Fourth of July (mostly)

One of the rare - and soon to be rarer - times when my children and grandchildren are all in the same photo. C brought the Princess up for an extended visit so we took advantage of the one-day opportunity to spend time together. The little girls had a lot of fun playing together and I particularly enjoyed watching my grown children together.


A spent two weeks in Maryland and Virginia with her family. It was fun to have her here over the Fourth of July holiday and share that tradition with her since that is not a holiday where she lives. We roasted hot dogs and hamburgers, introduced her to sweet corn, slurped watermelon from the rind, and churned home-made ice cream.

Oh, yeah, both the Princess and the Peanut had their first S'more... Grandpa roasted the marshmallows ... and look.... one is very neat with it, the other not so much...



The Princess also learned about sparklers on this trip and she made her own "light" shine...


And saw fireworks for the first time...



As for the knitting... the Princess got a new sweater but I haven't uploaded the photo yet. She also got her very own felted wand and crown (and glitter shoes)



(kudos to "I Heart Felt" by Kathleen Taylor for the pattern)

And I got my very own pair of Gluttony Socks. This was the first shipment from the Seven Deadly S(p)ins Club and a very fun pair of socks...