It's true. I'm a superhero. My boys told me so - in their super-fabulous, totally surprising, handmade gifts to me this year - Comic books (their new obsession, led by Tin Tin and Calvin and Hobbes).
Calvin made me the subject of his book Mama of Knit Knit, in which I knit our way out of trouble. Need an escape from this tall, tall building that's crumbling down around us? Let me knit you a ladder! Pow! Bam! The other resounding theme through the tale is baseball...and all the baseball gear that I knit. A handknit baseball bat? I don't think so. But Mama of Knit Knit does!
And from Ezra, I got Amanda Sew-Sew, though he's my little phonetic speller, so it's really, Amanda So-So. (Ahem.) And in this tale, each story starts with him asking me to make him something, always followed by a resounding, "Yes!" from me (though this may not be the case in reality, I'm sooo glad this is how he imagines it to be). Then...he goes to sleep (with pages full of the comic book "zzzzzzz's"), and wakes up with whatever he asks for...finished. Presto! Voila!
{The books, by the way, are blank Bare Books. A household essential around here.}
These books are by far my favorite holiday gifts ever, and also? They're definitely among my favorite 'things' ever. If - heaven forbid - our house caught on fire, I'd surely be going for these books among the first things to grab. Followed by my knitting needles and some yarn, because according to my two favorite writers, surely I could just knit our way out of that kind of trouble.
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A real-life superhero of my own will be popping in to say hello tomorrow. I'm so excited to tell you that Steve will be sharing this space with me a bit more this year. Yay!!
Also sharing this space...are January's newest Sponsors - Shivaya Naturals, Chest of Fairy Tales, Crafternoon, and Mad Maggie Designs. Welcome & Thank You!
