Happy camper

Aidan spent this week attending day camp at Beaver Lake Nature Center, our wonderful local nature resource. We told him that he could attend one day camp this year, within reason, and after looking at the Beaver Lake program, Cub Scout day camp and a few sports camps, he chose Beaver Lake. And we chose this week because two of his Cub Scout den mates were also attending. (And can I say just how glad I was to NOT be at Cub Scout day camp again?)

Each day between 9 am and 3 pm, the campers hiked, played games, learned about animals and plants, and generally had a great time being a child. Each day I took home a sweaty, dirty, tired boy who smelled of sunscreen, bug repellent and nature camp.

Yesterday they painted camp t-shirts and today they had their fellow campers sign their shirts. Here is Aidan at the end of camp today, holding his "I survived camp" certificate:

Believe it or not, the socks that he is wearing in the photo were WHITE when he left home this morning!

Little Bunny Foo Foo

Last week I finished this blanket buddy. The pattern had been in my project queue for a long time but since I did not know anyone having a baby, there was no immediate reason to knit one. When James told me that one of his new employees was soon to be a dad, it was a good reason to cast on.

I first used Berroco Plush - I loved the feel and the color, but what a nightmare. I dropped stitches and could not see that they were dropped, made other mistakes that I could not see and when I was done, it was a hot mess! I could not even frog it and start over, it was so tangled and I ended up throwing it away.

The pattern specified Lion Brand Velvetspun, so I switched to that yarn. It was much easier in terms of stitch definition but was very difficult for me to use. It is very grabby and I swear that it squeaks when rubbing against itself!

Overall, it was an easy project but I had mixed feelings about how it turned out; it is definitely bigger than I thought it would be, and the head looked odd to me. James thought it was gift worthy so I wrapped it and sent it to work with him. No word yet as to what the parents-to-be think of it.