Daily Archives: January 3, 2010

Cal in front of Grandma and Grandpa’s tree . . .
a tree that will become Christensen family legend.

The week after Christmas was jam packed and full of fun. After a rousing three days at the Christensen home, where Wyatt’s brothers Wynn and Jacob and families came to town, we packed up our minivan and headed south for a two day jaunt in Manti. Visiting the Smiths in Manti is always fun and relaxing. We watched movies, read books, took naps and ate mo’ yummy food.

Tuesday Wyatt had to return for some meetings. Then we hung out with the Christensen’s for the next two days. We’re glad Wynn and Heidi were able to stay so long. Then yesterday I took some engagement pics for Leslee and Jason and otherwise hung out until we went over to the Engh’s to celebrate New Years Eve. With the bambinos we only lasted ’til a little after ten. But it was a fun night and great way to almost ring in the new year.

This morning Jeff and Lena came over for waffles (Wyatt got me a sweet waffle iron for Christmas). Then we spent the morning hanging out and playing rock band.

Now it is officially quiet time. Everett is asleep in his crib and O and Cal are playing in their room, under threat of who-knows-what if they come out.

And I am blogging.

And editing pictures.

And enjoying that Christmas this year was so successful.

And on Monday we get to go back to a routine and schedule and normal life.

This year I tackled quite a few home-made gifts. Every couple years I do a lot of home-made stuff, and then I remember not to do it again! While the projects are fun, it’s hard to work under a deadline.

For Everett this year I made him a sock monkey.

I know you can buy these at any toy store, but somehow a home made one seemed much more appropriate. I want my little Ev to know his mamma loves him. And so a home-made sock monkey it was.

For Calvin I made a Hobbes.

You have to understand, I’ve wanted to make a Hobbes for Cal since before Calvin came to be.

People sometimes ask: “Did you name Calvin after Calvin and Hobbes?” To which I frown and think inwardly “that’s the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard,” and outwardly say: “no, I just like the name Calvin for what it is” which is the truth.

But it doesn’t hurt that Calvin in C&H is adorable.

And so before Cal came I searched high and wide for a perfect orange cozy terrycloth with which to make a tiger.

Do you know how hard it is to find orange terrycloth at the fabric store?!

I finally got some orange towels at Walmart.

And then it was a disaster.

And Wyatt was annoyed.

And the cut up orange terrycloth towels sat in my basement for almost two years . . . reminding Wyatt every time he went down that he was annoyed. And reminding me every time I went down that Cal still didn’t have his Hobbes.

And then this Christmas rolled around.

And the idea of sock monkeys came to me.

And then the idea of a Hobbes using the sock monkey pattern came to me.

And then the perfect fuzzy orange chenille socks from Old Navy came to me.

And then the perfect fuzzy orange chenille socks from Old Navy came to me on sale.

And Hobbes came to be.

And Calvin came to have his Hobbes.