Look What I Got Away with this Morning

Outfit number 2!

I know, I'm pushing it trying to complete an outfit with the girls awake and Baby Vaughan being here. Vaughan is napping and the girls have been very cooperative.


Since the girls are starting preschool...yes, its true...I thought I should complete this project. I mean, they have to be the most uniquely dressed girls at school, right? And you may be wondering if Gracie matches the bathroom curtain and the answer is YES. Might be a little strange if you happen to see her in the bathroom but since the odds of that are very slim, I decided it was OK.

Today's Naptime Project...

A knitting needle roll.


Since the knitting began a few weeks ago, I have somehow managed to accumulate quite a collection of needles. Me, buying like a mad woman?...Never. Anyway, they are threatening to wander off all the time so I decided it was time to tame the needle beast.
It turned out pretty well for a quick 2 hour project. Mama is a happy, organized knitter now.

A Little Corduroy?

Girly Skirts

Perfect End to a Perfect Day

Today is a dear friend's 40th birthday. To celebrate, yesterday we met for lunch, wandered in and out of some fabulous shops and ended the afternoon with a massage and facial at her favorite spa. Needless to say, I came home feeling refreshed and rejuvenated. I thought I would have a hard time pulling it together to get dinner made and the kids to bed but it was quite the opposite. I made matzo ball soup and salad for dinner and then felt inclined to whip up some peanut butter cookies with the kids. My patience was endless and my demeanor was calm and loving. I typically find baking with toddlers trying at best.

I have never had a facial before and just a couple of massages. I have to admit that I was feeling a bit guilty for indulging in such pampering but when I got home, my sweet husband told me that that is why he goes to work everyday. So I can go to the spa??? I don't think so but, my goodness, does he know how to make a girl feel good!

At the end of the blissful day, I sat with a glass of wine and a knitting project. Perfect. Boy do I feel the blessings!

Cutie Patootie Pants

It finally got chilly enough for Sammy to wear his new wool pants. I picked up this fabric at the Goodwill a while ago. I believe it is 100% wool so I had to line them for comfort. That was quite an undertaking! The patch pocket is made from a piece of vintage plaid wool. The patch was apparently meant to be a part of a quilt. Who wants a wool quilt?...not me. I "won" a box of wool fabric squares on ebay. This was one of those lessons learned. Don't bid on items that are not thoroughly described. The description said "large lot of vintage fabric". It wreaked of cigarettes so much so that I had to leave the box open and not go near it for months. (BTW, I "won" a box of buttons that had the same stink problem.) I now make sure the items I bid on specify that they come from a non-smoking home!

Anyway, my mom laughed at me and wondered what the heck I was going to do all of those wool squares. Well Ma, I did find a use for at least one square:) I must say that some of the pieces of fabric are pretty cool.

Fruity Hat Pattern

I am sorry that I left the pattern link out. I was in a rush and couldn't find it when I was posting. There are many similar patterns out there but since I am a beginner, this pattern seemed the simplest.

Go ahead and make one for the little sprout in your life!