Category: Grandkids

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Brave Girl

Once upon a time, there was this cute girl who played soccer. She play so much soccer that one day, she totally tore her ACL.

Fast forward and here we are. She was called in much sooner than expected,  for repair surgery because someone else canceled and she got their spot. Brave girl, Lil!

Back at home now, she is loving fruit smoothies and sitting back in the recliner…exactly like she’s supposed to.

And her mom’s a pro at adjusting her brace…

and unwrapping…

and unwrapping…

and unwrapping her leg…

to see what a good job the doctor did! And what a great job Lily is doing too. Not much bruising, so far.

She’s even mastering crutches like a pro….something I never did figure out. 

We’re so proud of you honey!! Rest and keep healing. We love you!

 

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Appa!!

 

My sweet granddaughter had a huge, stuffed Appa (From Avatar- The Last Airbender) on her birthday list. It was like a large pillow of the famous Flying Bison.

I could have gotten it for her, in fact, I almost did.

But then…

I found a pattern and I just couldn’t help myself.

I simply HAD to make it.

I honestly wasn’t sure if it would be a big mess…

or turn out…

incredible.

What I do know, is that it was one of the most fun projects that I’ve made in a long, long time.

Another thing I found out was that when you work really hard on something, for days and days, you run the risk of getting incredibly attatched to it.

Yeah, this one was hard to wrap up and put in the box.

Luckily, I love this girlie even more than furry little Appa.

Annnnnnd…

she ADORED him!!

That always helps.

Happy Birthday Kiddo. I love you.

 

 

Original pattern from Darling

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The Little Pirate Princess

Had a bit of drama with this little sweetheart, poor thing.

While running and chasing with her brothers she ran into the door jam and cracked herself in the eye–the brow bone to be exact. The swelling when down to her eyelid by morning and looked so spooky that…

they took to be checked at the hospital and…

even did an MRI to make sure she didn’t injure the bones around her eye.

Luckily, she didn’t.

Phew. It still looks scary–but it’s getting better every day.

Heal fast little one.

We love you.

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An Otter For Skylie

While I was gone, I had and enormous amount of certainty that I would spend all my waking hours crocheting my guts out…for the Farmer’s Market.

Vacation or no vacation, I told myself, it had to be done. I have a booth to run. It was the only responsible thing to do!

Trouble is that I’m apparently an immediate gratification sort of chick, and there were these really adorable kids that desperately needed what I was making.

Needed. 

Neeeeeeeded. 

Good Grammy’s never ignore their grandchildren’s needs.

Goes without saying.

 

 

PS– Love you Skylie!

Original pattern from LorettasLoops on Etsy

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Road Trip- Day 6 Heading Home

Ok, this is my LEAST favorite thing about roadtrips….

having to say good-bye to a big chunk of my heart.

Ooooh, I’m going to miss this sweet guy…

and his family….SO, so much.

The cousins will miss each other too. It was just all so dang FUN!!

It’s so strange to drive away from these guys who just lived down the road a few months ago. Kind of awful, actually. Feels like we should all be going “home” together.

Deep breaths. Deep breaths.

Good-bye sweet family—I love you!!