Something for Jack

It's on the needles, I tried really hard to do the math for this without a pattern, came back to reality & realized there's a reason patterns exist. let's hope I can get it finished for Christmas. Jack's first knitted sweater from mama:)

Reading..

We finished, "Because of Winn Dixie" tonight. Another on my marathon of Kate DiCamillo books. My favorite.

swallowed..

trying not to be swallowed by the wave of to dos..
remembering the excitement when i opened my eyes on christmas eve morning
awaiting the visit to my grandmas, corn, stuffing, chicken casserole, presents, family, memories..
remembering christmas as a family, as a child.
my dad was born on christmas in 1951, i imagine my grandmother holding a newborn on christmas day.
her first born, her only son
the birthday that sometimes got forgotten amongst the presents from santa.
thinking about my dad, cigarettes, coffee, smiling in his spot on christmas morning.
trying not to get swallowed by the wave

Monday Music

We are all listening & dancing to...

Ravelry

With a sick child home today, I actually got a lot done. Maddie's feeling better thankfully.
What I am excited about accomplishing today other than vacuuming is this:
http://www.ravelry.com/people/krd406

Yay, I finally added my current projects to ravelry.com & even some pix!! exciting:)
Here's a close up of my tea leaves cardigan.

Lots & Lots of Papers

At breakfast one day this week, Jack was watching Maddie do her homework sheet from her "Poetry Folder" & he remembered having that same poetry folder way back when, right?. They share the same Kindergarten teacher & in fact had the same preschool teachers..somehow I forgot this until I started looking through the piles & piles of paper & projects that got discovered this week. They have had so much fun looking back at all the things they created & we have held onto. Maddie especially liked seeing all of her old art projects. It gave me an opportunity to purge alot of stuff & reorganize it all..not sure re-organizing is the right word here, but if making the pile smaller & more specific is considered organizing, we did that!
Here's a peek at some of my favorite creations..

Game Night..