Life's a Beach!

Shortly after lunchtime today (well...actually looking at the time, I realize it's after midnight, so I guess that should read "lunchtime yesterday") I casually mention to my husband that we should go down to the beach this afternoon.

My daughter of the Incredible Hearing (except when she's doing something she is not supposed to be...then she's pretty much deaf) yells out "The BEACH!" and crawls out of the couch-cushion Cam was building and runs to me

"Mommy! We gonna go to the beach?!"

I say "Yes, I think so..."

Grace: "The BEACH! I need my swimmin suit on!" and with that she tore off down her to room, where I found her moments later trying desperately to get out of her nightgown, her bathing suit on the floor next to her. I guess we were going to the beach.

Ah...but I'm glad we did.

While the Atlantic can be numbingly cold, it felt awesome on my over-heated self



Ahhhhhhhhhh.

Once I was all cooled off, I watched Phil and the kids dig and play in the sand...


...from my perch on the blanket as I worked on the Salad Socks


All in all a great afternoon. Made even better by coming home and finding a pick-up slip from Canada Post. So on our way to the Planetarium(scroll down, title "Night Sky") we picked up the parcel. On the way I wondered what it could be...is it by some miracle my Seven Deadly S(p)ins parcel come (it would be a miracle for it to be here already, the club parcel takes FOREVER to get to NS)? Or maybe the yarn I bought in the last Yarn Pirate update?

Nope...KNITPICKS ORDER!!

I stopped at Steph's on the way home to deliver her part (and give her sympathy noises over her spill today). It was like Christmas, us two opening the box together to see what was inside!

I ordered some more needles(sock sized, for magic loopin), cables for my options set, a sock blank (just one for now, I'll order more once I get a chance to dye it and knit with it...I might hate it, ya never know) and Knitted Icons



Ooh yeah...gonna knit me a Madonna. She'll be accompanying me on my big trip to see her in concert come October. (which reminds me, I've not screamed out "AHHH! MADONNA!!!" in a while...)

But now a decision must be made...do I dress my Madonna in the cone-bra a la Truth or Dare (featured on the cover) or do I dress my Madonna in the Like A Virgin wedding gown, like so...



Decisions...decisions...

(psst...tell me your vote in the comments...I might just make it worth your while....think wee knitterly prize for you, by random draw. Just saying. Oh yes, I just totally made up a contest and put it in brackets. Ha!)

*if you get a chance to check out the planetarium...do! I was really enjoying myself before the little kids got antsy. I'm probably going to take Cam again, since he was enjoying it as well.