Oh yeah - this is what I was getting to in that last post. Duh!
- Pumpkin hat for Lindsay Done! 11.06.09
- Purple scarf for Olivia Done! 11.03.09
- Red dress for Hazel
- Clapotis for Granny -- YARN BOUGHT!!
- The extra somethingsomething for Emma -- YARN BOUGHT! DONE!! 11.06.09
- Extra thing for Hazel 11.07.09
- Finish the huge baby bedspread for Hazel (or take that on the trip - yeah do this option)
- Maybe some baby pants with the gold/orange leftover yarns?
- 2 Christmas dishcloths
That's right bro - it's officially Christmas season up in this mother!!! Why? I'll be happy to tell you! I made full-on caffeine coffee today!!!
- We live in NY.
- Most of the people I buy gifts for do not.
- That means each gift involves extra time & money for shipping and strategic (wrinkle-free) packing.
- That also means we travel every Christmas.
- We don't like the snow.
- So, we leave ASAP in December and come back ALAP.
A few more fall photos, this time from the village green in Clinton; these were extremely difficult to take, since I had a one-year-old who was kind of walking by herself (but not really, for whatever reason this morning) and a purse slung over my back. So, they aren't the greatest, but the trees are pretty.
When I pick up Hazel on Mondays we always have about an hour to kill between then and when Amos is done at work. We usually spend that time pacing outside at SUNY while I hold Hazel's hand...today, she was running and walking all over without me!
Y'all know what a good little eater Hazel is, right? Normally I fix her food and hand her the spoon. My job is basically done at that point; she can feed herself until just a smear is left on her plate. She does make some messes, particularly with food falling down onto (and under, somehow) her pants legs, so I get baby girl totally undressed before eating.
I took this picture last week; I had to walk over to the store, so I got Hazel all bundled up and we strolled over. After getting outside we realized that it was freezing - in the mid 30's - so we hurried! But this tree was so pretty, and so is my daughter, so we made a quick pit stop.
I spot the hills With yellow balls in autumn. I light the prairie cornfields Orange and tawny gold clusters And I am called pumpkins. On the last of October When dusk is fallen Children join hands And circle round me Singing ghost songs And love to the harvest moon; I am a jack-o'-lantern With terrible teeth And the children know I am fooling.
Another video, taken last week, where I'm tickling Hazel. This was a brief respite in the middle of hell-week, which is my affectionate name for the week(s) she's cutting 2 teeth that refuse to break through the thin tissue of her gums. YAY. But she was happy here, for a bit, and it's adorable.
Not for me, but for our friends Amy and Chris, who own the CSA farm of which we are members. Today we attended their sweet baby shower and had a great time. This is the sweater I worked like a madwoman to finish:
