We've already had a couple of great snows, compared to the tiny one snow we had all year last year. It was fun to see it again and the kids couldn't wait to get in it. This first picture was taken on the day after Christmas snow. I was still feeling crummy from the Demonic Flu, so all I could muster was to shoot a picture while standing in the front doorway. It was a nice shot of The Car in all its snowy glory, and Lawrence's first snow that he can remember.
The Car, by the way, with its fancy rear wheel drive, is absolutely useless when there is visible snow on the ground. I had to go outside and help push/slide it back in the driveway after Phillip came home from work. Yes, he took my all-wheel-drive mommy car to work because it would actually get him there without sliding off the road.
Around New Years, we had another round of snow. Archie showed Lawrence the way-cool thrill of sledding and we can't get him out of the yard! Our yard has two steep hills. If you start from the tippy top, you can go all the way down into the woods. Every day the first thing Lawrence wants to do when he gets up is put on his snow suit and sled. Lydia, not so much. She likes giving people the initial push down the hill, but not riding herself. Not even with a buddy. Phillip and Lawrence had a nice boys afternoon out together and went to a larger hill in Mount Airy to sled. Lawrence was so tired, he said he forgot how to walk just before they left!
This is Archie and Lawrence crashing into the downed tree behind the house in the woods. Your sledding was deemed 'awesome' if you had to duck under the tree!
What a little cutie!
Meanwhile, the project I am currently working on (and a little discouraged about) is my TARDIS blanket. This is my first foray into Tapestry Crochet and having to learn everything by myself via Youtube or good ole trial and error is proving rather frustrating. For instance, I knew of no technique to follow to carry the other colour up a row. About half-way up the second block from the bottom, I figured out my own little technique. So now I have some imaginative cover-up to do about the blue strands going up the black edging. It was when I got to this point (pictured below) that I realized that determining the 'right' side and the 'wrong' side is very important. My windows are all zig-zaggy and the lock and door handle looked like blobs of grey dust on it. I solved the lock problem by gluing a metal lock I found in the jewelry section of Hobby Lobby over the grey blob. The handle, I am thinking will be solved by finding a metal barrette in just the right shape to glue on it. And yes, I already realize that the lock and handle are on the wrong side of the TARDIS. It will have to be a Bizarro TARDIS. You can report me to The Doctor. You know who.
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