One Fish Two Fish Purple Fish Blue Fish

At the beginning of June when school was out, we headed south for a week of water, fun and sun. We drove to Orlando and stayed at the Marriot Conference Center and Resort. Each night the HUGE waterfall pool got much use and Miss A., my 11 year old daughter, was a little mermaid indeed! During the days, we spent the week at Sea World, Sea World Aquatica (a very fun waterpark), Epcot (since the kids were too tiny during our prior trips to Disney) and last but not least, the reason we went to Florida...Sea World's Discovery Cove. It is a wonderful oasis where you can swim with dolphins and snorkel with myriads of marine life swimming around you. They even had barracuda and sharks in underwater tanks disguised by rocks and sunken ships that you could swim down and see so it was like you were swimming next to them. It was incredible! Also included was a wonderful lazy river, a manta ray pool where they swim all around you, and three aviaries which you can feed all sorts of exotic birds. It was a day in paradise and we would all gladly do it again!

On our way down to Florida, we started our trip with a visit to the Atlanta Georgia Aquarium which has the most unbelievable tank holding 4 whale sharks among a whole throng of fish and the tank is so massive, you usually don't see all the whale sharks at the same time except for feeding...which was incredible indeed! We really enjoyed the aquarium, the Titanic exhibit and these huge monstrous new friends...



Well the trip was a success for all and it inspired Mr. J., my 13 year old son. He decided he wanted a fish blanket. So thanks to Ravelry, I was able to find a pattern.



Well, here is the meager start and since it will be a slow work in progress, I will share more fish photos as I update my progress on this blanket. Mr. J., has been forewarned it will take awhile to knit enough fish for a blanket! Ironically, I had most of the yarn in stash and only had to add the two greens (by the way, the colors are brighter than above and the darkest is a true purple, the one to its right is a bright turquoise).

Anyway, several years ago, the kids each picked out several colors of yarn for blankets which never saw completion. All the yarn still made the move with us here and surprisingly, eventhough both my children are older, they still love the colors they had picked. So both Miss A. and Mr. J. thought it was about time Mom got busy!! And of course, no favoritism, I have to do a blanket for both kids. Miss A. chose Rambling Rows by Cottage Creations for her design in some crazy kicking colors!! So stay tuned for future updates of the blanket sagas! The goal is to have them finished for snuggling when snow falls!