Well we just spent the last week hanging out with Will’s parents, siblings and cousins. It was a fun trip and nice to be able to see some family that we haven’t seen in over a year. Julius and Patricia loved the extra attention and were so happy to see people other than their parents. We loved not having to cook or shop for ourselves! It’s so nice to be doted on.
I worked most of the week again unfortunately, but I got to go for a couple nice hikes in the green mountains. I also spent some of my down time planning and creating things for DanyCon 2021! Because none of the kiddos are vaccinated and that makes travel hard, we’ll once again be hosting a virtual DanyCon for our siblings. That doesn’t mean it will be any less great though! We are going to have lots of new activities to keep us all occupied. I can’t wait to share in a few weeks…
Just like I can’t wait to share this hilarious Julius-ism from one of our hikes. On one of my days off the family decided to take the gondola up to the summit of Killington and hike back down. Julius was very excited about the whole prospect and did a great job hiking most of the way himself. The hike down the mountain wound between ski trails and snowcat roads. At one point Julius, who was at the very front of the hiking at this point, shouted “there’s a road!” So I asked Julius if I could tell him a joke, and our conversation went something like this:
Me: Julius can I tell you a joke?
Julius: Yes!
Me: Why did the chicken cross the road?
Julius: Hahaha! Mama that is so funny.
Me: I haven’t even told you the funny part yet!
Julius: Oh.
I guess jokes come later. Makes sense considering everything they do is so darn funny. Speaking of darn funny, check out Will’s pandemic hair in this picture. 
This was taken during Will’s birthday in July 2020, several months into the pandemic back when we believed that he would be able to go back to a hair dresser soon. Funny hair aside, check out that sweet shirt Will is sporting! That’s one of the gifts I made for his 30th birthday. *Looks at the year.* Wait no, we are way older than 30! Where has the time gone?! Well this project is something I thought of well before I bought my embroidery machine. Honestly it was the reason I bought my embroidery machine. My idea was to make geeky symbols to sell on polo shirts. Only 5(? 6?) years after I bought my embroidery machine I finally accomplished my original goal! If anyone wants to buy one from me just let me know… ;) (Wait, I need to find an appropriate GIF for that. I’ve been trying to use GIFs since will accused me of being 3 forms of communication behind everyone else since I still use emoticons. You know what I say to that? There are no GIF hotkeys! GIF and emoji use severely limits my WPM.)
(RIP Jessica Walter)
Super Stylish Meeple Polo
- 1″x2.5″ hoop (like this one)
- Blank Polo Shirt – I love Jiffyshirts.com for shirt blanks.
- tear away stabilizer
- White (or desired color) machine embroidery floss
- chalk
- Embroidery file here (Note you will need to unzip it first)
- Mark where your meeple will go on your polo shirt using the chalk using a large cross.
- Hoop the shirt and stabilizer, centering the hoop over the cross.
- Thread embroidery machine with white floss, load embroidery file then embroider.
- Remove shirt from machine, remove from hoop, brush off chalk, and tear away stabilizer on back of shirt.
