Halloween

Happy Halloween to all. It's my favorite holiday of the year. It's not to hot and not to cold outside. The leaves are all changing and vibrant colors. I get to be scared for the fun of it too. I love Halloween.

This year after many weeks of consideration the girls picked out their outfits.
Horsegirl was a witch. She wore a dress that Grandma made for her. She made it specifically for the Renaissance Festival. It's a typical dress of the period and I thought it worked well for a witch. She also wore a black cape Grandma made her. We bought the hat and the really cute broom I found at Michaels.
Supergirl was a Vampire. She wore a outfit bought at a Halloween store. I did her makeup and added scary lipstick blood droplets on her chin. We did have to safety pin her into the dress because it was a little big.
Here they are just before trick or treating.





Horsegirl being oh so old decided that she only wanted to trick or treat on our court. So she did and then Nerdus brought her home. Supergirl said and I quote "less talking more candy" while trick or treating with Nerdus. She came home with so much candy it's ridiculous. I swear it's 10lbs. She being the sweetheart of a girl that she is gave all of her Snickers to her teacher at school. So she has 9lbs of candy. She had a great time.

Tonight we had a Halloween party for them. I had 11 girls in my house this evening including my own. Holy Moley it was fun for them. They painted caskets and frosted some scary sugar cookies and watched "The Nightmare before Christmas". The favorite part of the evening for me was watching the faces on 2 of the girls who were a little scared. Wide eyed with their mouths hangin open. It was classic.

Still waiting for the guinea pig to have her bambinos. I'll update when that happens.
I'm also working on some kickass fingerless gloves that look awesome. I've already finished the wristband parts but oddly enough I only have 3 size 3 dpnds and I need at least 4. So off to the yarn store tomorrow and I have a gift certificate I can use whoo hoo.

Guinea Pigs

Earlier in the summer I bought the girls 2 lovely hamsters. Supergirls was Oreo and Horsegirls was Elizabeth until we realized it was really Elizaboy. They were lovely, except when they escaped, which they did on a fairly regular basis. They shared a cage. They were buddies or so I thought until one morning Supergirl told me Oreo was dead. Of course my initial reaction was no he's just playing dead until she said "his head is missing". It really was missing. Elizaboy killed and decapitated Oreo and ate his head. It was a horrible morning and not something I wanted my lovely daughter so see. Well both hamsters had to go. For obvious reasons Oreo was disposed of and well, lets be honest, I didn't want to clean up Oreo poop so Elizaboy had to go too. The girls especially Supergirl were devastated. After talking to my sister who is a smart lady who knows a lot about animals I decided hamsters were not the way to go. They are notorious killers and carnivorous(sometimes) to boot. But I felt really really bad so I decided guinea pigs. They are gentle and cute and not noisy, usually. SO we bought one from a pet store. Cinnamon was in a cage with 3 other girls. I know they were because I checked. I didn't want any guinea babies. So we were good to go. About a week later we bought Sydney for Supergirl so instead of sharing they each had their own and since guinea pigs are herd animals it would make them happier. Sydney is a girl I can tell I checked. So today we cleaned the cage and I had been thinking that Cinnamon was getting a little chubby but today she looked really big. The girls were saying they though she was pregnant. I said no way jose. How could that be. HOW COULD THAT BE! So upon closer inspection and comparing the 2 GIRL guinea pigs I noticed one had larger nipples (I know TMI) so I placed my hand under her and sat their quietly and waited. I didn't have to wait long you can feel those little stinkers squirming around. How did this happen. It must have happened at the pet store. It's the only thing I can think of. I don't want baby guinea pigs. I really really don't. The girls are so excited though. Horsegirl said "I'm going to be a grandma" and Supergirl said "I kinda feel like a Aunt." It's hard to be excited because now i have to get rid of them.

Dads Aran Sweater

As promised I said I would tell you about my Dad's sweater I made him. I made Jacks Aran Cardigan from "Men in Knits" a excellent book.

When I originally asked my Dad if he wanted me to knit him a sweater he said yes, he picked out a pattern from the book and I was all set. Fast forward a year later I hadn't even bought the yarn for the project and I totally forgot which pattern he had selected. So I picked out the one I wanted to make. Then I asked him what color he liked he choose a neutral cream and I had my Mom take his measurements again because I had lost the original measurements :D

So away I went. I ordered the yarn from KnitPicks in a worsted weight and in a neutral color. The pattern was easy to follow. As I said I am a really slow knitter so I spent about 10 months knitting it. It turned out rather nice. It's super heavy and since it's cabled it ate up a ton of yarn. That's OK because I always try to buy extra just to be safe.








I didn't block it before I have it to my Dad. I know I broke a cardinal rule but I figured he'd wear it and that it wouldn't really matter all that much whether it was blocked or not. He says he likes it and that's all that matters. I probably would never knit it again though. It made me hot because it was so bulky and heavy. The yarn was fine but a little rough on the fingers.

Next projects are a baby sweater in cotton, kids sweater in new Zealand opossum wool, cool fingerless gloves in yak wool, and a shawl or two. See me in a year and i might have one or two of these finished :D

It's been almost a year

Wow, it's been almost a year since I last posted. I usually have a lot to say but never really want to sit down and type it all up. Plus all the stuff I want to say doesn't usually involve knitting. Just FYI I'm the worlds slowest knitter. I enjoy the process not necessarily the putting together of the project. So when I near the end of finishing a item I'll drag my feet(fingers whatever)because I know the inevitable seaming and weaving of ends is coming. So while other knitters may finish ten plus projects I may have only done 5-8. See I'm just slow.

