Really Cute pics I had to share of a baby elephant!

I apologize to those of you who are here to see knitting stuff. I am still knitting and you can guiltlessly skip this post, but I didn't get any GOOD pictures at halloween of any of my kiddlings, and little b had an explosion in his clothes today and this is what I grabbed to change him into and after his nap he was in rare form. So while the other 2 beauties slept I snapped away and just love what came out!!!

Christmas Pagent, Santa, and finshed projects, oh my!!

My Big girl did her first Christams Sunday School Pagent, and can I say bursting at the seams with pride. My big girl said her lines slowly, clearly, and loudly! She remembered what she was supposed to do, as one of the 3 kings! (The pictures leave a lot to be desired but the church was too dark and my camera is not the best, but it works!!!)

I am actually not exactly sure what the otherking was doing to my daughter (adjusting her crown perhaps?)

Love this picture, bald head in the lower right corner cathces the flash and they eyes spookily glowing in the background!! :)

Daddy caught her after she had unrigged and made her rig back up so he could get a picture!! :)

Fleece stuffed mittens for my big girl! All done in just a few hours!!!


Big B in his jammies on Santa's lap! Last year he climbed the walls at just the thought of sitting on some strange fat man's lap :) He didn't sit there long, but later in life I will thank him for humoring mommy. He has been very sick, actually today was the first day since Monday that he didn't have a fever. Long story, short it has been a long worrisome week!

My big girl seems more worried about baby bro, than telling santa what is on her list. She finally did tell him she would like a shimmering lights ariel barbie doll. He said he had lots of them. Baby B seems to be wishing for a nap. Something tells me next year will be a diferent story though.

Santa brought S a miniprincess barbie from one of the movies that came with a crown for her to wear, she LOVED IT!! He brought Big B a giggling elmo drill with cookie monster googles.....oh my goodness talk about thrilled, perhaps in appropriate, but nonetheless humorous, we have some animated mice (thanks MOM!!) that have been under the eves, gotten wet, and been chewed on by real mice, that had to be fixed before they would work this year, the first thing Big B did was find one and locate the screws and go right to work, I won;t go into details but use your imagination!!!!!!! It was humorous!

OOOH Laaa Laaaa Finito, and other knitterings!

Ok so as you can see the sweater is finished...(hehehe and this is what little b did while I finished it LOL)

Here is an actual pic of the finished sweater, it blocked very nicely and I am hoping that APPB will let me get a picture of her wearing the sweater! It was a fun pattern to knit and was quick, in reality, although the sleeves were painful in 2x3 ribbing!

This is just how far my second sock got before the yarn petered out!!! WAA.....well here's hoping and wishing for a knit picks. com gift certificate from the fat man in the red suit!!

Ok so here is the actual proof!! S came downstairs after going to bed and said she couldn't sleep because she had a tummy ache......Mommy asked "so how much frosting did you eat?" to which she replied "None" hmm this pic is a bit suspicous ain't it???



Little B waiting for mommy to finish downloading the pictures so she can feed him.....lol Priorities you know! Just look at him doesn't he look the part of an undernourished neglected child??? NOT!!!


This is Big B getting his temp lowered! Poor little man has had a fever for 4 days now off and on, went to the doc yesterday, and got no real diagnosis.......today called and he conferred with our pediatrician and if his fever goes over 100.5 we are to call and they will give us antibiotics...hmmmmmmm.

Big B demanded that little B wear sissies hat.....a pink flowery scooby doo hat. He definitely looks cute in a brain cover!!!

Our house was over 80 degrees today so everyone was pretty much stripped!!!!!! It is December in Maine, what is going on?????

I am now up to the thumbs on fleece stuffed mittens for the big sis. No pics as of yet but I knot them out of unknown scraps a pattern from my head (or lack of pattern, they are very plain) and I knit them 2 at a time on 2 circular needles. They came out good!!!

What is next?

Ok so let me preface this post with the fact that I hate posts without pictures and I myself USUALLY skip those. Shame on me I know, BUT I had to post as I am so excited, and I did not want to post a pictures quite yet.

I am DONE the Stacy Pullover for APPB!! Woooooohooooooo. The arms are on, and I even taught myself how to crochet today so that I could do the trim around the neck!!!!! I have to block it and then I will post some pics.

