Designed the Haru Bangs CD cover a while ago, but just got around to posting it now. My inspiration came from old sci-fi book covers. Noah did the silkscreening and stitched the sides.
Darby’s favorite story is the tortoise and the hare, so Noah whipped up this furry costume for him. Darby boogied his butt off at a Halloween dance party then later went trick or treating with a pal.
I stumbled across this blog, My Parents Were Awesome, where people submit pics of their folks. I don’t know why I find it so compelling, but I absolutely love looking at all the pictures.
Today was a dreary rainy day, so Darby and I decided to go to the movies. We went to see Where The Wild Things Are. We had a fun time, whispering together, giggling, eating gummy worms and watching the movie. It was so beautiful and I did tear up at the end, just for a second. I wasn’t sure if Darby would find it interesting enough to hold his attention, but he really liked it.
We got a new kitty this week. She was dumped on Noah’s mother’s doorstep. Since Sarah knew we were currently without a cat, she graciously drove 9 hours to give Darby his new pet. Darby promptly named her Chair. I’m not a huge fan of the name, so I like to call her Chairman Meow on the down low. Which, I admit, is a pretty ridiculous name as well.
Rigatoni with broccoli rabe, summer squash, grape tomatoes and Italian chicken sausage topped with parmesan cheese. Noah’s famous apple crumble for desert.
Went apple picking yesterday. Such a nice way to spend a sunny fall afternoon. Can’t wait for the yummy apple crumbles Noah will bake for us.
Crafty Bastards was so frenziedly busy that Noah wasn’t able to take off with Darbs for a little sightseeing tour of Barack Obama’s house. Darby was disappointed, but he was such a little trooper. He entertained himself quite well in our tent that day. As we worked Noah and I kept catching each others eyes and widening them in disbelief because we have never seen our booth so packed. Special thanks to everyone who stopped by. Neither of us had spent much time in DC before and we were both struck by how incredibly friendly everyone was.
The next day was Atlantic Antic, which is a street fair along Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn. Our tent was right next to a super nice family selling delicious Puerto Rican cuisine. They showered us with tasty treats all day long. I was in food heaven. Noah and I switched off watching the Pinecone+Chickadee booth and taking Darby around to do fun things. Over the course of the day, Darby got to see a 3-D movie, ride a pony, get his face painted, jump in the bouncy tent, meet Sponge Bob, eat ice cream, browse through a children’s bookstore, play in cool old vintage buses from the Transit Museum’s Bus Festival, and get some new toys.
It was an exhausting but fun weekend. Now we’re back home, time to get back to silkscreening down in the basement.
