Audrey loved her new hat and although it is a bit big, it wasn’t too big, it just has room to grow. We had dinner together, Sarah, Ryan, Tom, Audrey and I and it was the most fun I’ve had in a while. Audrey likes to take my jewelry and for some reason she decided that removing my eyeglass holder chain was the funniest thing in the world. She laughed, and I laughed just to see her laugh and then we were both laughing just because the other one was. Life just doesn’t get any better than that.
Granddaughter Audrey
Audrey’s Hat
I’ve been working on a secret project….Audrey’s Hat. As you can see from Sarah’s blog, Audrey loves to put things on her head. Her favorite thing is a tupperware toy that she pretends is her hat. That made me think that maybe I should make her a hat.
This hat had no design or pattern in mind, just play and relief for me after refurbishing kitchen floors everyday. So each day for the past 4 days, I’ve cut a little, sewn, agonized over fabrics, tossed my stash around and played. I didn’t take photos of the process because I didn’t think it would work, but I believe that I have a really cute hat here, and I can’t wait to give it to Audrey.
It was hard to make it without her here, to test for size. I used the bear, 
but he’s just not the same as a baby girl – lol 🙂
So, this weekend I shall see Audrey and give her my gift to her, her very own hat. It’s a secret though, so if you see her, don’t tell!
I am going to make another one and I’ll take photos as I go on that one.
Nice Things
Here’s the surprise I received for Valentine’s Day! They are very lovely and the balloon actually sang a song when you tapped it ~~ I had many visitors to my little office at work who came in to “tap” and listen 🙂
Granddaughter Audrey liked the balloon (she spent the weekend with ME!) but she wanted the singing balloon to keep it’s distance. She loved the soft little bear and took it to bed with her. Bunny ignored the whole thing completely.
When I was single (for about 16 yrs) I used to buy myself flowers and I enjoyed doing it. And balloons too. Sometimes I would fill the house with helium balloons. They used to follow Sarah around and all the kids thought I was a kooky mom 🙂
Giggles
My daughter uploaded some new photos onto Flickr and I stole this one – I like it. It is of Sarah Raffuse, her husband Ryan (such a nice guy!) and my granddaughter Audrey with a nice clean nose 🙂 hehehehehe I think they were having some fun with the timer option on the camera.
Audrey and the bunny – Final Round!
Well, this one is a draw. After 2 days together they are getting used to each other, and seeing the benefits of friendship. Audrey realizes that if she doesn’t reach too fast, she gets to pet the bunny and bunny (not so dumb) quickly figured out who was leaving him small tokens of affection on the floor, like Corn Flakes and globs of banana. Hehehehe. He found them before I did!
So now he warily follows her around, at a safe distance, and she thinks she just added one more admirer to her posse. Happy Days for all of us!
Round Three – Audrey v. Bunny
When I picked up Audrey in Girdwood today (Sarah and I meet aprox. half way between Seward and Anchorage) I asked Sarah for her advice on fabrics for bindings for both the purple scraps quilt and the reproductions quilt. We talked for a few minutes and I agreed with her choice of a white-on-white for the reproductions, and then I commented that I would hopefully have it finished this weekend. Her laughter was loud and long, and I was slightly offended. Her thought was that if I thought that Audrey would leave me with energy or time to quilt, I was indeed, nuts. And she said so, out loud, between laughs.
I hate admitting that I am wrong, but at 10pm tonight (I drove away with Audrey at noonish) I believe that she may be right. How I managed to raise a child and her cousins being a single parent, I just can’t remember. I am exhausted. And bunny just came out of hiding.
Audrey finally fell asleep at 9:30 and the only nap she had was on the drive back to Seward. It was a gorgeous day! We had a fun drive and stopped at the property on the way home to feed the “free” bunnies – and I noticed for the second time that the eagles must have gotten one of the little ones.
At home, Audrey immediately sought out bunny, and found him in his usual spot, in our bedroom (he has his own room, which doubles as my quilting room). She stayed about 4 feet from him, and they had a staredown. She did her dance and he glared, giving me “the look”.
If you are a pet owner, you know “the look”. It’s what you get when you take them to the vet for shots or bring and infant into the home. The “why are you subjecting me to this torture?” look.
They left each other alone for about 4 hours and then had the showdown in the kitchen. Bunny came out to assert himself and he backed Audrey all the way up to the kitchen cabinets, where she squeeled and clung to my leg. Then she took action. When he got close enough (overconfident bunny!) she reached down like lightning and touched him on the back!! Whoooooooooeeeeee! He took off, halfway down the hall, and then stood his ground (they don’t call them dumb bunnies for nothing). She just toddled on over and did it again! Off he ran, to hide behind the bed, and Ding! Audrey is the winner of round three!
Gramma’s gonna collapse and re-prioritize her quilting and move a few deadlines back (don’t tell anyone!).
First overnight stay at grandma’s house
Audrey stayed overnight at gramma’s house and we both had so much fun! She played a full day of “keep gramma running from room to room” and she had a great round of air-sparring with bunny.
Audrey’s idea of fun was to run to wherever the bunny was, every 3 minutes, hollering out “bunny” at the top of her lungs. When she located bunny (who has only 3 or 4 hiding places and isn’t used to being searched out) she would do her “bunny dance”. This consists of hopping from foot to foot while pointing at bunny and hollering “BUNNY!” and laughing.
After about 5 hours, bunny decided to take action. He advanced on her by a foot! Ohhhhh, did she squeal! And she backed up exactly 1 foot. Hehehehehe, betcha you can see where this is going. Bunny backed her up, through the hallway, the kitchen and into the living room – 12 inches at a time. I about peed my pants laughing so hard. Bunny advance – Audrey squeal – Audrey dance backwards 1 foot – repeat.
But wait, you don’t think bunny won do you? She won round 2 when he went back to his room, thinking himself victorious and parked in his favorite spot – the doorway. She danced down that hallway and touched him on the nose!
Ha ha ha ha ha! Bunny jumped a foot into the air and took off to hide behind the bed! Ding. Round three is the weekend of January 19th when Audrey comes back for another weekend. Let’s see who wins this time!
