food, crochet, merriment
For this sweet girly–it only seemed right that she have her favorite little character–which is, of course…..
Hello Kitty!
This one was seriously so much fun to make because–truth is– I love this kitty as much as T does.
I’m happy to share birthday parties and Hello Kitty with this sweetheart because we all know that when you share love…
it only multiplies!!
Happy Birthday Sweetie!! Grammy loves you!
Lily saw this top and asked if I could make it.
Pfffft.
Of course, my dear.
Of course, my dear.
We tweaked a tiny bit so that it was longer and covered more of her shoulder.
You know what I always say…
“Anything for you my dah-ling.”
On an evening like this, it would have easy to take a picture of the beautiful night sky with all the stars shining—or take a close up of the gooey marshmallows roasting over the fire.
To be honest, it never occurred to me.
I was way too busy watching all these dear,
sweet…
happy people doing what we always do….
…just being together.
Family really does make for the best of friends.
Sincerely, I know what Memorial Day is all about. I do. We ALWAYS take flowers to our sweet family at the cemeteries, whether or not they were Veterans and even though none of them died in a war. This year we did it on Saturday before actual Memorial Day. I forgot to take pictures. Sorry.
We did, however have a lovely barbecue so that we could just…you know…play.
We’re pretty good at that play stuff.
New to our game repertoire was a corn hole set. It works well for a bit but then the littles wanted to wear it on their backs like a hero cape and run around the yard saving people. Slightly scary.
There was a soccer ball flying throughout the evening…
because pretty much everyone who is anyone (the kids, anyway) have played or are playing or will be playing– soccer.
So it was just a natural thing for all of them to see a ball and kick it!!
Someone brought a sticky target game…
that was also a hit. No pun intended.
Some of the kids created their own games or traded Pokemon cards.
We had hair braiding and chalk painting…
…hanging inside the monkey bar thingy…
and lighting charcoal snakes!! I love those!
Also new to our game day was an extra large Connect Four.
Even the little kids played with it…
when the big kids were done–of course!!
There was, of course the fabulous barbecue food–but I didn’t pay too much attention to that–picture wise because….well, because…
eating takes two hands.
Heh, heh.
Happy Memorial Day everyone!!!
In case you–like me–don’t get out much or wander around in the kiddie show section of your tv…let me introduce you to Miss Bitsy Boots of the Super Kitties fame.
Well, my sweet granddaughter “Miss C” asked me to make her a Bitsy Boots of her own. You know what I say…”ANYthing for you, my dah-ling!”
The pattern called for the fluffy chenille yarn and a big hook. The funny thing was that when I started crocheting–this thing quickly became ENORMOUS!!
I mean, look at those feet! They’re as big as my hands for Pete’s sake.
Each ear was bigger than my palm. It was seriously starting to scare me.
Then came the head. I think it’s adorable, but I happen to know that is bigger than Miss C’s head. I’m creating a monster!
A cute monster–but a monster none the less.
Luckily, Miss C didn’t seem to mind one bit.
Bitsy Boots, meet ahhhhh…meet…ahhhh…
Bitsy Boots two. Heh, heh.
Happy Birthday honey. Grammy loves you!
Pattern from CuteHappyToys on Etsy