I was so happy I cast on my second sock, for which I know I do not have enough yarn but I want to see how far I get!!!

(I am doing the happy dance very quietly, as both boys are asleep and big B is coming down with something, and has been a wholey terror all day!!!!)

Whew....life gets in the way Part 2!!!

OK first to update on the kids and if you aren't bored to death I will update the knitting too!!! I actually am quite happy on the knitting front!!!Can you say NOT impressed?!?!?! Little B looks oh so thrilled to have a camera pushed in his face yet AGAIN!!! I think this picture is just way too cute! look at those juicy baby lips!!!!
Wouldn't you love to be able to sleep this peacefully again??
Look at that cute little fly trap!!!
And if you slept that peacefully at night you would be this happy right out of bed in the morning!!! WOOHOO, if only it were that easy!!!!
Ain't he cute??????? Yes the other 2 are still alive and kicking they just don't hold still long enough to snap a picture!!!!!!!!!

So the Stacy sweater body is all done, with one sleeve 2/3 done!!! The sleeves are heinous-ly (is that a word) boring 2 x 3 ribbing BLECH!!! And I have one sock of my own done........and Houston we have a problem here......look at the second picture.....hmm there does not appear to be enough yarn to complete a second sock.....grrrrr an excuse to buy and dye more yarn.....yeehaw!!!! So there is a brief update and I will try not to be so slacker about it!!!!

And Life gets in the way!!!!

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Turkey day!!! Ours was great w e had 2 dinners, one with my parents and one with dear hubbies whole family and it was great. A day before the big day we got a mixed bag report on my mom's health. Crossing our fingers that it is nothing. I tell you , be thankful for your health and never take a second for granted. It is a hard lesson to learn, and I sometimes forget myself, BUT you never know what tomorrow will bring.Ok so on APPB's Stacy (Ha I spelled it right this time) sweater on the 22nd I had the back about half done and was still fretting about whether it would fit or not.

Today I have the back all done the front arm hole decreases done, the left shoulder and neck ALMOST all done, phew, and APPB stopped by last night and says she loves the color and it will fit. The stretch on this sweater is amazing. APPB has this teeny waist ( I am jealous, but then again I have 3 wee ones and have NEVER had a teeny waist) at times I was worried it would be to big, but then would look at it and think it was to small.......I work myself into a tizzy when knitting for someone else. I am always afraid they will be brutally honest and then again afraid they will lie and say they love it when in fact they will hate it!!!


Adventures in sock knitting!! Aggravating adventures at that....sooooo this is the sock that I was kitting for myself......ok so start from the beginning, remember a few posts back how I said I hate knitting swatches......ok so I typically knit tight on dbl pointed needles....the pattern called for 1's I normally go up a size...well I don't own size 2's and LYS is closed for the season sooooo I decided to use 3's first mistake! so as you can see she was coming along fairly well, I love, love, love the pattern which comes from an old Interweaves magazine. I did the cuff and thought "gee that looks large even fro my legs" but did not try them on, which was 2nd MISTAKE. so I continue to knit all the way down through 6, 12 row pattern repeats, still thinking it looks large I turn the heel and work about 2 inches of the foot before I say "I better try this puppy on to make sure it fits....." much to my dismay and my hubby's enjoyment it is huge, with the natural stretch in the pattern plus the excess due to the larger needles I could have fit both of my legs in there!!!!! So I frogged the whole thing and am working them up on size 1's. If they don't fit me do I have any takers?!?!?! :) Will post current pics when I am not so mad at the whole project!!!!!!

Here is little b ready for church on famliy Sunday last weekend. His big sis got to sing. he and Big B were relatively good. Grammie had to loan Big B her bracelet to keep his attention. Someone came up to us after and said they thought both little and big B would become preachers.......hmmmmm. I doubt it, but maybe. This is little man all dressed in his sunday best.
S. thought it would be funny to give little B mom's sock yarn to play with. I figured they gotta start somewhere. Maybe he will be a knitter...haha his father and grandfather would probably frown on this idea. Whatever makes em' happy I say!!!!

I am very excited. Inever get invited anywhere (this isn't a pity party type comment, it has to do with having a rather large family and not being into the whole partying thing as heavily as some others...etc) and I actually got invited to a Yankee Ornament Swap. So I got on Herschners.com and ordered up some ornament kits. 3 in all and then I spied a book called "knitting angels" and had to get it. I am hoping it is what it sounds like.........but anyway as soon as they get here I will be creating ornaments, and hoping it will fill me with holiday cheer. Bah Humbug....sorry for those of you Christmas Lovers, I am trying to like it but it is difficult. I do it for my kids and try to smile!

