Right Now

Right now I'm....

Thinking....I should have explained Water Fire a little better! Here's a link. It's a BEAUTIFUL display of braziers on the river going through Providence that are lit on fire at sunset. There's music; food venders; living statues; shopping; tons of people. It happens at least once a month or so from May through October. A really fun night that early in the evening is a family event. Later in the night are for the romantics! Ree loved it. When she was a baby (and we lived 5 minutes from it) we went to every one. This year is the first one we've gotten to and I'm hoping for at least a few more!

Hoping....that I can cook some things in the oven early this week before the weather starts to warm up again.

Praying...for the people in Colorado. I can't imagine what they are going through.

Feeling...very sleepy still from a weekend of late nights, but lots of fun!

Planning....lists for our "camping" trip that's coming up! (spending days camping but nights at home!)

Wondering...if it'll continue to rain more today

Grateful....for family fun

Hearing...the sound of fans and the birds singing

Wishing....everyone has a wonderful week!

Weekending

A morning play date for Ree & one of her little friends on Saturday led to a very nice nap for her. So we headed to our State's Capital for Water Fire. We always get there early enough to walk around downtown; grab something to eat; & people watch.

Last night when was gorgeous weather wise. This was also the first time Ree sorta/kinda understood what we were there for. She kept asking when the "water was going on fire" and was mesmerized when it began.

Today we've laid low recovering from our late night last night!

This Moment

In Amanda's words:  A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.     

Except today there are a few pictures & some words. We went blueberry picking at the beginning of the week. Ree LOVED it. She picked only the blue ones and was very serious about her picking. It was so cute.

After that we haven't done much of anything this week. It's been way too hot to knit or crochet. Ree had a sleep over at her Nana's (who has central air conditioning & who also turned these blueberries into awesome muffins!). Other then that we've had a very boring week!

Weekending

This weekend:

*I spent almost all day Saturday in bed with a migraine
*It started to get better in time for us to head to my parents for supper
*Then to the beach with my sisters, parents, niece & nephew
*After the fun at the beach it was back to my mom's for ice cream & baths
*Sunday was spent doing not much of anything after Church
*It's hot again
*Ree went down for a nap
*I watched Gilmore Girls and knit
*Went outside for a little bit to weed in the garden
*We have a ton of little carrots starting to pop up!
*It looks like it's going to storm. That'll be good everything needs rain!
*Now it's onto visiting the other side of the family this evening!

Linking up with Amanda at The Habit of Being!

This Moment

On Daddy's shoulders!

Linking up with Amanda!

Little Cloud

The other day Ree and I went outside with a blanket and a stack of library books (that seems to be our favorite summer activity these days). One of the books, Little Cloud by Eric Carle, particularly struck her fancy. She wanted to look at the clouds in "her" sky except that there weren't any! It was a beautiful  clear blue day. 

 After her nap we were having a snack on the back deck when she happened to look up and saw that the clouds were back!  She ran to get the book so we could read it again then we sat and looked to see what shapes we could see in the clouds.

When there weren't any clouds in the sky we decided to go in the house and make our own clouds. I had the idea of painting with white pant on a blue piece of construction paper but we had no white paint. Instead I got out the glue and cotton balls. She used almost a whole bottle of glue and ALL the cotton balls but she had a blast! It took almost a full day for the paper to dry too!

Yarn Along

I'm almost caught up with the assignments for the Granny Square Sampler Afghan. 

 Week 3 was a little difficult but after the first two I had it figured out

 Week 4

 Week 5 (the top & bottom)

Week 6

Some of the color combinations are a little....different. That would be because I've been letting a certain 2 year old pick a color from the bag when I'm ready for the next round.

As for reading I just finished "When God was a Rabbit" which I saw that Amanda was reading a few weeks ago. It was VERY good and I couldn't put it down.