Jag and I have found that we’ve started talking about ourselves in the third person a lot ever since Griff came along. We now frequently use phrases like, “Mommy’s making lunch, so hang on, sweetie” or “Daddy needs to put you down for a moment and run to the potty before his bladder explodes”. As a result, we’ve started referring to ourselves as “Bob Dole”. This isn’t too weird when it’s something like, “Bob Dole needs to go get a glass of water, so wait here in the exersaucer”. But it gets pretty creepy when you’re telling your kid, “Bob Dole knows you’re hungry and will give you a boobie in just a minute!”

On the crafting front, I’ve taken a little break from sewing to do a little knitting, instead. One project is a not-yet-presented gift for a new baby, so I’ll show you this one instead.

Meet Mister Scoopy!

Mister Scoopy magically appears to reward good children who take naps longer than 15 minutes. (This is so their mothers have time to finish knitting him, stuff him, and embroider his face on).

Napping Griff seemed to like Mister Scoopy.

Wakey Griff was a little more skeptical. “You used my rare super-long naptime to knit me a fake ice cream cone instead of baking me more sweet potatoes? Get your priorities straight, woman!”

The pattern is very well-written with lots of cone and ice cream scoop variations, it’s free, and it can be found here.