Casa Sosegad

Here are the April Squares from the Block a month Afghan CAL on Ravelry

The first is called Chocolate Delight but I did it in Green and White. The next is the filler block and is called Pinwheel. Here they are:

This past Sunday was our Goa DC Christmas Party for the children. The kids had a blast. The party was at 2 pm. First they had the live Christmas Nativity play and then kusvar and snacks were served. It was potluck style. Afterwards there were games for kids and adults. Here are pictures of the play. Alexander and Aaron were shepherds, Anthony was a king and was carried by his dad, who had the misfortune of being the camel :). Andrew was baby Jesus and a cool and calm one he was! Enjoy!

I’ve crocheted these snowflakes

We’re back from vacation. Actually we got back from our week long trip last Saturday but I’ve been too tired and busy to get online and post. The trip was fun. The kids enjoyed themselves, especially Alexander who was delighted to be able to go on the Expedition EVEREST ride. He was too short for Kracken in Sea World though. We visited Sea World, The Kennedy Space Center, Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom. We drove down on Saturday (Aug 3rd) and drove back Friday evening. Got here early Saturday morning. The unedited pictures are on Flickr. Maybe I’ll get around to editing them sometime. Here’s a picture of us all taken at the hotel we stayed in.

I can’t believe how fast time flies! In less than a 100 days, we’re going to be welcoming the newest member of our family! In the meantime, life has been pretty hectic. We gone on a picnic with the G.O.A.N association.

As pregnancies go, I guess it’s been uneventful so far. All the tests have been coming in great and baby is fine, moving around a lot. Weight gains been good too, just right. But my hips and back are just not the same any more. I can’t climb up and down stairs easily and in the nights, it takes a while to get comfortable because my right hip hurts a lot. A few days I just give in and take Tylenol because I can’t sleep for the pain. Any activity pretty much ensures I am in pain - gardening, carrying Anthony, even normal housework like loading the washer and dryer, sweeping the kitchen or vacuuming. Pretty ridiculous for a mom of three boys, huh? Oh well, pain is supposed to build character, right?!

Alexander has spent a week at his cousin’s. The kids have been enjoying their little pool. Alexander has been keeping up with his work as well. I’ve explained the concept of fractions to him and he’s become quite the “clock” expert. We’ve been working on his writing too.

Aaron’s just starting on writing the alphabet as well. He’s our resident musician. Loves singing and pretending to play the guitar. Anthony is talking more consistently. He says words like “more”, “I want that”, no, milk, up, there, ball, hot. He even said “Aaron” and “Alex” today while playing. I was amazed! Aaron was pointing a toy gun at him and saying “shoot, shoot”. To which he replied “No Aaron!”. I got him to say “Alex” as well and he did repeat Aaron one more time but after that he would not.

Been busy in the garden too. Here’s a slideshow of my garden from this spring to now. I have some new shots to include as I wanted to take full shots. As soon as I do that I will post some more pictures. I’ve also started to learn to crochet. I am currently working on a doily.When I am done, will post a picture of that as well.