wizard wands and flirty skirts

The library had a wand making workshop. We went and made wands in honor of Harry Potter coming out. Well the kids made thiers but had no place to put them so got out my Charmed Knits book and made wand cozies for them. I don't have a pic of Mad's yet as I don't know where it's hiding.
Here's C's.While at the coast, I casted on this flirty skirt (pattern from LTK) but I didn't add the undersoaker.
I also knitted these owls. The pattern is from Practical Princess and they are really simple to follow and easy to knit up. Each one took only a day, full of interuptions of course. I don't like the eyes but the kids love them. C's is on the left and Mad's on the right. C named his Thunder, and Mad's is Owl. C was upset that his sister's is bigger then his, but I told him that the smaller the owl, the faster they fly, and he was content with that.
Here's M happily showing off the owls.

Fourth of July

We took our annual trip to the coast and stayed at E's Uncle Pauls'. They live up on a hill, so peaceful and lots of room for the kids to roam.Paul's House. They put on 2 more bedrooms for the girls.
Here's our tent. Between the garden and the pond. Hummingbirds were there every morning, waking us up with the flutter of their wings.
E wasn't feeling good, so I took the kids to the beach by myself and this is a self portrait.
E and C made a castle with a moat while Mad and I walked on the beach to find cool rocks and agates. which I can't find the bag of them :(

Mad playing in the sand before she went walking into the ocean and got all wet.

Captain Bogg at the Fairview Park

It was a really hot day so C rolled his pirate pants up.

I didn't get any pics of the band, but C and M love them. Mad does a hook with her finger to tell me "pirate". She'll do her finger hook and dance. Too cute! Our MDC friend Kaden. Mad was trying to hold his hand, but he didn't want her too. :( It was funny to watch the process of him trying to get away, but she's holding tighter. LOL

New yarn store in PDX

Twisted and they carry Zen String yarn. Oh so scrumptious yarn. Usually it's really hard to get Angela's yarn when she stocks so I'm supper excited to be able to go and pet whats there.

As far as knitting, I need to finish the fingers on E's gloves and I need to put the elastic in the flirty skirty I made for M. I didn't make a soaker for under it as she's starting PL and I figured, she'd be without a dipe or undies in the summer. I need pics I know. Will have to charge the battery for the camera and get pics of our vacation off it first.