sherriknits

What is happening to me in my blogging life? Not much, huh.

Well, I am happy to report that I am knitting again. I’m going to be a Grammy for a 2nd time in a little more than a month! What could make a knitter want to knit more than that??? We don’t know what baby is yet so you know what that means….green, yellow, white. I’ve had a pattern I’ve wanted to knit for a very long time so I’m working on that and liking it. We might see a hat to match, but we’ll see.

We got a new table a few weeks ago~we got a “gathering table”….tall that pulls out square. Now when the kids come over to play games, we can actually be comfortable. We used to always eat at the table but somewhere that got lost….now we actually are enjoying meals together again. No pictures, but perhaps to come.

Last month, we celebrated Ben’s birthday. How sweet to go to their house and have them entertain us.

How cute is that couple? It’s so wonderful to see our kids happily settled with their spouses. It just does a mother’s heart good.

We did have fun at Ben and Brittany’s.

Tyler is in to taking pictures with his phone these days. He doesn’t use it for much else, which makes me want to cancel it until I see him get a call from a sibling and light up like he does. We’ll see. The point was to have it on him so we don’t lose him, but does he ever have it on him when it would help? nah…..

Ribbit had fun at the party.

That is, until little missy tossed him aside….

Oh well, Ribbit is a good sport and he just keeps on smiling.

It was fun while it lasted.

She was having a great time.

Rebecca is taking a photography class. She was teaching me one of the rules she learned, something like the rule of 3rds.

We had lunch one day at Applebee’s and Tyler took the change well. The funny thing was when the waitress brought his water and when I saw the lemon sticking out of it and my eyes grew kind of big, how cool was it that she “got it”. She rushed away with it and came back with a plain glass of water. There is just something that smiles inside when people notice and enjoy making it easier for us. Funny things with that boy. Some battles you just don’t want to fight.

Tyler is just thriving with his new netbook. We have discovered a new thing…he actually “chats” with us and I can barely contain my joy when he actually communicates! Imagine how I felt the day he typed “I Love you, Mom” !!!!! That’s exactly what it looked like when it came across. He likes to send a message and then run by the door and see the reaction, laughing his silly laugh on the way by. He’s able to do 4 or 5 comprehendable interactions before he launches in to movie and song titles or words to songs. We’re always working at interaction with him so this is a bonus I had not expected!

We took the netbook to therapy one day and showed the therapist.

She was properly impressed.

Tyler gets to pick his last activity during his session and this particular day he wanted to do music.

Here he is using some funny paddle thing for a guitar. Notice the expression. He loves to imitate.

This last week it was “directir” (this is what he wrote) and he went into acting and directing mode. lol

Do you have any superbowl plans? We’re not football fans, but like so many others, I would love to see the Saints win for the sake of the city of New Orleans. (gosh I hope I got the right team name! lol) We’ll probably even watch the game!

Rhianna and Kyle are moving and first thing on the agenda was getting their tv set up for their superbowl party. They’re spending their first night in their new house tonight. How very fun to have lots more space for their expanding family! And the view….up on the hill overlooking the river running through town. They’ll get to watch the ships coming and going and she said the sunsets are beautiful.

Got a busy week ahead and I get to end it with a 5 day weekend! I plan to knit and relax!

Hope to not wait so long before I see you again! the end.

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