Houseguests and Elephants

We occasionally have a visitor on our front porch, but yesterday we let him come in for a tour of the house and fed him some Cheerios and milk. G had the great idea of bringing Choco over to say hi so the cat didn't feel like the only animal in the house. I think it worked; the cat felt right at home.

Yesterday, Chip requested that I make him an elephant. He very specifically wanted a white one, so I made his body and trunk before I ran out of white yarn. We went to four places today to find more, but we couldn't locate any so we bought a comparable skein. When we got home, I gave G the option of having green or blue extremities instead of white, and he chose blue. That was my choice, too. This was made from a free pattern from Lion Brand, but I changed the tail and added a smile. Please to enjoy.

Craft Stuff

Today was Iggy's birthday party, and here's the card and hat we made for him:

And here's what she made for favors (except without the flower), along with meringue mushrooms that were delicious!

Health Department Test Subjects

We took G to a MOMS Club event this morning because it was something different to try. We took him to Stevi B's (don't get us started about the spelling) to make his own pizza. Here are some photos.

First, they got to see what dough feels like.

Next, they got to tour the kitchen and walk-in areas.

Then they decorated their pizzas. G added crushed red pepper to his.

Now it was time to try their creations. G was, well, you can see for yourself. He just ate the crust. He must have realized that this was not the same pizza that he'd made! They can't fool him!

Well, later we went out for our traditional every-other-Friday sushi lunch. Today, we went to Fuji, since we were already in the plaza. Fantastic, as always. [By the way, it's true what they say about white tuna. Yikes.]

We Missed Our...

300th post! Boo! Oh well, Happy 301! And away we go... I (P) just got back from 13 hours of work for CASA. I had court at 8:30, but first one attorney, and then the other, were not available, so the case was continued (delayed) to 1:30, then 2:00, then 3:00... by 4:00, the judge was off to one of her friends' funeral (see this - these were really good guys, by the way, who did a lot for the community) and I had some info I wanted to gather at one of my families' houses. Because Enquiring minds want to know, here's what I wore (loves me some Banana Republic!) - the top has a tie that you can't really see:

In other, more exciting, news, after waiting for over a year to get our bonnet stripes for Otto, here are the before and after photos!

If you are ever in the market for any kind of vinyl work, you must get thee to Eric Neumann at Global Imports MINI in Atlanta. Not only did he do some amazing custom work, but he charged significantly less than he was going to originally, just so I could use exactly the amount of my gift certificate and not a cent more. He wouldn't even let me add a tip. Every time we go there, they always find somehow to do something extra or surprise us in some way that leaves us amazed (in a good way). Oh, and he gave G a toy car - a MINI Cabrio, of course - to keep.

By special request, for Bunnut, here is the Chipster running around before class last week in his gi:

Gi Whiz!

G got his new gi last week and got to wear it to karate class today: In other news, we've applied for a preschool. We decided to go with Saint Catherine of Siena, because they seem to have a few more "specials" and more outside time. It was a tough decision, but the more we talked about it, the more we heard ourselves leaning in that direction.