For those of you not versed in comic book lore, Wolverine from the X-Men is Canadian.
Sometimes I wonder if either my family or Matt‘s are distantly related to Wolverine because I’m pretty sure our daughter’s toenails are made out of a diluted version of indestructible adamantium*!
Here’s another throwback Thursday. Since the summer days are fast approaching, it seems appropriate to share a photo of “going up to the country” from many years ago.
Roasting marshmallows with my brother and little cousin Megan.
My parents have a summer home on a pond off of the Salmonear Line (AKA the Irish Loop). And since I was around nine years old, it’s been the go-to place for our immediate family on weekends during the summer months.
Traditionally, we normally opened (de-winterized) the place on the 24th of May weekend and would close for the winter on Canadian Thanksgiving weekend.
In the background of this photo you can see the trailer we originally stayed in. It’s one of those old school tin can trailers; the one that looks like a giant toaster. We started off with simple things like a generator, water in barrels and propane for heating and cooking. But in time my father built a house on our land that includes electricity and water coming from a well.
Bull Pond is a second home for me and I love being there as much as possible. Of course during my teenage years, I went through that phase of “I’m bored, there’s nothing to do here.” But it didn’t last too long.
Even though we have a cottage/house with much more luxuries than when we first started out, it’s important to remember early days and how much fun it was to do simple things like roasting marshmallows over some hot coals. :)
As a knitter, I have to admit that making hats is often fun. They’re not usually hard (or you can avoid the really hard patterns if you want, cause there are so many different options out there) and they can knit up pretty quick.
Baby hats are even better because they’re small and you often want to use nice soft yarn. Non-knitted baby hats are just as cute cause they’re so little!
Before Missy Moo was born, I received a number of hats for her. My mother-in-law is a fantastic knitter and she did some very lovely hats and some with sweaters to match. Other hats were given by friends and family. Babies tend to lose a lot of heat from their heads and often lack a full head of hair, so having them strut around in a hat seems logical, right?
My daughter feels otherwise. Here are three different reactions to hats…
The second half of this post’s title is of course from this song, by 50 Cent. There are two reasons for that title.
Last night I was at Walmart and found a Cozy Sun and Bug Cover. I’ve been thinking about getting something like this for Missy Moo because it’s possible we may have a warm summer with sun.
Found at Walmart for only $10
There’s also a concern about flies when at our summer home. The last thing we want is for our little one to get a sunburn or fly bites!
So any other new moms out there*, this is definitely a handy thing for summer!
*And if you’re in the St. John’s area, I was at the Topsail Road Walmart and they were on a rack of what may have been discontinued items near the baby section. They had both green and pink covers.