I’m going to try posting a little something each day (okay, at least weekly) about things we’ve done.  We actually do a lot and have so many outside classes that keeping up a blog to chronicle everything is hard. But I want to capture the flavor of all the fun things we do, so I’ll [...]

I am teaching a knitting camp this week & my son is tagging along for the ride.  He worked on his scarf for his grandmother today.  Here’s a picture of the progress.

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My son has repeatedly asked to do more sewing, and today we sorted through my fabric box & he chose fabric for a basic pillow. He stuffed it and I handstitched the closure. Here is the finished project. He is over the moon with delight! He’s up in his room now “testing [...]

I’m an avid knitter. For my son’s birthday earlier this week, I knitted him a light sweater. I had to sew in a zipper. My son already knits, having learned in Kindergarten. Today he expressed interest in sewing. He made two fairly straight lines and sewed a “pocket”. He [...]

My mom & her best friend came last week to make peanut butter with my son. First we shelled the peanuts. Then we skinned them. Then we put them in the blender and added some salt and oil. Yum!!!

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