Oooo I'm a bad blogger. I've been busy lately working on a couple of orders and posting has gotten away from me. Below are a few of the items I've been busy making.
A super cute Slouchy Beret. Found the video on Youtube of a Red Hart Pattern and the woman is an angel and super easy to follow.
Super cute Arm Warmers/fingerless gloves. These were made for a friend of mine.
I looked at a couple of differnt patterns and kinda meshed them into my own design of sorts.
These are my funky ones. Yep- never a quite moment, even in clothing.
Its nice that word of mouth has been picking up slowly to get me accustomed to making orders and getting everything done perfectly (because I'm a crazy control freak and perfectionist) with out having to take time off from my normal job to scramble to get everything done.
Hubby was super kind to rangle Buggy on Sunday for me so I could finish working on the order and making the most amazing chicken dinner. No pictures of that- it was way to yummy to wait for me not to eat it right away.
Buggy will be 4 next month and I know alot of the national holidays and days of remembrance kind of go right over his head, but I would like to think that he should hear about what people did, especially during WWII. Saturday was Pearl Harbor Day. It is really hard to think about all the amazing men and women who served that day and everyday for our country without talking to Buggy about it. But something that was seriously weighing on me was how to approach such a topic with an almost four year old with the attention span of a Jack Russell (I love him and can say it with a smile- thank you!)? Very carefully. I talked very honestly about the day and since he has a true love of airplanes, boats and water, like most boys his age, I was able to explain where it was, very basically what happened. No gory details, no scaring the bejesus out of him. There was no point to go into more detail than just the bare necessities but to let him know who was involved and what happened more or less.
Which brought me to a more poignant question that i discussed with hubby- how do you explain or how much do you explain about national tragedies with your children? I feel this is a very personal answer and I will share mine because it is very personal to me.
I'm from Newtown (as I said earlier) and the 1 year anniversary of Sandy Hook is coming up this weekend. Its still so raw and tear jerking for me and I still find myself in tears at times when you hear about it in the news or a thought comes to mind. I won't lie, I've caught myself crying in front of my son and he is so sweet but very confused as to why mommy is upset.
We have struggled at times to figure out whats appropriate to even say. My son has some difficulties with his speech and his social/emotional behavior (i.e. he had fluid build up in his ears- causing a speech delay- delaying some of his abilities to play and relate to other kids) and I've never been able to really gage how much he understands sometimes but I figure I keep it simple. I know that I have told him something sad happened where mommy used to live which makes her sad. Right now that is enough. He doesn't see any news casts, nor do I have anything really playing in the house--with the exception of the day the 911 calls came out (thank you FOX News for being heartless as the devil) and I was skimming through the channels and picked up on them, worst thing I've ever heard. He knew I was upset and I blammed it on stubbing my toe.
Poor buggy. Moms a klutz. Until my son is old enough to not just old enough to understand what is said and really what happened, we keep it simple. Everytime something happens in this country/world we have to take a step back and evaluate whether or not this is something we need to discuss with our son. every family is different. everyone is different. I've finally been able to talk about it and not cry. Its something that we will never "get over" but will learn from it and grow from it.
#Newtownstrong
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