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We find a delight in the beauty and happiness of children that makes the heart too big for the body.~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
How long has it been since I posted any pictures of my knitting? I swear I knit. Honest! It’s just that the majority of what I’ve been knitting is secret knitting at the moment. (I have 3 and 3/4 Christmas gifts done already.) But, I do have a new baby sweater project to show off! [...]
I’m pretty sure this was this very first pool party I’ve ever planned where it didn’t rain! I’m so thrilled! And it was so much fun, too – we had 11 adults, 6 toddlers, and 3 babies. All the kids had a blast in the pool, and Carrie was so excited to see all her [...]
How can something as simple as pigtails make Carolyn look at least a year older than she really is? They’re adorable, but it almost makes me sad to see how old she looks! She wasn’t thrilled with me taking her picture while she was trying to watch “A, B, C, D, LALALA SONG!” -as she [...]
Oh, I really hope my sock kit pal loves this yarn I just bought for her as much as I think she will! Don’t ask me why I’m up so late. Either the white chocolate raspberry mocha I had at Sit & Knit wasn’t really decaf or I can’t handle that much sugar. I’m going [...]
Dear Carolyn, You’re 21! (Months, that is.) It’s been an eventful month, with your first trip on a plane, your first success on the potty, and your first time strawberry picking. It’s so much fun listening to you talk now. A lot of what you say is incomprehensible to anyone but me (and often to [...]
It’s so overwhelming to go through all the vacation pictures. Not only the 450 I took, but everyone else’s too. I’m beginning to wonder if digital is such a good idea. Just (mostly) kidding! At this point I have it sort of narrowed down to about 300 I want to print. Right. Like I’m going [...]
After a terrible night that involved Carrie sleeping (I use that word loosely) in our bed for several hours, it seemed like she was up for the day at 6:30. I said to Denis, “well, there’s nothing for it but to make a big pot of coffee”. To which Carrie replied, “I want coffee, too!” [...]
I’m mildly surprised that we didn’t wind up with the sheriff at our house tonight. There was so much screaming. It started with an innocent little bath. And an innocent little poo. And a toddler who’s got enough knowledge of where and when to poo that she was quite traumatized about poo-ing in the tub. [...]
You go to the same yarn shop twice in an hour to buy enough yarn to make one tiny little sweater as a gift. I always try to buy something really easy-care when I knit gifts for small children, but then I discovered that the Debbie Bliss yarns were 30% off, and the cotton cashmere [...]