Crochet Me Crazy

Just had to get this picture of my son, Michael, and two of the "regulars" of the neighborhood kids all crocheting on my couch! You can bet I wasn't too far away doing the same! (He, He)


crocheting kids!  

We try to get baby ducks every year. It really has nothing to do with Easter, it just happens to be the only time of year we are able to find them. This tradition started one year when we were camping and we found two baby ducks without a mama. Yes, we brought them home with us and raised them until they were big enough to make it on their own and then we brought them back to the park we got them from and let them go. It was so fun that the next year, we bought 4 baby ducks and did the same thing. When I was a kid, my back gate opened into the Blanco State Park and the ducks would lay eggs in our yard. We would always keep the babies in our yard until they were big enough not to get eaten by snakes and other predators and then let them go. That is probably why I still enjoy it today. They get so tame that they follow you around like you are their mama and its great fun to watch them run and slide to catch June Bugs!


black baby 


michael in the duck pen 

Oh, they aren't ducks but this picture is just too cute not to post! He He


Brindy & Misty 

Well, Jeff managed to get the pool up this weekend. It was a BIG JOB and he worked his butt off! This sucker is BIG!! He had some help though...he picked up our friend, Jerry, a Katrina survivor who needed some work. He stayed in our camper over the weekend and helped Jeff with the pool. The kids were so excited, they could hardly stand it. Now, its been filling up for the past 2 days. We let them get in it yesterday even though the water was only about 1 foot deep. The big trick was getting them in and out of it. Without the deck built yet, that was tricky! Jeff planned on taking off work yesterday and getting the deck started right away but he came down sick yesterday.


Leveling the ground and laying cement blocks for the braces 


Putting foam underneath 


It's up! 

Here is a a close up of the halter bottom I just finished tonight. Very different looking stitch but I don't really like working in single crochet that much so it's not going to be one of my favorites. I've started on the top part and will finish it up tomorrow. The bottom part is the most time consuming....once I get that done, the rest is a snap! I made this to go with an orange skort my daughter has.


Halter 

Well, we were pretty busy but now that Alison's Easter parade is over things have slowed down a bit. Being in a parade wasn't as fun as Alison thought it was going to be! LOL! It was hot and she had to stand up. I think she was a little disappointed because she thought we all had more fun watching!

We ended up having a impromtu slumber party last Saturday night. There were 4 boys sleeping in tents in the back yard and 3 girls in the house. We had a campfire and roasted marshmallows. They all had a great time.

I have finished a halter dress for Alison but I need to make a few adjustments to it and then I will post pictures of that. Started working on another halter with a very interesting pattern stitch. I think that is why I am enjoying making these so much. I am getting to try out a lot of new stitches.

Our new little kitten is driving me crazy! She apparently thinks I'm her mother. For some reason she likes to "nurse" on my hair! She won't do it to anyone else but me but I am having to fight this cat to keep it off of my head!!!

Well, there's a lot going on around here....Jeff has been slaving away at the process of getting the grass up and leveling the ground to put the pool up. He's made great progress. He used a sod lifter to get the grass up and we moved it to the bare places in the front yard. The pool should be up this weekend and then he can start building the deck around it. Then he has a fence to build with the neighbor! So between that and work...he's a busy little beaver!!

Oh! We are also planning on having an Easter Egg Hunt/Party with the gang of neighborhood kids that are always over. Hey, what the heck...I think I have about 200-and-some-odd plastic Easter eggs in the attic. Why not? LOL

Well, that's all for now!