Wrapped in Love in MA!

Here are my friends Matthew and Aliya with the afghan blankets I crocheted for them. They kept me warm while I made them and now I hope they will keep the children warm and feel wrapped in love! Aliya grabbed the letters they were playing with and they set themselves up like this. Yet another teaching moment...MA = Massachusetts.

Here is Matthew last week. He kept saying he was tired while I was shopping for some shoes for him and Aliya for Halloween, because Tinkerbell NEEDED green ballet type shoes and Batman NEEDED black shoes. Right?!?! I suggested he take a rest so he would have lots of energy for trick or treating. I wrapped him in the blanket and sat next to him crocheting Aliya's as he slept. Then it came time to pick Aliya up, so I picked him up, blanket and all and loaded the sleeping Prince into the car.

Pretend that...

Aliya is the narrator all through playtime. I think she does this to let Matthew know what he is supposed to be doing. This is basically what I hear in various blocks of time each afternoon.

"Pretend that your the husband and I'm the wife, pretend I'm the little ducky and your the daddy ducky, pretend your the daddy and I'm the daughter, pretend I'm the kitty and its my birthday, pretend our mom died (I know- morbid), pretend NOOOOO Matthew, that's not how we are playing!!" He usually follows her lead very closely, but on occasion he has his own idea. Today, as I listened to her storytelling, I laughed right out loud and ended up embarrassing her. :( But I'm telling you folks, it was so funny!

"Pretend we are in China and we speak Chinese. Garba guba eek kaa marr dewy doop. Ok Matthew?" She looked at him to make sure he understood and I burst out laughing. She blushed and acted shy.

"How do you know Chinese Aliya?" I asked.

"I don't. I just made it up." And then shes onto another topic. "Pretend we are students, no wait, I'm the student and your the teacher, OK Matthew?" And on and on!

I played housewife for Matthew's birthday party tomorrow. The whole preschool class of 15 kids is coming to the house for this party, so I got recruited to help. And, just as every other 4 year old birthday party has, I made roasted red pepper dip and lamb/beef meatballs. I also cut up fruits and veggies with a star cookie cutter. Phew...hard work! LOL! I don't usually cook so I felt very domestic today. :)

I'll take pictures tomorrow when its all set up to show you my hard work. But I'll leave you today with an update of Matthew's afghan.

Here it is last week...

And here it is this week...

You are only as old as you feel

I crochet and this is my current project. I started this afghan for Matthew on Thursday. I was making one with all my leftover yarn and decided Miss Aliya would be the lucky recipient. When Matthew asked what I was making, I told him and then asked if he wanted one too. He was very excited and said yes! So we went to Walmart and he picked out the colors for his afghan. Well actually he picked out the teal color you see, and red?! I explained about matching colors and gave him more choices (ones I liked of course) and he chose these colors. I love watching his eyes light up and grow wide when he sees it growing! "Its getting bigger and bigger Tarsha!"

All my people say crocheting is an old lady project, but I find it to be very relaxing and rewarding. Its mindless, my fingers work fast, and I get instant gratification when I see the fruit of my labor! I'll keep you posted as it gets bigger and bigger! :)