small wonders

Oh, what glorious weather we are having! It feels like summer, though the trees are just starting to bud, and the grass is just starting to grow. Such a treat to get a little early heat wave! We've been outside, around home or at the lake, enjoying every minute of it.

We celebrated our biggest boy's 7th birthday- Seven! It is hard to believe seven years have passed since he came into our lives. We had some family time together, and then our super social boy needed a party too, of course. 14 little friends running around in the sunshine- good fun!

 This was my solution to goody bags- Air really wanted a treasure hunt, but I wasn't organized enough to make or order anything special and couldn't bring myself to buy  dollar store toys, so I made these little craft bags and added a couple small, healthy (ish) treats and some bubbles and called it treasure. The kids seemed pleased.

Ari was spoiled up good this birthday, and he received this electric drum kit from my parents, which he is over-the-moon about. He plays constantly, and he is really learning so much from being able to play along with songs and pick up the sticks whenever he feels the urge. And the fact that it is quieter than the tin-can set he's been playing nearly everyday since he was two is an added bonus for this noise-sensitive mama!

And me, I am getting to that stage in later pregnancy where I am really feeling myself slowing down. I have a big list of things I want to get done before baby gets here, and I am slowly (very slowly) making my way through it, but really, sitting in the hammock and knitting is really all I want to be doing these days. I have a big pile of unfinished baby knit projects to work my way through. When we were trying for a baby, I started many, many little baby projects (there are several more around the house that didn't make their way into this picture,)  but during that time I often could not bring myself to finish them, so now I am working my way through the pile of toe-less teeny socks and half knit soakers and sweaters and hats and it is mighty satisfying to see the pile of baby knits grow. 

This weekend the rains are supposed to come, and the usual chilly spring weather with them. There may be less hammock knitting and more knitting by the wood stove again this weekend- we'll see.
Happy Friday, friends!