a little inspiration

Everything.  I know I have mentioned that the Bug is a climber but I need you to know I am not kidding.  He now, with no assistance, climbs up the back of the highchair and into the seat.  "Eat!" he says.  Really?  You're hungry?  Couldna' guessed! His favorite thing the eat is a clementine.   He will push the chair over the the sideboard and reach over, grab a clementine and sit down and peel and eat it.  He would eat them until there were none left.  We have had to limit to only one a day because the digestive system of a nearly two year old can only take so much citrus.  Also, he tells me, "Paint!"  And expects that instantly, instantly! a paper will be taped to the table with the paints all set up and the paint smock on and brushes will materialize in his hands.  "Bue!" he calls every color for a few times until it sinks in that if that is what he says every time that is what he will get.  "Ohgg!" he deman...

I've made about a bajillion things I should have shown you all but I was waiting until after the holidays.  I've really had the itch to crochet, perhaps because I have been so cold. I made another Acorn Cap but for an adult ( a special order) and sent it off to live in Spain with out getting a picture of it.  It was done in a darker colorway of that amazing Cascade Yarn - Eco Duo Yarn. This one is called Chicory.  Yum!  I had a bit left over after that and used it to make Senor's Christmas gift.  (He requested a hat.  How sweet!)  I had some yarn from the Bug's cap so I used that as well.  Now we look like a match set. (I love that yarn so much I made myself an infinity scarf with it in an amazing lace pattern.  It is blocking right now.  If we really get the snow they are talking about maybe I can get a pretty picture of it tomorrow.) John seems to like the hat.  These pictures don't do the yarn justice.  I made the li...

Here is another in between update I thought I should do so I'll remember all these things later. First- Language! He is really putting things together and picking up all kinds of new words.  I was counting today and think he has 30 to 40 words right now.  I remember reading somewhere that around 50 children really explode and start making all kinds of new connections really quickly (though I may be making that up).  I am going to list all the words I can think of that he is using.  Feel free to skip all this: fall (he uses this a lot :) porridge (sounds like pooge) cup cat (finally, yesterday it changed from cock to cat, whew) fire carry (co-y) cut bite more (with the hand sign often) apple (ap!) papa ma (finally.  this started about a week ago) up down bath book choochoo chew ball turtle (turt) blue two and five through 10 green (een) banana (manana) roar (for lion or tiger) bear (bea) Deedle (do) Abu (the giraffe) pot bunny (...