A bit of knitting and a lot of corn

I've decided that since this my blog, I'm going to post what I want on it. Which means I'm going to talk about my 4 boys, life in the Army and occasionally I'll talk about why I think home education is great and a little bit of my knitting. I'm also going to continue to delete the cowardly anonymous comments.
Really, if you're going to post nasty comments about a 6-year-old child, at least put on your big girl panties and put your name on your nastiness.

So I knit some stuff.
Actually, I knit a lot of stuff but I've only taken pictures of a couple of lacy things.

Hi ya'll! Here's my first bit of lace. I had never knit a shawl before. Hats, socks, scarves...I even knit a sweater. (It was kind of a cheater sweater. I'll drag out some photos later on.) This particular shawl was great for me because I knit it with sock yarn. And it was ridiculously easy. Other than that, I can't tell you anything else. I can't remember the pattern, the yarn color, or what size needles I used.

Here's my second piece of lace. I can tell you more about this one.

The red yarn is Socks that Rock (Brick) that was double stranded. The multi-color is Noro Iro in some unknown colorway. The pattern is from the Fall issue of Knitty, Colonnade. I knit the red for a few extra rows and knit the multicolor for a few extra rows. I also added extra toggle buttons and totally skipped that i-cord stuff. (The thing has holes in it for the buttons. Why make more.) I wanted this to be more of a poncho than shawl. I figure it will be nice on those "too warm for a coat" days. I totally love it and I'm really glad that I finally found a use for all that Iro.

And what have the boys been up to?

(See, I do discipline them.) We headed out to the Corn Maze with a couple of the cousins. There was much corn, lots of stuff to play on, and many, many little critters to hold and pet.

All the boys want ZD to build a "Corn" box for them to play in.
Matty wants us to install the zip line that we own but is still sitting in a box in the garage.

The oldest one has embraced his naturally curly hair and started using my shampoo. (ZD says he looks like he has a perm.)
Sammy....well, he's being the bold, grab-life-by-the-horns kids that he's always been.

And Anders has decided that he wants to be a farmer. (Good thing we have a farm for him) He has a special affinity to pigs and chickens.

Much fun was had by all.