First Day of School! And A Ducky

Here's a shot of my boys on their way to the bus stop through the fog this morning. It was the FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL today.

T, my 7 year old, started 2nd grade today and had a great day. He came home with tales of how much fun it was, who was in his class from last year, and how nice his teacher is.

C, my 4 year old, started his very first day of school ever today with the 4K program, which is essentially an introduction to Kindergarten. Wisconsin is pretty progressive to have such a program, and I love it. When I met C at the bus stop at noon, he came running out of the bus to give me a hug and to tell me how much he loved school and all about what they did there. It warms my heart to think that he loved it and wants to go back. I was afraid he might not want to return. He can be a little shy sometimes and tends to want to stay with either myself or my hubby. I'm glad school is everything he hoped it would be.

Not to mention the free time I get to have every morning of the week! WOW! It was SO NICE! I came home after seeing them on the bus and just enjoyed the pure silence. It was spectacular. I decided today that I would hold off on household chores and do those tomorrow. I wanted today just to be "ME TIME."

And with that, comes the Ducky part. A few days ago I bought this pattern book called Just Ducky Baby Afghans. I like the afghans, but actually I bought it specifically for the pattern for the duck. It's SO CUTE! I started one last Thursday and finished it up today while the boys were both at school.

I just love saying that: The. Boys. Were. Both. At. School.

Anyway, I digress. So here's the little ducky I finished today:













Isn't he sweet? I made a few changes to the pattern. I didn't quite like how long and straight the original pattern made the duck look, so I left a round off the head and three rounds off the neck. This made it a bit more squatty. I also added a tail - it just didn't seem right without one!













This little guy is pretty tiny. The pattern calls for it to be made with worsted weight yarn, but I really enjoy doing these little stuffies with the fingering weight yarn and a 1 steel hook, so that's what I used for this guy. He stands at just under 3" tall.


For the beak and feet I used Red Heart Soft Baby in Powder yellow. The body, wings, and tail were made with Bernat Baby Fingering Weight yarn in White.

The book shows all the little ducks with a wide ribbon tied around their necks in a bow. I keep debating on whether or not I want to put a bow on him or not. Any ideas?


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By the way, a couple of my readers have complained that they're having trouble commenting on my blog. I was invited to switch to the new Beta Blogger a couple of weeks ago, and though it's cool and has some definite potential, there are some bugs and trouble spots.

One of them is this little tidbit I saw on the "Known Issues for Blogger in Beta" page: 'Users who have not switched to Blogger in beta will not be able to login to comment on blogs that have been switched. Commenting using the “anonymous” or “other” options will still work.'

So if you're having trouble and still want to comment, try one of those options. But you know, only if you want to.

OR! I've added a new comment system. This should work.

I hope.

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To close, I want to reiterate the fact that I LOVE SCHOOL.

Carry on.