Stacey Pullover from Big Girl Knits

Well here she is......I like it but it looks sooo small, but then if you put your hands in it stretches sooooooooooo much........I don't really know!
It is an awful nasty rainy dreary day here in Maine, in fact it has been for days now. I was hoping to get all the kiddies down for naps and do some massive relaxing, knitting and soap opera watching. Well you know what they say about the best made plans!!! Dear Child #3 sang in his pack and play for 30 minutes before I just finally felt soooo guilty I came up and got him out. now he is happily watching me and the soaps, letting the other 2 sleep. I know what happens if I attempt to knit with him awake though.......he does not like it at all!!! he can sense that I am knitting I swear he can. So for now I have updated the blog and I think we will nestle into mommy's bed and cuddle!! It doesn't last long and they say you can't spoil a good baby, right?!?!?!?
Happy knitting to everyone!!!!!!!

Happy Feetses!!!

Ok so these are THE socks!!! I made Dear daughter a slipped honeycomb sock! She loves them so much! She went upstairs and then came down on the the fly....poor kid she is going to have a bruised belly and banged up elbow.....she popped right up and checked her socks though. Had to explain that brand new wool socks tend to be slippery on wood floors!






Here's the littlest foot eating monster, nekkid no less :) I love the toe sucking action but as soon as I dig out the camera he stops and looks as if to say "uh uh mom no black male pictures of me hahahaha"









And of course I had to take pics of Big B's feet after taking a pic of sissy's. No way could I not take a picture of his feet in his froggie boots.....gotta find a few more sizes of these, they were hand me downs and the kid wants to live in them....gotta love it!!:)







I have the Stacey sweater on the needles and am liking the way it is progressing, will post more on the another day, I am however worried that it will not fit APPB, and will not see her till around turkey day so will keep knitting and hope it doens't all end up in the frog pond!!

Thanks to all who have left comments!!!

Kool Aid and Swatches

Ok so very rarely do I actually do a full fledged swatch...I know I know I shoul,d BUT I have never had a bad sweater comeout of not swatching......anyhow this is the sweater for my cousin, so I figured I would be good and then I got into it, and before I knew it the swatch was full size and I had to stop!!! I love the pattern and have begun the sweater, in fact right now on my needles I have all 6 tedious inches of the 2x3 ribbed waist band.....argh 6 inches of knit knit purl purl purl...BORING!! but I also have about 4 whole honeycombs done. I am knitting the sweater on circs, doing both front and back at once, It is fun!






This is my soaking wet wool, in pink lemonade and fruit punch!!! I did not mush the koolaid in as much and the result was beautiful when balling the yarn it had a tie dye affect with some white remaining. I love it and can't wait to experiment with it. Smells delicous!!




Dear daughters socks fit (the ribbing and about 3 inches of the cuff of #1 done so far! Not sure how long she will want it but shouldn't take to long to get those done!!!!

Catch you all later,and may just give you a quick peek at the socks and what is doneof the sweater!!

Happy Belated Veterans Day!! Plus Knitterlly things!!

Having been a Navy Brat, with both of my parents serving, I know what it is to be pproud of those who serve in the armed forces. it doesn't matter what branch, they all live every day to give us our freedom! Thank you, all of you for all that you have done and all that you will continue to do, to ensure our children and their children live free!

Now I will step down off of the soap box and show you some pics!!!!
S and I dyed our knit picks bare 100% merino superwash yarn today. Never thought you could successfully dye it with Kool Aid but that we did. It was great....the smells were reminiscent of childhood for me.....the colors were very cool! She was extremely proud of her hard work!!!








It was a 3 person job but we balled her yarn and after she went to bed mom started her first sock. I gave her a choice between lacey or warm, and she picked warm, which shocked the poop out of me...... so I am giving her the best of both worlds, more on that later!!!!








Little B did it!! He got his foot to his mouth on his own!!! and promptly put himself to sleep sucking contentedly on his toes......I never said my family was "normal" :)
















More toe sucking fun!!!!

















Big B being a goofball!!!!