and then it was just Logan who wondered where his entertainment was at?
Monday, August 30, 2010
First Day of School!
It is finally here! Yay! My two older boys are off to school! Mason gets to do preschool M-W-F for the first time and Reagan is in PreK M-F! Both were super excited to get their new backpacks on and load up!
Friday, August 27, 2010
This moment...
{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments for all to find and see.
Wishing you a lovely weekend!
Monday, August 23, 2010
On and off the needles
I've been busy clicking away on a variety of projects. All of them have been fun, fast, and more the pleasant to work on. With my shipment of yarn expected to arrive any day now, I'll have to put my needles (mostly) down while I tackle my coop order.
But for now, I'll continue to happily work away every second I can get.
My Oatmeal sweater is now blocked and finished. I so love it. The yarn is great but not as soft as I was assuming. I was planning on making Logan a mini-me version of it. Fat babies in bulky yarn are extra cuddly but I think this might bother him. So the three skeins I bought in yellow for him will be made into something else. I already know who and what it will be. Definitely a Christmas gift!
My sweet neighbor, in her mature age, wears sweaters in the 90 degree humid heat so I think a Batkus is perfect Christmas gift for her. I'm knitting this with a prima cotton from Araucania Pomaire Multy. I really like it. I'm not a cotton yarn person. Wool is my first and true love but this is great to work with. I can see why Shelley, aka Waldorfmama, would knit this pattern often. It is really easy, knits fast, and makes a lovely little something. I think I'll take her notion and keep one always going on the needles. It just seems like a great gift to give. I might even have to cheat on my first love and get more Pomaire for those who might be afraid of my buttery wool.
I also finished up a couple of pairs of Alice mitts and have started some Toasty mitts as well. I have the lofty goal of knitting up all of my scraps in the two dresser drawers I have of them. I do like these since I am able to ditch the dpn's and go to my 12" circ needles. Super fast. Super mindless. A perfect obsessive compulsive knitter's project.
Reagan requested, again, that I start on his Tomten sweater for the season. He loved and wore his last year's Tomten often. I can not tell you how much we both loved this sweater. Even more, I loved it because it made him feel special in it. I hope his new one has the same affect.
What are your projects this week? Happy crafting!
But for now, I'll continue to happily work away every second I can get.
My Oatmeal sweater is now blocked and finished. I so love it. The yarn is great but not as soft as I was assuming. I was planning on making Logan a mini-me version of it. Fat babies in bulky yarn are extra cuddly but I think this might bother him. So the three skeins I bought in yellow for him will be made into something else. I already know who and what it will be. Definitely a Christmas gift!
My sweet neighbor, in her mature age, wears sweaters in the 90 degree humid heat so I think a Batkus is perfect Christmas gift for her. I'm knitting this with a prima cotton from Araucania Pomaire Multy. I really like it. I'm not a cotton yarn person. Wool is my first and true love but this is great to work with. I can see why Shelley, aka Waldorfmama, would knit this pattern often. It is really easy, knits fast, and makes a lovely little something. I think I'll take her notion and keep one always going on the needles. It just seems like a great gift to give. I might even have to cheat on my first love and get more Pomaire for those who might be afraid of my buttery wool.
I also finished up a couple of pairs of Alice mitts and have started some Toasty mitts as well. I have the lofty goal of knitting up all of my scraps in the two dresser drawers I have of them. I do like these since I am able to ditch the dpn's and go to my 12" circ needles. Super fast. Super mindless. A perfect obsessive compulsive knitter's project.
Reagan requested, again, that I start on his Tomten sweater for the season. He loved and wore his last year's Tomten often. I can not tell you how much we both loved this sweater. Even more, I loved it because it made him feel special in it. I hope his new one has the same affect.
What are your projects this week? Happy crafting!
A pirate party!
This weekend we were lucky enough to celebrate a friend's 4th birthday! It was a pirate theme and just about the cutest thing you've ever seen! The kids had to dress in pirate garb. It was so much fun to do a dress-up party! Reagan and I worked on making his pants and Mason had a vest made from a pair of recycled dress pants. Torn looking clothing, stripes, swords (or a spoon for Mason), hats, and mustaches completed their looks.
The party's invite arrived to our house in a bottle with a note inside of it. I had kept the bottle just to show how adorable it was but it must have drifted away in our sea of stuff.
The birthday boy has a pirate ship play gym which made for the perfect play area in all the pirate clad swashbucklers and wenches. There was a treasure hunt and pirate themed food and pirate themed 'beverages' for the adults.
Arg! It was a smashing good time!
