Missing Camera.

I just cannot find it : (

Easter on the Beach.

After forcing down a disgusting ham and cheese strata (which I made - yikes!) we spent our Easter afternoon on the shores of Lake Michigan. The day was beautiful and relaxing: the girls brought their Easter kites to fly, and played in the sand for a couple of hours (2!) while my husband and I took turns dozing in the sun.

Yesterday I was trying to think of something quick that I could make for the girls’ Easter baskets, and I came across these bunny finger puppets from the purl bee.

Hats & Spring.

A few hats that I made over the winter for the girls.


The birds are returning.. happy Spring!

Happy St. Patrick’s Day.

Olympics & Cat Toy.

We just watched the Olympic gold metal game for men’s hockey, USA v. Canada. Canada won 3 to 2 in overtime, but what a game! These Olympics were so much fun, I am going to miss them.


So here is one of the things I *recently* made: a felt mouse. He was the initial test run for an idea I had, which was to make a mouse for each child in my daughter’s preschool class to let them take home after reading Santa Mouse. But, as per usual, that thing took me forever to make, and so I gave it to our cat Romeo. And he looooooooves it. Really, he can take or leave most toys, but for whatever reason, he’ll attack this thing and carry it around by the tail like it was a real mouse.

Back on Track.

I can’t believe the whole month of January went by without one blog entry... guess I’ll have to make up for it this month!

Here is a list of things I’ve been working on:

• yellow knitted summer bag from the book One Ball Knits Purses
• knitted hat from a pattern found at knittinghelp.com
• felt mouse for my cat from this blog

For some reason the knitting seems to be more appealing than the sewing these days. Maybe because of the chilly Chicago weather. And knitting is so much more portable.

Well, off to bed — and tomorrow (or within the week) I’ll get some photos of the above.

The Gingerbread House & Romeo.

Last week, I bought this pre-fab gingerbread house. The girls were in no mood to wait for the frosting to harden, so there is no way they would have tolerated the waiting time required to bake a gingerbread house from scratch.


And here is Romeo, thinking that the Nativity scene is really quite comfortable, thank you very much.