One Last Push

What you see above is what I've been working on the last couple of days - Babette squares. Right now, at 8:09 AM CST, I have 15 more of the smallest ones to make and then I've finished all the squares. Obviously there will be ends to weave in and then there will be the laying out and sewing together part of The Babette, but there are only 15 tiny squares to crochet! I started this project a year ago, on New Year's Eve and while I've definitely piddled around with it and ignored it for months on end, I would love to have the blocks all done by midnight tonight.

I also need to let you know that I've pulled one of the socks out of the Knit Something a Month Club and added an additional shawl/wrap type thing. The new addition will be January's project, so you'll see it next week. I'll be doing shawls in January and February, but then socks in March and they'll alternate for the rest of the year, ending with a shawl in December. Caleb put them in order for me and the project bags are numbered so I'm all ready to go.

Logan wants to share with everyone that he learned how the "Outside" bell works in 3 days. We finally found a bell for the back door (it's between the kitchen/breakfast area and family room so just sitting by the back door doesn't really tell us much - it's too high traffic right there), so we started ringing it every time we took him out and when we ring it, we say, "Outside." After the second day, Logan learned how to ring it, but he was only ringing it after I rang it, while I was getting on a jacket and Crocs to take him out. Then one day, he woke up from a nap, stretched and went to the door and rang the bell, then sat down by it. He only rings the bell if he needs to go outside and I'm sitting down, but he seems to understand when to ring the bell and hasn't given us any false alarms just to go out and play. He's a very smart little guy!

I hope you all have a wonderful New Year's Eve and a fabulous 2011! See you next year (I've got some squares to crochet)!