The party's invite arrived to our house in a bottle with a note inside of it. I had kept the bottle just to show how adorable it was but it must have drifted away in our sea of stuff.
The birthday boy has a pirate ship play gym which made for the perfect play area in all the pirate clad swashbucklers and wenches. There was a treasure hunt and pirate themed food and pirate themed 'beverages' for the adults.
Arg! It was a smashing good time!
Friday, August 20, 2010
this moment...
{this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments for all to find and see.
Wishing you a lovely weekend!
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
last days of summer!
We had to celebrate the last days of summer yesterday...all day...with my mother since she starts teaching her sweet little first graders today! The boys are quite jealous that someone else gets her. Quite sad too that our impromptu plans we are always making are coming to an end too!
We decided to head to the Children's Museum. It is such a wonderful and fun place. Close to the museum is the Zoo. Now it isn't much of a zoo. So sad in fact that my animal loving boys aren't even asking to go inside and see the "guinea pig" exhibit (yes, it is that bad). But...they do have an awesome play ground. So one can swing on the monkey bars and see the monkeys and hear the birds and play like a bunch of wild animals.
When we got home, I made them a nutritious dinner of popcorn, cheese, and yogurt (because mommy was tired) we got to have some of our favorite boys over to play! Luckily they are great friends and didn't mind that my house looked like 3 bombs went off.
We decided to head to the Children's Museum. It is such a wonderful and fun place. Close to the museum is the Zoo. Now it isn't much of a zoo. So sad in fact that my animal loving boys aren't even asking to go inside and see the "guinea pig" exhibit (yes, it is that bad). But...they do have an awesome play ground. So one can swing on the monkey bars and see the monkeys and hear the birds and play like a bunch of wild animals.
As I was loading up my crew, I dropped my camera. I said my first curse word in front on my kids (or at least that they could hear it). Luckily. no one caught me and were as equally horrified that I dropped my prized possession. It still seems to work but I did shatter my lens filter (the second time I've done this). At least a new one is now on its way...along with a new lens that just hopped into my cart at B and H.
So the rest of the day at the museum had to be Iphone pics. Better than nothing I guess!
When we got home, I made them a nutritious dinner of popcorn, cheese, and yogurt (because mommy was tired) we got to have some of our favorite boys over to play! Luckily they are great friends and didn't mind that my house looked like 3 bombs went off.
Friday, August 13, 2010
this moment...
this moment} - A Friday ritual. A single photo - no words - capturing a moment from the week. A simple, special, extraordinary moment. A moment I want to pause, savor and remember. If you're inspired to do the same, leave a link to your 'moment' in the comments for all to find and see.
Wishing you a wonderful weekend!
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
things progressing
It seems to be wildly busy lately. School is (thankfully) fast approaching and it seems that we hardly had much of a summer! We all are already looking forward to next year when we can cover Logan in copious amounts of bug spray and sunblock and be outside again.
This past weekend Nathan's parents visited us. I used the chance to escape by making Nathan take me out to a movie and dinner. We saw the latest Twilight movie. I wanted an actual date rather than a couples trip to the grocery store :)
My dad stopped by yesterday and took my older two boys to my parent's house for the night. It is my 3 year old's first time having a sleep over. The house was amazingly quiet. Logan slept forever during his nap with no cowboys/princes/paleontologists/pirates/mechanics/authors/artists/vikings to wake him up!
I've been working a lot lately with my dyes and needles. My flickr has been quite busy! I am so happy to be almost completely done with knitting custom knits. I really lost my knitting for others mojo. With Nathan being gone all the time and having to do it all by myself, there just isn't enough blocked time in my day. Add to that a baby...and my time away from family life is non-existent.
So I finished up one large order and they both were fun to do. Now I can start to focus on my never ending queue of patterns I want to make and start on my Christmas gifts. I've started with:
A good start I think!
This past weekend Nathan's parents visited us. I used the chance to escape by making Nathan take me out to a movie and dinner. We saw the latest Twilight movie. I wanted an actual date rather than a couples trip to the grocery store :)
My dad stopped by yesterday and took my older two boys to my parent's house for the night. It is my 3 year old's first time having a sleep over. The house was amazingly quiet. Logan slept forever during his nap with no cowboys/princes/paleontologists/pirates/mechanics/authors/artists/vikings to wake him up!
So I finished up one large order and they both were fun to do. Now I can start to focus on my never ending queue of patterns I want to make and start on my Christmas gifts. I've started with:
a simple stash busting dishcloth
A good start I think!
Friday, August 6, 2010
this moment...
this moment...
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