Keeping promises

James just came in an reminded me that I haven't posted in over a week. And I promised I would post a couple of times a week. So, here is an entry ;-)

First Christmas Snow

I think I mentioned that we had snow on Christmas Day, right around noon. It was very wet, and didn't stick around for long, but the huge soft flakes were very pretty! Mama bundled Chase up and took him outside to experience it. He doesn't look very thrilled, does he? But we were thrilled our across-the-street neighbor, Jeff, was outside with his very nice camera and took this photo to preserve the experience for posterity.


These may not need to be preserved for posterity, but they ARE the first pair of socks I've ever knit. Also, so far, the only pair. It was hard getting a photo of them in action. Chase was far too interested in something else - trying to catch the dog, probably - to pose for Mama. That's OK. I have since made him a pair of matching mittens, and those don't stay on too well, either.

Before and After

Chase has great gobs of hair. We don't know where he gets it from; goodness knows neither of his parents are particularly blessed with loads of hair. But Chase was born with a head-full, and somewhere around 6 or 7 months old, he started getting more, and what he had already started getting long. Eventually those long bits started getting in his eyes all the time. Much as I hated to do it, we had to cut them. Mama did it in the kitchen with her old haircutting scissors (the ones she used to use on Auntie Greta in the backyard) with Chase sitting in his Tripp-trapp chair. Do you think he knows this kind of tending is just another type of Mama kisses?