Happy Valentine's Day!

We celebrated our Valentine’s day over the weekend so that my husband could enjoy the day with us.  Sunday morning was spent out looking at bikes for a certain soon to be four year old.  After nap, the boys received their gifts from us.

Ollie very excited about something that was a [...]

Ollie turns two.

In our home, on this birthday morning, the birthday child gets dressed and heads right over to the dining room.  The birthday ring, birthday crown, and a birthday gift awaits him there.  The birthday boy gets to don his crown as we sing to him.  After blowing out the candles, he gets his gift and [...]

My little gnome's birthday eve.

Dear Oliver,

You will always be my baby Ollie.  You love to dance by shaking your little behind from side to side as far and as fast as your hips will take you.  Your smile is ever present and contagious.  You have your daddy wrapped around your little finger.  The sound of your laughter brightens everyone [...]

Our Halloween pt 1

A very special friend of ours turned 2!

I finally got a decent pic of my 2 year old in full costume.

I still haven’t managed to get a nice pic of both boys in costume together.

Spring gnome

For Easter/spring solstice, I knit my first toy. I used Rowan Summer Tweed (cotton & silk) in the color vanity. This was a pre-vegan, or pregan, purchase – before I learned about the process of making silk and boiling the worms alive. This was leftover from a sweater I had made.

I [...]