Small Things 1-1-13
1. Sacred Routine.
Holy Routine.
All is calm,
All is right.
Round yon rituals
Daily and mild.
Knowing what comes next
So good for this child.
Sleep in heavenly peace.
Sleep in heavenly peace.
2. There’s a children’s book called Once Upon a Twice that’s told in “Jabberwocky” style about a mouse who learns to be careful and ‘scoutaprowl’ instead of being bold and foolhardy–the poetry relies on lots of wordplays & made-up words. (Once upon a twice, in the middle of the nice, when the moon was on the rice and the mice were scoutaprowl). I loved it from the first time I saw it languishing, unread, at the library, and ordered a copy for Hen for me when I noticed that Amazon had it on deep discount (which usually means it’s going out of print.)
Only now–unlike a few months ago when I tried it on Hen to no avail, this time around he LOVES it. And he quotes whole passages from it (which is occasionally completely bewildering!) And it’s prompted his interest in making up rhymes of his own. And can I say that I could not be more happy with his ‘poems’ (Anna-Banana! Wears a bandana! blanna-di-blanna!) if he were creating great art instead of just amusing himself with language. Truly–if I could wish one thing for my boy in the world of academia, it’s that he learn the joys of words and stories. He seems to be right on track, and I’ll read this book to him as often as he likes!
3. Gingerbread is almost gone. Popcorn-in-a-can is oddly not-tempting this year. I think I’m ready for another round of dieting/exercise, and I’m actually looking forward to the process as well as the result. Got to stay healthy so I can stay in this kid’s life as long as possible.
4. The Christmas Cardigan might be finished this week. Hurrah.
5. Here’s the finished Christmas Stocking. All I can say is that it’s a good thing Hen’s my only child, because really, any subsequent children would have to be satisfied with a vastly inferior stocking, which would just prove that I always loved him more…
Approximately 150,000 stitches. 1024 stitches to the inch.
Never. Again.
(But I’m very pleased with how it turned out.)
Happy New Year! I look forward to your posts and you know I’m a worrier when I was worried about you (having never met you) while you were absent this month! Classic. I love the stocking- it’s incredible! What a beautiful keepsake for Henry.
All the best in the coming year.
Happy New Year! And sweet mother of all that is holly, that is one badass stocking…
Good to have you back. Missed your updates.
Holy smokes that is an awesome stocking. And I thought your orange blanket was amazing. You rock!
Holy cow that this is insanely detailed! And beautiful! Congratulations on finishing such a fine piece of work.
Wow, is that stocking really ALL cross stitched? Incredible. What an accomplishment. Your New Year’s Eve also sounded perfect….that’s exactly what I did with my husband after our little guy went to bed. A great dinner, wine and bed before midnight. Perfect. That is so cool that H’s vocabulary is growing so much. Isn’t it amazing how much they know at this age?! Best wishes for a happy New Year to you and your family.
Wow! What a stocking! 1,024 stitches per inch?! That’s amazing! I did three stockings of felt shapes hand-stitched to fleece and that was enough for me. I’m very pleased with them AND pleased that I made them myself. My MIL would have cross-stitched some, but since she’s still working on the one for my five year old niece, it would have been quite a while before she had finished the stockings for my trio.
I’m going to have to look for that book you mentioned. Hopefully I can find it somewhere. My two daughters mastered saying “Supercalafragilisticexpialladocious” this week and I was disproportionately thrilled.
Happy New Year! That stocking is UH-ma-Zing. WOW.