's stuck sucking carpet. But in a move completely unusual for my babies she has been completely content to just lay there. Eyes wide open and laying completely relaxed. She even laid on her tummy in the middle of the living room and fell asleep the other day...strange and wonderful.

Byzantine Crosses

I'm thinking July may have to be the month I catch up. I looked over my list of things I wanted to write about, share here, document and remember. I'm behind. I always say {at least to myself} that I will be more consistent. Perhaps it just is what it is and I won't worry about it but with no journal and no scrapbook, this space is where I keep track of most of our goings-on...so I'll catch up.


We are in the thrills of summer with absolutely no routine, which I think can only last a couple more weeks before I go crazy, and school work in few and far between moments. But I bring you a project from all the way back in March (!).


Byzantine Crosses









We learned that Byzantine artists used egg yokes to bind the pigments of their paints. We tried our own painting with egg yoke based paint by painting on sugar cookie dough. And enjoyed an afternoon treat of beautiful and delicious snacks!

Dance

I'm thinking July may have to be the month I catch up. I looked over my list of things I wanted to write about, share here, document and remember. I'm behind. I always say {at least to myself} that I will be more consistent. Perhaps it just is what it is and I won't worry about it but with no journal and no scrapbook this space is where I keep track of most of our goings-on...so I'll catch up.

So...today I bring you dance. As in the dance class #1 took most of last year and finished with a recital and community performances in May (!).

 

#1 started being curious about dance at some point, I don't even really remember the start of her interest, and started dropping hints about maybe taking a class. In an effort to invest in the children's interests and passions and as a way of making sure #1 has other interests besides basketball we decided that dance would be something worthwhile of her time. I started researching dance places around town. #1 wanted to take a hip-hop class, that added a level of "concern" for me as I wasn't sure what kind of moves, music and costumes we would encounter. I found Hosanna Dance in town, and know some friends who have taken classes there, that met my "concerns" and #1 interest in hip-hop.

She started weekly classes in December and as the spring got closer and closer the work of class started turning toward the recital. Recital week is a pretty big deal with rehearsal, pictures and the actual show. For #1 we also had to purchase all the make-up and hair supplies necessary for her performances. I don't use a lot of make-up and hair supplies so we had to purchase everything new and #1 had so much fun with it all!

#1 did a great job with her performance. It was a joy to watch her on stage and working out something new and taking an interest and following through.

Another thing I really liked about Hosanna Dance was that after the recital, the last couple weeks of the class year were devoted to community performances in assisted living homes in the area. I thought it was a wonderful way of teaching the kids to give back to the community in whatever way they could and a blessing to the residents who maybe don't get out much.