Babar (Part II)

This past week has been one of the hardest of our lives. I would like to compose some of my thoughts, but I feel like I need more time to process. In the meantime I wanted to share the pieces I added to the knitted Babar.

After I had finished the Babar I felt that he needed a cute book to go along with him. I noticed that he always had his green three piece suit on (by the way I found the best Babar book ever written, "Babar's yoga for Elephants.") It was bothering me that he just had his crown and his cape and I felt that he needed to have his signature three piece suit. At this point I knew that while it would not take me long to make the suit, I would be pushing it to have it done by my friend's birthday which was only a couple days away. So, I gave her the Babar without the suit but the I said well, he needs the suit so you are going to have to give him back so I can finish him, ha. She was reluctant to give him back, but I assured her that he would be returned in an upgraded version, and of course who can say no to the green three piece suit! It makes Babar! Anyways, I knitted his little suit and I am SO HAPPY because I love it so much more than I already did. It's so perfect! I've never been really into the Babar books but after I finished his suit I didn't want to give him back! But of course I did. However I may just have to make another one someday... maybe I'll make his little yoga one piece suit! So CUTE! (I'll just add that to my ever growing to-do-knit-list.) Here he is with his little suit in all his glory. Don't you love him?

Little Knitted Balls

I'm so excited/nervous (but mostly excited) to teach my first knitting class this Wednesday. Ive been knitting for about 5 years and I've always had people say "teach me, teach me!" and I never felt ready, but I think I do now- here goes nothing! It will be a learning experience all around! I am showing them how to make these little knitted balls. They are simple and quick and help you learn more than just the basic garter stitch so you have more of an understanding of the whole knitting process. I am planning another class in July or August and I would love anyone to join me who is interested! 

Elijah does the QC testing for all the balls.

As always, Happy knitting! 

Our little Drives up the Canyon

You know those naps times, they're fading. In a way it is stressful, and in a way it's a relief to not have to worry about catering to a nap schedule (although Elijah has stopped sleeping on the go, so we are back to being a slave to the nap time anyways.) Olive doesn't seem to get any more sleep when she naps (she just stays up later,) but she still seems to do better when she breaks up her day with a little rest, don't we all? I don't know why we haven't implemented siestas here yet! It doesn't help that it gets dark so late now that it's summer, and we love being out at night and not having to worry that we need to get Olive back home early so she can go to bed. So, we are going through this little phase of our lives where we all hop in the car around 1 or 2 pm and go for a drive up the canyon and it puts my babes to sleep like a dream, which makes the likelihood of me getting a nap a little higher, which makes me a happier and better mommy :)

It has turned out to be something that I have loved. Instead of viewing it as this burden where I have to go through this routine everyday, I see it as this time where I get to be with my babes, watch them drift off into sleep while I listen to some beautiful classical piano and drive up and down the beautiful Provo Canyon that I feel so blessed to live by. Their sleep cd is one that I obtained by a young 18 year old man selling his personal piano compilations door to door. I don't often think about the person playing the music when I listen to it, but because I met him and chatted with him I always picture him softly moving his fingers up and down the piano as I listen to each note. I choose to leave my phone home most of the time, or put it somewhere out of reach. It has turned out to be a peaceful time where I can gather all my thoughts without any interruption. I already feel ourselves moving out of this phase, and it makes me a little sad so I wanted to document it for memory. Yesterday Olive put herself to bed at about 5 pm (this has never happened ever) and then woke back up at about 7:30 pm... so that was fun :) And today as we took our drive up the canyon she was so chit chatty with me (which I actually love) and she kept reminding me "I'm still awake  Mommy" because she knows we take those drives to put her to sleep. After a bit however she gave into the soft purr of the road and we made our way back home. 

But you know it's true what they say, nothing gold can stay.