Happy Days

This is such a special time of the year, being able to spend time with family... Between the hubby and I we have been able to enjoy 5 celebrations so far with one more that will happen over the New Year. Since most of my gifts have been handed out, I thought it would be alright to show one of them, otherwise known as: the gift I managed to remember to photograph.

These are fingerless mitts made for my SIL using ArtYarns Supermerino yarn. Non-photographed gifts include some placemats/coasters for my Brother and his wife, zippered pouches, a doll for little miss (which I will get a photograph of), a couple hats, and a few other things.

Yesterday was Christmas Day and the family and I headed to my in-law's lake house. As the day was starting to dwindle we took little man out for a little fun in the snow. It didn't take him long to find the mud. Naturally, a snowman had to be constructed. Look at that concentration!I'm not really sure what they were going for here exactly, but they had a fun time making him!

Anyone who knows my hubby's family can attest to their competitive streak and since Baseball is a way of life for them, snowball fights happen quite often during the winter months. Little man is now deemed "old enough" for proper snowball construction.

I guess he prefers tasting the snow over flinging it.I give you Remains of the Day...

Oh, and little miss says hi! Happy Holidays and Happy New Year!!!

Digging Out

Once again it has been a little while since my last post. I thought I would start off with mention of the birthday.Little man had all sorts of fun opening his presents and took to playing with them right away. Little miss even got in on the action for a while but became more interested in tooling around the house as if she was in a fashion parade of sorts.

This past month we were lucky enough to be hit with 2 ice storms. Things began simple enough...

But things turned to this rather quickly.

A brief warm up was able to showcase the ice in a more beautiful way.

I have found that this time of year lends itself well to new beginnings and this year is no exception. Meet my new nephew J. (Actually it's T, but for sake of name confusion I have taken to calling him J, hope no one minds)

Did you notice the handknit camo????

In other news... my mother gave me a Christmas cactus several years ago and it bloomed ever-so-nicely for quite a while. Then I sort of gave up on it since it didn't bloom for 2 or 3 years in a row. To my surprise, this year half of it bloomed for me. Yeah!!!

During my little blog hiatus, I have been a busy gal knitting and sewing up a storm. Most of the gifts are finished now, I have one still in the works and a few more little numbers to sew up for the minions this weekend. I'll give you a little peak.

I also went on a little ornament craze and have plans for a few more after I get the minions gifts sewn up. As if I didn't have other things to do :)
Softie ornaments such as the photo above for little man and his cousin M. I also knit several mini elf shoes for the Holiday Ornament Swap.

One of the best parts about swapping is when your packages start to come in. This is the first ornament I received. As of today I have 5 of 10 (including my own) and am looking forward to receiving the others :)

For some reason I sent off my other swap package without taking a photo first, but I received this lovely in the mail.

A giant THANK YOU to L and to the rest of the ornament swappers.

Now I must go finish up my gifts and get ready for Holiday guests. May you enjoy the upcoming Solstice!!!

Happy Birthday!

The hubby turns another year older today. I wanted to take the opportunity to tell him that, yes the fish you caught is bigger than its replica. :)