Actually, this was 2 days ago, so technically 34 weeks and 5 days.Would you just look at that? Feeling oh so huge these days...I will be so ready for my face to shrink back to normal size. Not to mention the rest of me...Isn't it amazing how your belly grows by a centimeter a week? I am always astounded when I have my...Read More

How my kids spend their time...How I spend MY time...Washing sheets and vacuuming...Making piles...Just put on fresh sheets and waiting for the duvet to come out of the dryer...Ahh...the bed is made...What I would like to be doing now... ...Read More

From January 1, 2000 to the end of 2006, I was a full time employee of DD&F Consulting Group - a top-ranked bank advisory firm in the US that happens to be owned by my father. Detect any hint of pride???DD&F is a company that is literally in my blood. I remember distinctly the day my Dad came home and he and my...Read More

Am I missing something or does Disney not like mothers? While watching Beauty and the Beast last night with my kids, it occurred to me that the ONLY mother I can recall from any Disney "princess" movie is in Sleeping Beauty. And she was basically a mother in name only b/c they sent her off to live in the woods with the three...Read More

You know why God put whales in the water? Because only in something wet and slippery and free of resistance are they able to comfortably move and sleep and enjoy their enormous lives. Being as big as they are, were they to lumber around in the air, suffering dreadfully from the pull of gravity and the other forces on the ground, they'd give...Read More

Is setting in. I have just spent some time sitting here updating my blog by putting some labels on posts and as I've done so, have had a chance to look through some of my old posts and pictures. I'm astounded by how much August has changed over the past year! Brooklyn's gotten more grown-up looking, but August has been doing that transition...Read More

The very very very first thing you do when you begin any knitting project is attach your yarn to your needle via a slipknot. This may be something very simple for you, but for some reason, every illustration I saw of one made me scratch my head in puzzlement. I eventually figured out that it wasn't that hard - you just make a...Read More

I know so many people who have contemplated learning to knit or think they might be interested in learning to knit, but don't know where to start. I'm often asked how I learned how to knit. My own journey into knitting was circuitous.My grandma Barbara swears she tried to teach me when I was a little girl. Of this, I have no recollection...Read More

Using the same hat pattern as with Brooklyn's, I whipped this up for August. What I can't decide (even after polling Kyle, August and Brooklyn) is whether this hat needs earflaps like Brooklyn's. I was planning to make them using the same grey yarn as the border.But since the hat already clearly covers his ears, would earflaps be superfluous? Or would they enhance...Read More

Yet another creation inspired by one of my favorite knitting books: Last Minute Knitted Gifts.Incredibly, this hat only took a few days...just a couple of hours. From the backAnd the sides...I gave Brooklyn her choice of colors and hat styles and this is what she selected. ...Read More

For a few weeks now, Brooklyn has been asking me and Kyle when we'll get some snow. Living where we do, that question is a tricky one. Sometimes never. Sometimes we just get ice. Sometimes nothing until the end of February. One just never knows.What we have successfully taught our daughter is to take her requests to God in prayer. So, for the...Read More

This past Saturday, Kyle decided it was time to rake out some of the accumulating leaves in our front yard. The wind had moved most of the leaves up against our stone wall and while it was quite picturesque, there does come a time. Turns out he was able to recruit some help. ...Read More

There are certain people who've been in your life ages and ages and they just deserve that little something extra when certain events arise, such as the impending arrival of their first daughter. And since I've been in a creative mood lately, I flipped through my knitting books to find the right gift for this particular person. Handmade seemed appropriate.So, I settled on...Read More

I don't know about you, but I tend to dread the weeks following New Years Day. Perhaps this is because the next thing to look forward to is a Super Bowl game, followed by Valentines and then the year stretches into an endless summer and for me, the doldrums. Perhaps it's just because the build-up and anticipation surrounding Christmas comes crashing down almost...Read More