Crochet Eyeball

 This was my first attempt at making the eyeball. I like how it turned out. I followed the pattern that I found here: Crochet eyeball with optic nerve

I thought it might be easier to attach the nerve after completeing the eyeball so I tried it. It turns out that I did like that method better. I was able to zigzag and make it look more like a blood vessel and the point of attachment was smoother.
Overall, I loved this idea and I'm going to make a whole bunch for Halloween. I'm going to make each eye a different color. : )

I'm Back!

It's been a long time since I posted anything. I had another daughter come along and that kind of put things on hold for awhile. However, now that she's sleeping well and giving me time in the day to do things, I have a lot of projects to post that I'm working on. I crocheted some interesting eyeballs for Halloween. I'll post that one soon. I need to make a few small changes to the pattern before I get them just the way I want them. I also came up with a cute little loom knit hat and an interesting way to hold yarn while I work to keep it from getting tangled. Hopefully I'll have these up in the next few days.

The photo is a dandelion that popped up on our lawn. It looked so pretty in the evening light that I had to get a picture of it.

Worms

Of course after the rain come the worms. There are a lot of them in the driveway and my children love worms. My 3 year old goes outside and tries to rescue as many as she can onto the lawn : ) My one year old sees what's going on and decides to try to help and ends up squishing one. It was really funny to watch. I need to keep the video camera out where it's handy.

Fingerprints

I used to get annoyed at the kids fingerprints on the appliances. then i realized that one day they wouldn't be there anymore and I'd miss them : ) So now I don't complain when I have to wipe off the 100's of prints that appear every day. I'm just happy to finally have the opportunity to have little finger prints on my fridge.

Such a big girl!

Today my three year old got up and got herself completely dressed before I even knew she was awake. Wow!  She even went to the trouble to pick out some socks for her little sister. I'm both excited and sad. That's one less thing I have to do in the mornings, but I don't recall giving her permission to grow up yet!!!

Grocery Store

Never take a hungry one year old to the grocery store. She was grabbing things off shelves, trying to jump out of the cart and she even tried to eat the food. The banana's were almost destroyed and the cereal bar box was half open by the time I got to the register : )

Bubbles

Little kids say the cutest things. I try to write them down so we can remember them later on. Yesterday my three year old wanted me to blow bubbles. I blew them for a long time then told her I had to take a break because I was out of breath. So she looks at me with a very serious expression; like she was trying to figure something out. She leaves, then comes back with another bottle of bubbles and says, "here's some more breath mommy." I couldn't say no to that : )