Mum's the Word?

Not really too mum, I suppose. You all know it's October, right? If you don't, my little Mumkin is here to tell you all about it! (Thanks Megan & family!)

We had an early fall celebration with a trip to Hillcrest for our annual apple picking fun last weekend! 

This is the first year that all of the boys had remembered enough to know just what they wanted to do the most...from the corn pit

to the climbing tires

to the giant bubbles,

the "train," and trikes,

the apple cannon (look at the end of the cannon as it shot that apple!)

and yes, even the actual picking of apples,

we all had a blast! Even the three year old remembered the "school bus picture" (which the rest of us almost walked right past this year...oops!), and another fun photo op! 

Even though it was a hot afternoon when we went (I almost want to complain that it's too warm for fall, but I'm loving it), we still got the annual photos of Jess's family!, 

so I think that ticks everything off our list for this trip! A funny thing that happened along the way was that the middlest boy almost lost Fozzy in the corn pits. I put him in my purse (for safe keeping) and forgot him until the drive home. Jess texted, so I sent photo proof that Fozzy was safe...first, from the car

and again from home, where he was found napping with Uncle Allen.

Later, he helped Pop Pop grill our dinner, 

but when he tried to run...err climb...away, 

we finally had to call and ask Jess and the boys to pick him up! We were tired grandparents after a busy day of bear-sitting!

When I finally found a quiet moment, I got right back to the yarn play, finishing a second block of the minecraft blanket,

and even a little pair of ear ghosts!

It's been a great start to autumn for us, and i hope it's been fun for you, too!

Thanks for stopping by, and Knit in Good Health! 

Steve and the Boys

Who's Steve? Inspiration for the new thing I started this week...

I have not done much with corner-to-corner crochet in the past, and I know next to nothing about Minecraft, which makes this a fun and challenging project! I'm halfway through the second block!

Another thing I've learned on this yarny adventure is how to make a decent bobbin...

So now I'm chomping at the bit to try my hand at more intarsia knitting...but first, some little kitchen scrubbies, 

because you just can't drag along 23 yarns for an afghan on every little trip you take. This "yarn" is hard to see unless the lighting is very good, but it makes great scrubbies, worked flat on a diagonal, then seamed and gathered. So clever! 

They are also a great travel project, which is good, because we busy grandparents get around! Just yesterday, the 3-year-old called Pop Pop and asked him to come over and play...so we did. 

Full disclosure, Pop Pop did most of the playing...including bike rides 

and static shocks on the slide...hahahahaha!

Later, at bedtime, that same 3-year-old told his mommy, "I'm glad Gramma let Pop Pop come over to play!" Thanks, Mommy, for texting that to us.  It made our day! 

This pic's a couple weeks old.
He's still this adorable. 😉

We're off again today to flag football,  and Sunday to apple picking, so it's good to have those portable projects! What should o knit next, friends? Christmas is coming! 

Thanks for stopping by, and Knit in Good Health! 

Guess What?

Chicken Butt! 

Wait, wait, wait. That response was appropriate in the summer, when I knit ALL THE CHICKENS, but notsomuch now. Still funnier than the "Poopy Butt!" I get from the grandsons, though. 

"Gramma is a Poopy Butt!" is also fun, but I was talking about the knitting. Because, as you know, I knit. I knit quite a bit. As in, I realized I had a bunch of extra yarn from a sweater, 

so I knit some fingerless gloves.

However, before I was finished with those gloves, I realized they were destined to be a birthday gift, and I gave them away as soon as they were done. The recipient loves them, yay!

Then I cast on another pair last Sunday, 

and they are finished today! I couldn't decide where to take my outside photos, so I tried three locations, in a tree...

on a bench...

and on a tempered and textured glass table...

Which is your favorite? I'm leaning tree or table, but the bench ain't bad either. Hey! It only took me 4 years to find my spots, sooo take your time picking a fave and drop a comment to let me know which you like best (if you want to, no pressure). 

As for me, I'm off to the craft room to pick my next project, and I'll be knitting pretty until then! 😘

Thanks for stopping by, and Knit in Good Health!

PS - Did you guess? Did you guess that I was knitting? Lol...

Happy Days!

Happy Saturday all! Can anyone guess what's making me this happy? 

Could it be flag football, with my favorite almost-seven-year-old ball carrier? (By the way, thanks to Jan & Tom for the new team swag,  pictured above!)

Or knitting new colorwork mitts that match my last sweater? 

Or maybe it's frozen cokes...

Zombie parades...

Halloweekends theming...

and tiny pumpkins at the end of the trick-or-treat trail at Cedar Point!

Well, it's a little of all of that, to be sure! It's also abundant apples, making my first apple crisp of the season, following flag football... 

and we have dinner plans with friends later! There is so much good in our personal lives right now, which is so wonderful..because current events in the news often leave me worried about the world that seems to be falling apart around me. 

Still, despite all the tragedy, I know that God is in control. Even though it sometimes feels like no one is in control, because we live in a fallen world,  God is always in control (Isaiah 55). He leads me to find peace (Psalm 23) and to love others (1 Corinthians 13) while I live in this world full of uncertainty and [often misguided] disdain. I'm so thankful that "He's got the whole world in his hands," because I know it's too big a job for anyone else.

I'm also thankful for all of my friends, and for you coming to read the blog, too! What are you thankful for today?

Thanks for stopping by, and Knit in Good Health!