Keeping busy

I’ve been keeping the boys busy outside as much as possible to help use up all that amazing childhood energy.  With the cold weather and bikes that need to be ridden, I needed something to keep the boys’ exposed hands warm but still keep their fingers assessable to ring their sweet little bells and pick at little ‘this and thats’ in the dirt.

Last week, we went grocery shopping.  As nearly always, I tossed Oliver onto my back in the beco and went into the store.  It was a cold day, so we bundled up before going inside.  Clearly not thinking everything fully through, I put the R2D2 hat on Ollie.  Somewhere during the shopping trip he took it off and tossed it aside.  Long story short,  the hat was never found.  I’ve left all the info I possibly could at lost and found and called them every day for several days.  I have no doubt that it was found shortly after Oliver tossed it.  The floors at the store are nice and wide and we would have found it on the first pass, but no such luck.  Someone out there is wearing the hat that was originally made for my hubby, but ended up fitting my boys.  It really is unfortunate, but I hope it’s at least being loved.

The hat’s disappearance prompted me into a fit of comfort knitting.  I looked at my ravelry queue and saw these mitts, so I got straight to them.  I haven’t stopped knitting since.  I desperately need to work on birthday stuff for Aidan and hopefully my focus will shift soon.  I just needed the comfort of those clicking needles and repetition to get me over the loss of the silly little hat that I worked so hard on.