Monkeys Everywhere!

A local inflatable gym asked me if I would come up with a monkey toy to sell there, because a monkey is their logo. That's why I made the doll and finger puppet. As I'm trying to come up with the perfect monkey, I'm creating several prototypes. I think the finger puppet will be the way to go, but here's another one I made up just to see what it would look like.

I also visited my LYS (local yarn shop) to see what good yarn was all about and to seek inspiration. I want to try knitting again, because I really want to be good at knitting and crocheting, both. Well, I came home with a great project. As it is going to be part of Erica's and Raul's baby trousseau, I can not post here what it will be; I can, however, give a hint:

In other news, Gabriel wrote his own name today, unguided. I was in the kitchen and told him to write something on great-grandma's card so she would know whom it is from (surprise, Grandma Kranz, you are getting a card... just act surprised when you get it), and when I came back into the dining/craft room, he had written his own name! I have taken a photo and will post after she has gotten her card so I don't totally ruin the surprise, but I really wanted to share because this is a Big Deal for us!

Another G moment today: yesterday, I had found him in the bathroom dipping his hand into the toilet water (after he peed) because he had to "wash [his] belly," so today when he took too long in the bathroom I yelled up the stairs to check on him.
Me: "I just wanted to make sure you weren't drinking out of the toilet or something."
G: "Oh, Mommy, Mommy, Mommy. I would never do that."

Monkeys Are Invading!

I made these last night as an experiment - one doll, one finger puppet...

Happy Little Starfish

I made a quick little starfish for the G Man. Here it is:

Word has trickled down to the southern states that Wally Bronner, of Bronner's Christmas Wonderland, has gone to Santa's Great Workshop In The Sky. I remember seeing him standing at the front door when I was a kid and thinking he seemed like a nice old man (he was already old back then!). Mom K sent this article about him.

No More Late Emails!

Google, geniuses that they are, just introduced a great new concept. It's called Custom Time, and basically it just fudges with the date stamp of your e-mail so that you can prepare a message before the date it's due (think Birthday Card), or you can also have it show up in an inbox in the order it would be in if it were on time (think Belated Birthday Card). Of course, the ethics are a little iffy, but it's still such a neat idea!

Get Your Hand Off My Eye!

Here's my latest creation. It's taken from craftster.org, with some modifications for my fat yarn.