I have a lot of excuses as to why I don't blog. In a effort to change that I decided that my blog needed to be revamped. I changed the name and the background. Also I will be talking about a lot of things not related to knitting. I figure this way I won't feel bad if my blog doesn't have as much knitting as others. This in no way means I'm knitting less, au contre mon fere I knit just as much or more than usual.

The major thing is that I changed the name from "Big Booty Knits" to "That's cause I'm good with a Lego". I still have a ginormous booty I just felt the need to change it because my life revolves around my girls, and that is a quote from one of them. Sooo I'm going to tell you the story behind it as my first new post.

Many eons ago (okay like 4-5 yrs ago) when my girls where 3 and 4 I had made them a snack of muffins. It was summer and as you may know with little ones you can go in and out of the house several times a day and if you aren't there to close the door behind you it may not get closed. So we had a couple of flies. It was a irritant on the household. Chris is the resident bug killer I don't like to so I make him do all that stuff.
Now back to the girls eating their muffins. They are at the table and I am washing the bowl and pan I used to make them. I'm listening to their conversation and it went a little something like this.

Horsegirl: You did a really good job killing that fly
Supergirl: That's cause I'm good with a Lego.

What?!? I standing there trying not to laugh and slightly panicking because how am I going to ever sanitize all the Lego's. Which one did she use? Where is it? In her room, with the other Lego's, under the couch? Who knows where it was. I did my best sanitizing the Lego's. I'll never know if i got the killer Lego. Thank heaven they don't play with Lego's anymore.

This is one of my favorite stories about the girls. They are so funny, entertaining and insightful. They are full of fun comments and stories and are so smart and I love them very much. So my blog may have some knitting but a lot of good things about the girls and myself and occasionally Nerdus. Next post will be on my Dads sweater.

Not much to say

I feel like I should update even though not much is going on.

I'm still tirelessly working on my dads sweater. I'm the slowest knitter. I refer to myself as a sloth knitter. I may be slow but I get there eventually. I have the back finished and the majority of on of the front panels. I'd take a picture but it all looks the same.

The girls had spring break last week. We honestly didn't do much. We went shopping for Easter dresses with my mom. We went to see Monsters vs. Aliens with our friends the Atwoods. The girls enjoyed it so much that they tried to convince Nerdus to go again but we decided to wait until it comes out on video.

The girls had some friends over today and we decorated Easter eggs. It was actually a lot of fun. They made some really cool eggs with tie dye, and glitter. I meant to take pictures but alas no camera was to be found.

I don't have a lot of knitting news. Supergirls' friend in her 1st grade class finger knitted her a scarf. It is the cutest thing. So I figured I could knit one for Supergirl to give to her friend. Just a quick garter knit scarf in one of my cheaper yarns (it's hard to part with the good stuff). It just made Supergirls day to have a friend do that for her. It touched my heart too.

Horsegirl has started riding lessons again. She's doing fantastic and is learning so much. She rides a little Arabian (not my idea due to their known temperaments)named TJ. I'm not a fan of Arabians but this horse is so mellow and does whatever she asks which is great. The barn also had a mare that just gave birth so there is the cutest foal there. Our new trainer is just awesome and really puts a lot of faith and confidence in her.

Conversations

I love talking with my daughters. They always have fun ideas, stories or explanations of things. It's interesting to see how their minds work and how they view the world.

Yesterday on the way to riding lessons Horsegirl was singing in the back seat of the car. She pipes up and asks

"Why are none of Hannah Montana songs ever on the radio?"

ME: "Because I don't listen to radio stations where she would be played.:

Her: "Why not?"

Me: "I don't like country music or a lot of pop music."

Her: "This sounds like country." refering to the music I was listening to.

Me: "Nope this is alternative."

Her: "What's alternative music?"

So I wonder where I went wrong.

Dad Sweater

Oh my goodness this sweater is taking me forever. I didn't realize how long it would take to make a full grown adult male sweater. Plus it's cabled so it's eating my yarn like there is no tomorrow. I must say though it's beautiful. It's so rich and textured and it's heavy.



It's a intricate cable and the center portion is seed stitch. Which we all know makes me nauceous. I don't know why but it does. Even though it does this to me I still love the look of it. I figure that it's worth the nausea for the beauty.

I have so many more projects I want to work on. Mostly lace but my neighbor is due to have her baby any day and I haven't even started on a sweater for her baby. I constantly feel that there are so many books I want to read and things I want to knit that there jsut isnt' enough time in the day. Perhaps I should quite taking naps.

Supergirl

Supergirl had a opportunity at her school to work with some jazz musicians. This group of musicians works with children teaching them about jazz and music. It's really a great idea and the kids all have doing it. So Supergirls class and some other classes at their school got to write their own songs and perform them for their families. Supergirl's class wrote a song called the "No Recess Blues". It was really great. The only sad part is that she was all the away in the back and you couldn't see her. She's the one in the back with her head turned next to the kid with the plaid hat.



She totally rocked out though. We could see her getting her groove on and dancing which is totally great. They had to dress like they were going to play outside for recess hence the hat.




Afterwards we hung out and took a couple of pictures of her and then took her out to dinner. Which was great fun. My sister ADani was hysterical. It took forever for the food to come and it was after 8pm which is extremely late for my girls to 1) be awake and 2) eat dinner. So my sis ADani being the fantasic Aunt that she is entertained us and the people around us (just by the fact that they witnessed her performance) by singing "The Beaver Song". It's this great song that she learned while working up at the Cuyahoga Valley Forest as a ranger. It is so fun to sing.
It was a great night. Life is so fun with the girls around.