The Sassy Lime

Sunday, January 27, 2008

a recent conversation...

with T (my niece, age 5).

we're sitting together on a lazy boy recliner at my sister's house. i am babysitting, and crocheting. as i work, little T watches.

after a while, she says, 'that looks pretty easy to me'.

'well', i say, 'it's not too hard.'

then she pauses, and in a i-hate-to-be-the-one-to-have-to-tell-you-this tone, says, 'it's full of holes.'

like, i can see that you're working hard on this.....but it is obviously flawed. look at all those holes!

i tell her that's how crocheted and knitted items are: i make knots, and the holes are just the space between the knots.

she thinks i'm deluding myself.

Labels: crocheting projects, kids

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Sunday, January 06, 2008

something i made last month

hello!

i thought i'd share with you the mitten project.

i made my sister's kids some mittens and two of them hats. H, the oldest, is going to try and make her own hat. (when i typed that just now, i typed, H is going to try and make her own hate.) goodness. these are all crochet, i don't know how to knit.

so here we go: these red ones are for H, the oldest.

and this pink set is for T, the middlin'

and the manly gray set is for E, the youngest.... kind of hard to see them in this picture.

and then, just cause i love my nieces and nephews, here they are on --

H the oldest --

sweet T --

and lastly, E. when i took this picture, we put them on, and i said, ok, now look at me! put your hands up by your face! he is thinking, aunt emily, you are one craaaaazy lady. but ok.

probably he's down with it b/c i gave him the sucker he's eating.

and the pattern....can be found here if you're interested!

ah, and P.S.? if you're dying to see more of these cuties, and hear what their mama has to say (she's a fabulous writer), clicky here.

Labels: crocheting projects, kids

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Wednesday, December 05, 2007

the second and last (?) edition of 5 and 6 year old photos. these were taken by my nephew E and niece T on thanksgiving.

first, let's start with one of grandma's plants. african violets. :)

and then, grandpa's piano. a pretty decent picture.

here we go, can't go wrong with a picture of your aunt's socks.

the main reason this picture is hilarious to me is because i didn't realize they had taken it.

i've looked at this for quite a while, and cannot for the life of me figure out what it is. they had to stay in the room w/me while they were taking pictures (b/c it was my camera), but i can't think of anything in there that looks at all like this. edge? muum?

and now for this picture. there were actually a whole slew of them, because while E was taking pictures, T (on the left-hand side of the frame here) dropped leaves from above the camera. she'd say 1-2-3 --- go! take the picture! somehow, they never got it right. once, E actually jumped up while taking the picture, trying to get! it! right!

so funny.

and lastly, a picture of my honey, a little hairier than we usually see him.

that wraps it up :)

Labels: fun, kids, thanksgiving

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Sunday, December 02, 2007

in other news...

spencer says that picture of me looks weird. so, in case you thought it was.... a LIKEness of me, don't be deceived. apparently it does not.

and now, onto the main event! pictures! taken by my niece and nephew E and T!!

an unfortunate number look like this:

or this:

and seriously, i can't hate. i've taken (quite) a few in my day that look like that, and i'm old enough to do better. supposedly.

and now, a self-portrait.

i know it looks like he's in pain, but there are only two explanations i can think of for that:
1 - the flash is going off in his face. or
2 - he is actually squishing his face against the lens.

the world may never know.

of course there are a lot of pictures like this, with one or two heads cut off --

and before anyone asks about the red thing on my neck, let me just say that it is not a hickey - i actually have weirdly sensitive skin on my neck and chest, and for some reason after you touch it, it turns bright pink. but cute shirt, right?

and here we have a picture OF a picture. the mind boggles.

and here it looks like he's gotten the hang of the picture taking; the whole head in the photo. bravo!

.....oops.

spoke too soon.

and just for good measure, shouldn't we have one more self-portrait? i think so.

and for this picture, i have no words.

takin' a picture of mom's boots.

and we'll end with this one.

besides the red cast, it's really a pretty good picture, don't you think? i actually have no idea how she got it to look like this.

well friends, more soon.

Labels: funny, kids, photography, thanksgiving

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Saturday, June 16, 2007

the weekend

spencer and i babysat my sister's kids for a few hours tonight; they had a short date. it was fun to hang out with them (as it always is), and they cracked me up (as they always do).

they see me at least once a week - my husband, much less frequently. so we're sitting around, and i ask T if she'd like to come sit with me. they both start climbing on him, and she kind of shakes her head sadly at me. E says, 'it's just that spencer's much more funner.' like - sorry, we kind of like you, but he is THE BOMB! why would we sit with you when HE is here?

hilarious.

a father's day/june birthday extravaganza is going on tomorrow, so i'm looking forward to seeing everyone, as i always do. hoping they'll be able to put a dent in the massive quantity of dill dip i have. :)

and as for this picture :