When I was pregnant with Cameron, I made him a blanket. He has since used it at home, at school and everywhere in between. He loves it and four years later, he still uses it. So, I decided it was worth making one for C2 when I was pregnant with him. My big criteria, no … Continue reading
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Quilt Festival
The Quilt Festival was in town a couple of weeks ago. The consumer portion of the show is amazing. One side of the convention center features quilts that have been selected for display in various categories. My mother in law who came with me compared many of them to paintings, though they are painting with … Continue reading
Monster
A certain little monster was high maintenance today, so instead of a real post, this will gave to do. When I decided to do NaBloPoMo, Laura suggested I post a cute baby picture on days when I had nothing else. Today was one of those days! Continue reading
Weekend Recap
This weekend went by too fast, as they often do, but it was a good one! This weekend I… …took C1 to his school’s fall festival, last soccer game of the season and a party with his soccer team. …left C2 for the first time so we could go on a date night! We went … Continue reading
Time well spent
I am not a patient person. I knit because without knitting, I have a hard time sitting still. I sometimes find it hard to relax because I feel I should be doing something. This busy nature of mine can make it hard to spend the necessary time feeding and snuggling a baby. I just try … Continue reading
Turkey
Oops I didn’t post yesterday but this is what I was going to post. We went to the kid’s school for his fall festival. They had this turkey on the wall of what kids are thankful for. Most kids said their family or something significant. My kid, he’s thankful for Cars 2. Continue reading
Awesome Knitting Friends
I didn’t have local knitting friends until a little over a year ago. I had tried to find some at shops and meet-ups but just hadn’t really clicked with people or the meet-ups didn’t fit my schedule. It wasn’t until the Sugar Land Yarn Company opened up that I met some folks at their Cajun … Continue reading
Crafty Books
Inspired by Kim & Cirilia’s recent posts on crafty books, I thought I’d join in and talk a bit about recent craft book acquisitions. We currently keep our books in our hall closet, so I’m not showing a picture of all of our books, as it’s not much to look at, but these are the … Continue reading
Ode to my label maker
While I was pregnant, I fit the entire contents of my craft room into a wire shelving unit in the baby’s closet. At the time I just shoved everything in there but I recently took it all out and organized it. It was great to be reminded of the supplies that I have and to … Continue reading
Monday
Mondays tend to be crazy for a lot of people and we’re no exception. School for the kiddo and work for us followed by the kid’s swim lessons makes for a pretty busy day. Add the time change and by the end of today, I was pretty done. So, I don’t feel like I have … Continue reading
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