Did ya miss me?? Well, it looks like I’m back in business after an unexpected hiatus when our phone lines died.

So, a quick catch-up on what’s been happening here…

The very day after Iain’s haircut, Elijah woke up and announced that he in fact did not wish to grow his hair down to his toes after-all and that he very much wanted to be a “shorthairsmen”, as soon as humanly possible. I, of course, obliged.

One thing is for certain; no one will ever accuse my kids of having a professional haircut! Eek.

We’ve had more snow…again…along with lots and lots of rain and sleet and wind and mud and slush and ice. One lone crocus in my garden has a bud (it’s purple!) that was looking just about ready to burst, the very day before out most recent snowstorm. Elijah has taken it upon himself to regularly go out and clear the snow off of it, in an effort to keep me from being sad, sweet little love of mine…

We started another tray of seedlings for the garden. I’m going to have foxgloves and delphiniums, oh be still my beating heart!

We did a fair bit of clearing for one of our new garden sites.

WE GOT OUR VACUUM BACK!!!! I have no idea how we survived without it thus far.

Galen’s obsession with blowing raspberries, on every square inch of bare skin he can find, was taken to a new level this weekend, when he very nearly prevented me from making dinner. I made the mistake of wearing a tank top with him in a back carrier. He spent the entire time jerking my arms backwards to blow on them! I have to admit, we all had a good giggle when he crossed the room to blow on the little bit of skin, exposed by a hole in the knee of Steve’s jeans. But nothing, nothing, is funnier then when he pretends to “eat” people! Complete with sound effects. “aaarrrump” It’s hilarious, I tell you. Makes a person wonder if perhaps I don’t spend a bit too much time nibbling on little baby toes…. and ears….and chins…and bellies…. Yeah, I don’t think he picked that one up anywhere strange…

The bunk-bed frame that we now have set up in our bedroom (mattresses to come soon I hope) has been a house and a castle, a cave and a series of rabbit burrows, a jungle gym, a hideout and cabin in the woods. The boys are currently “camping out” in it, with every supply they could possibly think of.

I finally, finally finished the herringbone sweater, and as far as I can tell it should fit Iain, oh, until he’s 18 or so (let’s put it this way, Steve asked if he could try it on)…

I’ve sewn three new pairs of kid pants.

I knitted two sweet little bibs for Galen.

I got a good deal of long neglected mending out of the way.

I’m currently two balls of yarn into a very special knitting project, which will go unnamed for now. The only hint that I’m giving is Elijah came up to me and said with a very concerned voice “That has an awful lot of holes in it Mommy…” To which I had to explain that it was supposed to have holes.

I’m most of the way done a great big new diaper bag.

I think that there is a moral in here somewhere regarding a correlation between internet usage and productivity, or lack there of as the case may be…

I’ll be posting pictures and details on all of my finished projects over the next week or so. Now I’m off to start wading through about a million emails.