Finished Easy Peasy

This is a finished LTK Easy Peasy for my new little nephew Joshua. I am sure he'll look adorable in it!

Snowy Saturday and teaching Issy to knit

They played outside in the snow on Saturday. It was snowing when they got up and stopped late morning. They went outside after naptime and it started snowing again. They must've have had a good time because they stayed out there for 45 minutes before i told them it was time to come in. It is significant for me to note that we have already received near the amount of snow that we probably got all winter in Wichita last year. Yipes! I am glad my kids like snow (and that i'll be spending a couple of weeks in Kansas in the spring!)

We decided it was time to learn to knit for real. So i took her to the yarn store on Saturday morning and let her pick out her own (big) yarn and (big) needles. She is actually quite good. She is going to make a purse :)

Peace Fleece Picky Pants

The child gets very uncooperative when i want him to model longies for me, but here they are. Siberian Midnight with Negotiation Grey Peace Fleece. They need some washing/softening, but i love the way they knit up!

Child induced Insanity

There are things that seem like they might be a good idea when your children are driving you particularly crazy. Monday was a bit of a rough day... Liam took a 35 minute nap, there wasn't a double cart in the store, so Isaac had to walk (or, more accurately, run, jump, walk backwards... anything other than normal walking) while i grocery shopped, and Liam managed to keep turning himself backward in the cart even though he was buckled all the while, pulling things into his seat and gnawing on them (ate some cardboard from a package of drinkable yogurt). I was feeling particularly exasperated as i walked down the hair care aisle and looked at the hair coloring. Hmmmmm, something different, something bold. Blond? Nah, lots of people are blond. Red? No. Fuschia highlights? Sure!

So here it is. It isn't as bold today (top picture) as it was Monday night (bottom picture). I straightened it yesterday, which was interesting. I am going to leave it like this for a couple of weeks and then go to the salon and get it done professionally (and not pink). I think i might be going through a quarter life crisis.

A little picnic yesterday

Isaac: The Party

He got some trains and dinosaurs (among other things, but that is what we have taken out of the boxes). He loves them! He has been sitting at the table for the better part of the last two days (except when we drag him away) playing with them.

Sweet little fella on a nice fall day

Issy eyes and Knitting stuff

Here is my Issy taking pictures again. I am not quite sure why, but it cracks me up. In this edition of "Issy eyes" we have a picture she took of herself and Liam, me talking on the phone (probably to Michelle), the contents of the toybox, and her foot. There were a lot of other artful shots too :D

My pretty needle organizer that Michelle got me for my birthday. Bee-u-t-full!

My fingerless glove with a mitten flap. Figured it would be good to have my fingers available for zipping coats and doing carseat buckles and then i can keep them all toasty warm during what promises to be a cold cold winter with the mitten flap

Snow!

Early October snow last Sunday. The kids had a very good time playing in it before it melted :) I am not used to living in a place where it snows a couple inches in early October. I have a funny feeling i might be tired of snow by next spring ;)

My little boy's 3rd birthday!

My sweet little Isaac's third birthday. My pregnancy with him was such a wild ride... finding out about the antigen, finding out he was a boy and giving him a name, the sonograms, his birth. He is so perfect. Such an immense challenge at times, so very strong-willed and with such definite ideas about the way things should be. But he is so loving and sweet and innocent. What an amazing little boy!

Banana Face

Sweet little banana face

A visit and trip to Yellowstone

My oldest sister, Dana came up from Kansas for a weekend. It is so awesome :D We went to Yellowstone yesterday. Here are a few pictures. She has more and Joe has some in his camera which i will try to get from them.

For Michelle

Granola Threads. The last one is taken on the washing machine because he got a ton of poop on it within the hour i put it on. Good times. Cute little Annie-Go-Fannie fitteds.

New Jammies and the BIG 26

Ahhhh, my littles got new jammies. Issy's and Isaac's are from Grammie and we got Liam some new ones because he didn't have very many.

So, today is my 26th birthday. It's been good so far! I decided that i am going to write a list of 26 things i would like to do/accomplish in the next year. Here she goes:

1) Smile more often.
2) Try to see the positives even in the most bleak-looking days.
3) Hug my babies more.
4) Try to be a more patient person.
5) Pray more.
6) Enjoy my kids and realize that they truly do grow up very very fast.
7) Try to put myself in Joe's shoes and be a more loving and patient wife.
8) Be a more inventive cook.
9) Start up my knitting business.
10) Finish what i start.
11) Become accredited as a La Leche League leader
12) Lose 25 lbs by exercising and eating well.
13) Take up yoga.
14) Be a fearless knitter.
15) Be a better housekeeper.
16) Get more involved in Church.
17) Be more outgoing and make friends.
18) Learn to crochet.
19) Be a good steward of the things God has given me.
20) Keep in contact with people better.
21) Let the kids and Joe know every day how much i cherish them.
22) Embrace life here instead of wishing i were somewhere else.
23) Work on my doula certification.
24) Don't procrastinate.
25) Don't waste time.
26) Live each day as though it was my last.

Finished Curly Purly and some new projects

I actually finished this Curly Purly soaker a couple of weeks back but just now got around to taking pictures of it. It is knitted in BFL in the Chili Peppers colorway by WWBN. It is so yummy, i love it!

Some Fleece Artist Yarn in a Basketweave pattern. Michelle finds all the best patterns and i do my best to copy her :)

The yarn and start of my fingerless gloves that will have a mitten flap. I am so excited about these!

The start of my very first knitted blanket. I have ten skeins of Suri Alpaca by Knitpicks and am using the Fan and Feathers Pattern. I didn't like how it looked on the suggested size 8 needles since it is a super bulky yarn so i sized up to 10 1/2. I didn't alter my cast on number though, so the blanket is going to be shorter and wider, which is okay because i think if i don't decide to gift it, i am going to use it for the back of the couch. The yarn is really weird. I think i like the look of it, but i don't really like to knit with it. Hmmmm, it should be interesting doing an entire blanket with it.

The beginnings of Joe's Swell hat by Knitty. I already goofed up and i haven't even gotten past the earflaps. Oh well, it shouldn't be too hard to fix

Some yarn i got at the LYS in Wichita. I have been wanting to do the Twinkletoes pattern by Knitty for Issy but i didn't know what yarn to use. They had the suggested yarn at Twist so i bought some. She'll love them!

Some Peace Fleece earmarked for some longies for Liam. Probably a soaker too since i just washed one of his with the diapers and felted it :P