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Muffin tops and knitting

My first iPhone post! A rainy afternoon with my boy. We made muffin tops this morning and after lunch, to our local parenting center to play. I am so glad we braved the near hurricane to go, along with some of my favorite mum friends who all must have been as desperate to get out of the house as me! I am always so cheered going there. Now time for some tea and knitting before making dinner .

Here is one of our daily activities- cars on the back of the couch! It has been a lovely month with Finch turning two and me getting older too! He was born on my birthday two years ago- crazy!! I got an iphone for my birthday! eep! the hubby brought me a buzzing box and I squealed- yes me, I squealed. You should see our brick of a cellphone that must be from 1997, which I never even use in the first place. Who would I call? Anyway, I am giddy with all the bells and whistles and installed the blogging app so maybe there will be more here from me. Willow book #2 is due on friday and I am feeling good about the its state- I think! Still have to go over each page with a fine toothed comb and check it all.

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A little doodle I found on the back of one of my scrapbooks. I still love my paper scrapbooks even in the age of pinterest and flickr, etc. If I feel sad or lonely or whatever, I love to flip through these books and see all the pretty pictures i have collected that inspire me. You can see a few pages I uploaded ages and ages ago over there on the sidebar in a gallery. I am working away here on borrowed nap-time time, finishing the final pages of the next book. Amazing how suddenly Finch is napping again, just when I need some extra time to get this work done. Maybe its the warmer weather but I am grateful for it.

woo hoo another nap!

Furiously coloring in!   Well I am sure it would surprise and delight my little kid self to know I get to color in pictures as a grown-up...  If get all anxious I try and look at it that way.

I tidied things up around here and took away all the ancient links, even though they were good ones, and brushed away some of the cobwebs.  I wanted to get this blog back to more about me with the hopes of generating a little more income from  "coloring in".  I need to fund my energetic project that keeps me at home and knee deep in cheerios.  Seeing first hand the passion my kid has for vehicles,  I want to create some small prints in that theme perhaps.  I really am out of the loop technology wise though and I am not sure blogging even makes a peep anymore!  Especially when I only get in here once in a blue moon!  However, until I get my iphone and twitter and TIME, I will limp along in my regular way.

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Hello! I am working away here at the tailend of one of Finch's rare naps.  It great!  I don't like to work at night at all.  I am coloring in the pages of the next Willow book!  It is going pretty good though I have moments of panic about how I will get it done, with an hour here and there of work.  Today I believe I WILL get it done on time!  Ah- ha- the boy has awoken!  more later-

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ohh what is sweeter than a sleepy boy coming down the hall saying "I love you mummy- I miss you! I love you!"  after a nap?  Life is good-

the other things I do...

I have been working with my brother the past year or so, on the re-design of many of these Ozery products!  I am linking to the US site, even though they are based right here in Toronto, because I am not 100% sure the new packaging is here yet...  It has been really nice to do.  My part has been very simple, I draw the little ingredients at the bottom of the bag there!  Also, various little sandwiches and things for the other product packaging.  My brother does all the heavy lifing!  The perfect scenario, a bit like being the kid sister in real life.  That was what those "apukies" were for a number of posts back.

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here is a terrible picture- weird lighting/ photoshopping- of a school bus I made for Finch the other day in a mad fit of crafting. I think it took me half an hour with Finch milling about next to me and then another 15 minutes in front of the TV sewing on the wheels. He likes it ok, but is more into his real toy school bus. He is passionate about any and all vehicles, it's what we talk about all day long. "tow truck- LOUD- GOING! run run run! mailman! truck! going! loud!" That about covers my conversational spectrum for the day! Its pretty cute.

It seems I have vases on the brain!  Also patterns- a little doodle I just did instead of trying to nap with Finch.  We had a really lovely holiday full of family and chocolates.  My mum found this awesome book at Costco of all places just rambled in among the other discount cookbooks and things--

It is of course, fantastic-- oh crumbs, awake kid calling...