And a couple more pics of the tea bowls Adam gave to me.
Sweet Mr. Stinky Pants in his Utata bib on Christmas morning. Adam participates in Utata, so I ordered the bib kind of as a surprise for him, too.
A very merry and peaceful Christmas to you all, complete with visions of sugar plums.
Again, thank you for contacting us.
I am so excited about this amazingly generous and lovely Christmas gift from Jesse and Ingrid! Okay, take a closer look... that's snowperson Adam with his camera, and Phillip is in my arms! (I'm even wearing my orange coat, which I love, and you can see here.) It's beautifully framed, too, and will be on Phillip's bedroom wall after Christmas (I have it on the living room wall right now so everyone can see it.)
And a joyous Winter Solstice to you! It's a beautiful sunny day to celebrate. Adam and I have been counting down, because now the days start getting longer! It is a bit discouraging when it's getting dark out at 4pm. But now the days are getting longer, the year is almost over, and really, it's almost summer again.
Okay, I couldn't stay away. I took some photos while Phillip was sleeping. And I have some packaging for my soap as I envisioned it in the first place! Check it out here. Did I mention that red berries in the winter are my thing?
I made this little knitting ornament for a friend of mine who knits voraciously. And meticulously. I made the ornament voraciously, but not meticulously... the glue gun went a little bit wild, making for that strange tumor where the "needles" (cut skewer ends with beads glued on) meet the yarn. Ah well. She's coming by in a little while to exchange gifts, so I hope she doesn't check in before then! And if you do, Ms I, act surprised, OK?
Here's the P man after his bath last night. We figured out why he hadn't been sleeping very well - he needed more food! Yesterday he had rice cereal and fruit for breakfast, carrots and sweet potato for lunch, and more cereal and fruit for supper, along with full milk feeds. And he slept through last night! Yay! He's a growing guy.
These are three other lovely items I found at Frenchy's the other day. The beautiful cable knit is a J. Crew sweater made from a blend of wool, angora, and cashmere. Can you say "Mmmmmm"? At the bottom is my all-time favourite material - corduroy! I found a great pair of Gap cords which fit to perfection. On the left is an LL Bean men's wool slipper sock thingy for Adam.
Annie, Phillip and I went to Frenchy's the other day, and I found some books for Phillip, including this adorable vintage style one.
I have a big crafty-related project in the works, which is why posts have been slowing down over the past week. I promise I'll share as soon as things are all ready to go - it's very exciting and fun, but I need some more details sorted out before I can spill the beans. This will be at least a couple more weeks.
I snipped some red berries from an overgrown hedge that threatens our eyes every time we walk by. I think they look quite festive with the yew branches.
We added a wood stove to our home a year and a half ago to reduce our oil consumption (my dad has a woodlot and we get free wood which is much appreciated). This trunk was a fabulous $5.00 find at a yard sale, and it is the perfect wood box. The whole trunk if covered in leather (the light coloured outer part), and the dark strips are metal. There's even a broken key in the lock, how neat is that?
The best thing that can possibly happen at Frenchy's is that you find exactly what you were looking for. This almost never happens. My sweet friend Annie and I went yesterday, and found not one, not two, but eight 8oz glass baby bottles. Eight! We stopped at two Frenchy's (I don't think they're even 1km apart) and found three at the first one, and five at the second. Fifty cents each. I nearly imploded. Phillip's been drinking about 6oz when he has his late evening pumped feed so the larger bottles make things much easier. And I'll be pumping and getting some extra milk stored up in the freezer for when I go back to work, so it can be stored in these. And if there are just too many for me, I can give some to other mums.
Speaking of Phillip eating, he had his first taste of 'real' food this morning. Pears. He made an hilarious face (nope, didn't capture it) but seemed to like it. I'm planning on making Phillip's vegetable foods, and have plenty of local squash and pumpkin pureed in the freezer. Lots of apples, too. But there are many fruits you can't get organically in the produce department, but you can get the jars of organic. I think it will work out to be cheaper for many of them, since fruit can be very pricey, especially in the winter. Organic fruit especially. It was on sale yesterday, so I bought several jars. The jars can be reused to freeze homemade food, too, which I like very much. I think we'll try some organic brown rice cereal in a few days, after we make sure the pears agree with Mr P.
I found several other treasures at Frenchy's yesterday, but since they involve Christmas and surprises, I won't post them. Ah, Frenchy's has come through for me yet again.
