{"id":4520,"date":"2011-03-10T08:23:14","date_gmt":"2011-03-10T14:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/granades.com\/?p=4520"},"modified":"2011-03-10T08:23:14","modified_gmt":"2011-03-10T14:23:14","slug":"growing-up-crafty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/granades.com\/?p=4520","title":{"rendered":"Growing up Crafty"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are lots of things I love about Eli and Liza. They are kind and funny and smart and, best of all, interested in making things.<\/p>\n

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It’s a bit late in the season, but both of the kids wanted a scarf to wear. So yesterday Liza and I purchased yarn (she picked out both hers and Eli’s) to make scarves. Liza got right to work on hers…<\/p>\n

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Liza spent about 45 minutes yesterday afternoon “crocheting” her yarn. She kept asking me how to do it and so I showed her a chain stitch and how to do it with her fingers. I told her that it would be a lot easier for her when she got a bit older. She was happy with what she could do.<\/p>\n

After she went to bed last night, I made her a scarf and had enough yarn left over to make a tiny hat. She proudly wore them to take Dad to the airport at 5:30 this morning.<\/p>\n

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Eli was less enthusiastic about his. I think the teen years are going to be made of eye rolls, long suffering sighs, and homemade robots.<\/p>\n

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