THE CAPE

Just about all of my New England friends (and some of my Canadian ones) will know where "the cape" is. The Cape is short for Cape Cod which is about 95 miles East, give or take, from where I live. It is the posh summer playground of the Kennedy family and home to miles and miles of lovely coastline. This is where you go if you live in Rhode Island and want to take a quickey vacation. One of the sights to see is the Kennedy Memorial in Hyannis. This picture was taken there.

Now, I know that I am a bit biased in my opinion but, honestly, this child of mine can NOT take a bad picture. Here, she is on a boat getting wind blown in every direction and once again, she is smiling and as always, she is beautiful! You would NOT want to see me on this same excursion I assure you! This adorable "cottage" sports its own lighthouse! What makes this even more quaint is that the lighthouse is actually a guest cottage!Can you imagine!!!!!! How handy is that??? The price tag is over a million but one can dream can't they?????
One of the great laughs of the day was this tour on an amphibious "duck" boat. If you have never taken a tour on a duck boat, I urge you to enjoy this experience. And if you have children, I recommend you run, not walk, to the nearest tour. Most of the big cities with any amount of shore line have them and they are really a lot of fun! Once you get over the certainty that you are going to sink that is. A remarkable and unforgettable experience! They ride through the streets and then just plunge down into the water at the nearest boat ramp then crawl back up the boat ramp and continue through the streets. A lot of fun; really!
OTN: Just completed a baby sweater, a pair of striped leg warmers for Paige and a pair of socks for Shane as well as my C & J afghan. Pictures will be posted soon! I promise!

VBB

I have been a VBB! What is a VBB you ask???? A VBB is ....A VERY BAD BLOGGER! I usually update once a week and sometimes if i have a lot to say, I will update more often than that. But with summer here and the kids needing rides hither and yon, the extra laundry, the enourmous amount of dirty towels and extra snacks for neighborhood kids, well, there just hasn't been a whole lot of time to sit quietly and blog. I also have had almost no time to do any knitting to speak of. A tiny row here, a short swatch of rows there but that is about as far as I've gotten. POO! I am working on another baby sweater exactly like the one a few posts back, another pair of boot socks exactly like the ones I made for Jim a few months ago, my C & J squares and that is about it. Nothing too exciting but summer is not the time for me to get deeply involved in a project.

Here is the lovely Paige with her new arm ensemble! Yes, she managed to get through the first 10 1/2 years of her precious little life without breaking a bone but during the last week of school, she tripped and fell and used her thumb to break her fall. Poor little girl! Yesterday she was chewing a tootsie roll and pulled out one of her baby molars! she has had it tough lately but at least the cast is waterproof so she can use the pool! An still she smiles!!! What a trooper!