baie longue

such a wonderful day

weekending

it started with a lovely evening rain shower on the balcony where ezra and i have been sitting together quite a lot lately.  we sat together in the evening and watched the clouds move quickly from left to right.  ezra said he was cold moments before the rain came.  in five minutes it had already passed.  

on friday evening we went to the white coat ceremony to watch michael be inducted into the honors society.  when ezra saw michael wearing a tie he wanted to have "a scarf" too.  so i cut up an old pair of his black velvet corduroy pants into the perfect one-wear-tie for the night.  he got several compliments on his tie and was very proud of his special attire.

 rahul and michael looking handsome for the event

 the view from michael's school

ezra loves walking up these steps.

watching him take them one at a time with his daddy made me wonder if he will follow in his footsteps  and also go to medical school one day.

for now i just love that he gets to wear sandals and shorts in the middle of winter and be free!

later that evening michael studied and ezra and i met with our friends at karakters - a fun beach bar and restaurant with live jazz friday nights.  it was a great night with friends where ezra and bianca were happy to jump from table to table and land in the bean bags.

 we finished up the weekend at baie longue with our good friend jon - a separate post is needed for the beautiful day we shared at the beach today.  we are expecting clare and stella to arrive on tuesday and are ready for a week of island fun.  after that we are handing over our car to its new owner and we will be enjoying the beauty in our immediate surroundings.  i will do some if not all of our grocery shopping on foot and rely on the goodwill of my friends to help us get around.  fortunately, i think i have some good karma in that department.

this moment

A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember.   inspired by soulemama

yarn along

a post of my latest knitting project and read in a yarn along hosted by ginny.  

 

my needles are warmed up from lots of holiday gift making and are in full speed not wanting to stop.  i have been busy making things non-stop.  on the needles now are a pair of elf slippers for my friend's little one year old girl from this pattern that i found on frontier dreams.

i made a pair for myself first and am loving them!  the apartment gets cool in winter and with the tile floors my feet get cold.  now i can wear a pair of slippers around that aren't too hot - i love wool for its wonderful temperature regulating properties.

i am crocheting a little mario doll for ezra that our friend rahul found online here.  rahul comes over every friday night to study with michael.  we usually have dinner together first and then after dinner rahul spends a little time on the couch with his computer playing super mario brothers and ezra watches over him.  he has come to love this little mario character through rahul and so he found this pattern for me to make him one.  i love amigurumi dolls and am really enjoying this process.

and here are some pictures of the finished matryoshka dolls i posted about on the last yarn along.  the pattern is by susan b. anderson in her book, "itty-bitty toys."  these were super fun to make as well.  i think i am addicted to making toys.  i love how quick the pieces knit up and the meditative qualities of stitching the parts together and embroidery details.  now i'm looking forward to seeing others projects over at small things.