Today was Star Wars-a-thon in our house. Our precious T stayed home from kindergarten sick for the first time this school year! T couldn't figure out why I was sad that he was staying home, because he was so excited! Thankfully daddy had today off, so he stayed home with us. T has a cough that is taking a lot out of him. In the rush to get K ready for picture day at school, she forgot her lunch on the kitchen counter, so SuperMom saved the day by taking it to her at school and the snap decision of running errands while being out. So while hubby stayed home with T, I went and got him medicine, as well as getting my grocery shopping done. Nothing like having a rainy day to stay home to knit and watch gobs and gobs of Star Wars. *twitch*
Today I finished a hat that I started on Monday after shipping out the hat that sold on Etsy. I like this one. Its also of lacy pattern origin, but its in this gorgeous wine-y purple color. And its soooo squishingly soft. Yes, I do happen to make up words to describe it. I have made a last quarter of the year vow not to buy any more yarn. I have tons of it now, I have to use it up before I get more! Or so I keep saying to myself. We all know how addictions can be. Speaking of addictions, I stopped by JoAnn's fabric store last Saturday to pick up some thread and... well... more fabric. That remnant fabric bin is dangerous! I bought two things of Spiderman cloth, two pink fabrics, and one flannel fabric! With the thread, the total came to $10 something. I still had a gift card left over from one of my last birthdays with a whole $7 left on it, so after the gift card I wound up paying just a little over $2 for over 2 yards of fabric and some thread. Great day after all!
As far as those mini-pumpkin pies I made for the party: They were a smashing success! I love my little mini-muffin pan. It is so versatile. I never ever buy from people who push those Pampered Chef products, but I bought this from one of my former coworkers many many years back, and have only been using them for the occasional mini-banana chocolate chip muffin cravings I have. Then last Thanksgiving, I made Paula Deen's pumpkin pie recipe, and out of ONE batch, had a full 2 pies from it, and LOTS of leftover batter. So my brain cooked up those mini-pies/tartlet whatever you want to call them, and hubby and I pigged out on those all night before Thanksgiving. Apparently I now have a following for those too! It made me laugh because one of my (former) coworkers from Borders made a comment about how he hates making homemade pie crust, because it is too much work. Mind you, he is an amazing chef. He would bake us all sorts of goodies during holidays. For him to make that comment just boggled my mind. I taught myself how to do the pie crust. And I don't think its too much work. I am pretty sure I made one of these faces: O.o <--- Yup, I'm certain I did that face.
T is also (finally) letting us read him bedtime stories. In years prior, between the ages of 2.5 and 5.0, we have been told in no uncertain terms by him that he "hates our voice" when we try to read to him. I don't know exactly what happened, but last night I invited him to sit between me and daddy so daddy could read the Star Wars Clone Wars book staring the Domino Squad and Captain Rex. His most favorite characters EVER. Daddy read the first chapter while I knitted, and somewhere in the last few paragraphs, T fell asleep. It was adorable! Tonight, they read two more chapters, and he stayed awake for them both. He said I need to make him a Star Wars blankie to go with his Pooh blankie and Spongebob blankie. Boy, that child has a lot of blankies. I'm glad I have a blankie baby. I always loved Linus in Peanuts. T even had a few days this last month about wanting to take blankie with him to school. He has even tried to sneak it into his back pack once. Poor kid.
But first, I will make him an R2D2 hat. Then I'll try and find a blankie for him. Whether its just the taggy style blankie he already has (you know, 2 pieces of fleece cut and tied together) or actually sew one. Tough decisions. But R2D2 headwear first!
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