A True Vacation

We've once again packed our bags and bounded off across the country to sunny California! Sam, Arlo and I braved the below freezing temperatures of central Michigan to fly (on two flights, one of which was 5 hours long!) here and visit my mother and father-in-law or a.k.a, Grandma and Grandpa for a week. The weather is amazing here! 65 degrees and sunny! I wasn't even sure how to pack for such warm temps. I am not complaining, in fact, I am so relaxed and the boys are sleeping so well from all of our park play!This afternoon, after more running and climbing at the park, Arlo is

 napping and Sam is having quiet time, Pat, my mother-in-law, is working and I am sitting by the window enjoying the sunbeams, a cup of coffee,

 and my knitting blogs. I had planned on knitting while the boys were occupied, but have since been inspired to post about my recent knitting projects and a few other things.

I finally finished Andy's socks! It was my goal to 

complete them before we left for this trip so I would only have to bring along enough supplies for one knitting project...and sure enough the library had Season 3 of the Gilmore Girls just in time for me to knit like a mad woman and finish two days before we left. I am very happy with how they turned out and they are in the mail on their way to my dear brother-in-law. And onto my next project....Playground Mittens for Sam! I am using some left over wool from a variety of sock projects past. It should be a quick knit and lots of fun as they will be my first mittens ever!

If you haven't figured it out already I finally got my Ravelry invite and have been adding to my notebook as I get pictures taken and time to do it. I am called 

NaturalKnits...come find me!

In between my homemade chocolate biscotti binges and park play outings I have been trying 

to help with the little bits of house chores here...including laundry! I took this photo yesterday morning and realized how big my first baby is

 getting. Even though he's been in underwear for months they look so small in amongst the heaps of adult laundry at home...here hanging on a laundry line, I realized how big they are...how big he is! The photo on the left I took in Washington. Arlo had grown out of his newborn cloth dipes and into the medium size dipes and I had a little teary realization that he keeps growing too...ugh.

I have many realizations while hanging laundry. I guess it is a sort of meditation time for me....

So a real vacation for me. We closed on the house the demolition began very soon after. It is chaotic there with our hearts in the new house and wanting to be there all the time, but our things in the rental and it is necessary to be there at least a couple times a day. I was packing lunches and dinners and toys and spending all day at the new house. I feel very relaxed and removed from what is happening there and I am going to enjoy it! I have some good photos of the progress, but I'll post that later with good descriptions of what we've found our plans for the Forest Road house...