Future Airplane Mechanic?

Looking for airplanes!

Brownies.

Aunty Hu-ho (Helmi) made brownies the other day. Payton got to lick the spatula and mixer when she was done. Needless to say, he was quite the happy camper!

Yum!


"Did I miss any?"

What does a moose say??

Here's Payton's moose call, Erik's responding in the background :)

Snow days!

Well, it's almost guaranteed to happen EVERY time Erik leaves town....SNOW! Not just an inch or two...but a foot or two!! Normally I LOVE the cold white stuff and don't mind one bit, in fact, the more the merrier!! But being 33 weeks pregnant and chasing an almost 2 yr old makes it near impossible to clear the driveway! Last time, I just put Payton in the backpack where he's ecstatic to be able to see what's going on (and he LOVES the snow blower!) but it killed my back! This time around I have my sister Helmi to be my snow slave :) She was kind enough to shovel off the porch then after a quick lesson, snow blow the driveway.

Erik's poor neglected truck, buried in the snow! (Note: this is even after a bit of rain, really compacted the white fluff we had!)

My happy helper!




This afternoon the power went out, so I thought what better a time to go play outside! Payton loves the snow, or "no" as he calls it. He played with the dog chuck-it the whole time. Much funner than a snow shovel!

Kuspuks.

I found pattern for a size 2T Kuspuk (a native-designed pullover) and decided to try and make one! I was halfway done and wanted to try it on Payton to see if the sizing was true to the pattern. Not only did I find the sleeves are a bit too long, but he did NOT want me to take it off him!!
Here's my little cross-dresser in his cozy kuspuk, face covered in blueberries!! I guess I'll be making him a "manly" one next :)