Whoa!

It was Easter.  Then it wasn’t!  What the heck happened?  I seem to have lost the last few days — well, as you know now, they all seem to run together.  I hope you had a nice Easter even though it was so different this year.  Ours was quiet and very uneventful.  The highlight of our day was to facetime with the kids while the girls opened their little Easter gifts we had dropped off the previous day.  They were so cute when we stopped by — they were jumping up and down in the window screaming and laughing — I wish I’d taken a picture!

Anyway, after years of dreaming, I finally knit some of Julie’s Little Cotton Rabbits.  They were such a fun project, but boy oh boy, are they ever time consuming!

Or, more likely, I’m just a slow knitter.  In either case, Julie is a genius.  Her instructions and pictures are so thorough — it’s as if she’s sitting next to you while you knit.  I had so much fun deciding on the dress patterns, color combinations, leg styles, etc.  I can’t even imagine how Julie has knit so many — it must be a case of practice make perfect.  I’m hoping that with these first ones under my belt, the next ones will be a little quicker.

I can’t wait to make more bunnies – not to mention some of the many other patterns she has developed.  And I know this sounds like some sort of an ad, but it’s not.  I just love these little patterns and I think they’re so cute.  I’m not the only one either — I was goofing off the other day on the internet and came across this post of quintuplets who received some Little Cotton Rabbits in their Easter baskets.  It made me wonder how many other children around the world received some of Julie’s little animals.  We Love You Julie!!!

I had to put the little rabbits on the rocking horse before they went to their new home.  Horsey is sooo lonely these days without his girls around.  He’s counting the days until the quarantine comes to an end.

Back to Easter – in addition to the bunnies, I gave the girls each a storybook and the traditional Grammy Surprise Boxes.  I struggled a little coming up with things to put in the boxes, since shopping was limited to what I could find in the grocery store while grocery shopping.  I ordered some little Meri Meri hair clips and decided to make some felt finger puppets.  I forgot to take pictures of all the little puppets ;-8. FinallyAGirl received Little Red Riding Hood with her Grammy, the woodsman, the big bad wolf, and a tree (to represent the woods.)  FinallyAnotherGirl received Peppa Pig, Mama Pig, Daddy Pig, her brother George, and the sheep.

So, that was Easter.  The other highlight of the week has been that FinallyAGirl has learned how to call Grammy from her ipad all by herself.  (WooHoo!)  The first time it was such a fun surprise!  I answered the facetime call to see this:

Then I heard this whispering little voice: “Grammy.  We have to be very very quiet.  Daddy doesn’t know I’m calling you.  I’m in our secret clubhouse. Tell Grandpa that he and Ma (that’s what she calls MeMum) have to be very quiet too!”  Ohmygosh.  Be still my little heart.  The secret clubhouse is under her Daddy’s desk – that’s the underside of the middle drawer behind her head in the picture above.  Since that first call, she’s called almost everyday and cheered us up.  We’ve done puzzles, read books, had tea parties — all the usual stuff we’d do if we were actually together.  How lucky are we to live in the age of facetime?  I love our afternoon visits and I know I’ll miss them when life returns to normal and she and SweetiePie are too busy with real life for these calls.  I suppose they’ll be replaced with real life visits though, so all phases have their benefits.

Ok, enough chitchat from me. Thank you for all your lovely comments — sorry if I haven’t responded to them — they haven’t been forwarded to my e-mail account. I think the last comment was forwarded though, so I’m hoping the problem has been solved.
Hope you’re having a Good Week!
XOXO,
Anna