Two gifts in one

A Christmas gift of beautiful and soft (and washable!) yarn from Uncle Stephen and Aunt Sandy

became a fun knitting project for Alissa and cozy vest for Juniper

Thank you times two!

February 14th

The 5 minutes before her only white shirt got stained (good that I bought it to be a layer)

warm enough for just a sweater

September means the return of hoods, flannel, and wool

Is it any wonder it takes 20 minutes to get out of the house?

follow the red ball

the acorn cap collectors find a big one

acorn cap

from the oak tree Halloween costume

Gnomes every one

it is all about layering

a little trick-or-treating practice

trying to keep warm

Bring out the woolens!

Mittens made to order: Gryffindor's scarlet and gold; the primary plus green ones Otto designed himself.
Also the tufted titmouse hat returns for the third time.

there is a black cat in the backyard

She seems to be related to this one

new paintboxes

I made Leo and Otto paint boxes with Fimo clay and old empty boxes (like this.)

Otto's palette was primary and secondary.

Leo's was based on all the colors mentioned in one of his favorite books, Morris the Artist.

They are arranged in the order they appear in the book. Some are approximate as the author used oil pigment names and these are watercolor paints.

for Ander

Most beloved robot shirt got one too many washes and the purple sharpie drawing went ghostly. Alissa worried that it would have to be put away to protect the robot from disappearing. But Otto said robot shirts are for wearing and also for playing in mud and eating juicy strawberries.
So Otto picked colors and Alissa stitched to protect that drawing and keep it safe.

summer dance

let them wear hats!

He looks like Oma when he makes that face