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Showing posts with label Ellery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ellery. Show all posts
4.13.2009
3.12.2009
The New Do.
Ely had her big moment yesterday, her first real haircut. Er, minus the one she already gave herself. She sat through it so well! I was amazed. First we stopped to get coffee, because what's a girl outing without some java? I felt rather sorry for Juli, trying to make something of the ragged mess that Ely left behind. I told Juli she went at it like she does everything else, with a vengeance and gusto! I let her go wild with my camera, taking pictures of everything while Juli snipped away - herself in the mirror, the floor, Juli, me - she captured it all. Juli let her blow dry and then brush her own hair as well, which she loved. She giggled every time Juli sprayed her hair with water, Then when we were done we went to the store and picked out some new clips for her little summer hairdo. Honestly...I hate it. I miss those beautiful long tumble-y curls. I'm sure I'll get used to it, and it is cute, but until it grows out a little and looks less choppy I'm sure it will just seem weird to me. So on to the pictures, and there are a lot of them, because I've turned into my mother after all and I'm entirely snap happy!
Coffee fix!
Assessing the damage.
First cuts.
Starting to enjoy it.
One of the 23 paparazzi Ely shots, yes, I counted.
Telling daddy about it.
Future stylist
The results
Still cute :)
Coffee fix!
Assessing the damage.
First cuts.
Starting to enjoy it.
One of the 23 paparazzi Ely shots, yes, I counted.
Telling daddy about it.
Future stylist
The results
Still cute :)
3.04.2009
The General Hodge Podge
On to the promised post!
The last month has been crazy busy with tons of family, friends and business. I've tried very hard lately to organize and streamline and come up with a schedule that allows me to do a little of it all every day and still feel slightly sane at the end of the day. Happily, I'm getting into the groove and the day to day business of my life has become just a tad smoother.
First off, family. Sharkbait and The Bean are, as usual, a mix of terror and sunshine. We've been doing actual lessons during the day and it's going well. Ely is working on colors and learning her alphabet. Aidyn knows most of his letters and numbers and we're working on reading small words. Every day we do some kind of craft to reinforce the lesson and so far the approach seems to be working. Ely potty learned overnight it seems, and we have now been a diaper free house for a little over five months. My cloth diapers are still sitting in a basket here though, I haven't had the heart to sell them yet.
One of the things they're getting really interested in is my knitting and spinning, so we've been having mini lessons in knitting. Ely mainly clicks her needles together and pushes the needle in the loops; Aidyn is actually trying to loop the yarn around.
We celebrated Aid's fourth birthday in February. He wanted, and this is verbatim, "a cake in the shape of a four, because I'm four now mommy *holds up four fingers*, and it needs to have pirates on it with treasure and some dinosaur sprinkles. Oh, and candles, four candles." Luckily I found a pirate set and dinosaur sprinkles, and I think it turned out pretty well. He certainly thought so.
My brother Nathan made a surprise visit this last weekend and so my little family here, that's my brother Levi and his wife Dani, plus of course Nathan and ourselves, gathered for a night. We ate some pizza, then Nathan and I took off for a little one on one at a cafe, and when we returned we stayed up until one playing cards and having a grand time.
At one point Levi started telling Nathan about the previous weekend, when Evan squatted so much weight that his barbell was bending in the middle. Just to prove it, Levi and I hopped up on his back where he squatted our combined weight as if we were just Aidyn and Ely up there.
I started watching my darling nephew Turner in the afternoons; he's almost a year old and the cutest little guy ever! Here he is modeling a knit for me.
Last week one of Aidyn's little friends, Alexandria, came over and they had a princess dress up party. It was hysterical.
Alright, so on to business!
Business is good. Great actually. I constantly have a customs list out a month and a half, which keeps me busy and is somewhat intimidating, but I like it. I've been dyeing and spinning and knitting my heart out and have turned out lots of lovely (if I do say so myself) items. I even broke out my sewing machine and finished a knitting bag and accessories holder combo for a mama.
A few spins and some roving I've dyed.
My congo also participated in this really cool promotional gig called The Spotted Box. It's chock full of WAHM samples. We sent in a total of 60...whew!
And then, finally, me!
I finally made something for myself, a lace shrug from a gorgeous cotton silk yarn. Laugh at the serious pictures, I'm purposely trying to get one here.
I scored a very hard to get yarn bowl from Rising Sun Earthworks in a gorgeous purple. A yarn bowl is basically a regular bowl that has a slit in the side for your yarn to come out. The ball of yarn sits in the bowl instead of rolling all over the floor :)
I can't talk about me, of course, without mentioning my other and better half. Evan is busy with work and all the rest as well, but we find little moments together that make the in between a little more bearable. Here's a peek at one of our silly moments, an impromptu photo shoot one night while watching some TV together (Top Gear, what else?).
That's about it, lots of laughter and plenty to keep me busy. Maybe as I grow into my new schedule I'll be able to fit in more blogging time, in the meantime, cheers!
The last month has been crazy busy with tons of family, friends and business. I've tried very hard lately to organize and streamline and come up with a schedule that allows me to do a little of it all every day and still feel slightly sane at the end of the day. Happily, I'm getting into the groove and the day to day business of my life has become just a tad smoother.
First off, family. Sharkbait and The Bean are, as usual, a mix of terror and sunshine. We've been doing actual lessons during the day and it's going well. Ely is working on colors and learning her alphabet. Aidyn knows most of his letters and numbers and we're working on reading small words. Every day we do some kind of craft to reinforce the lesson and so far the approach seems to be working. Ely potty learned overnight it seems, and we have now been a diaper free house for a little over five months. My cloth diapers are still sitting in a basket here though, I haven't had the heart to sell them yet.
One of the things they're getting really interested in is my knitting and spinning, so we've been having mini lessons in knitting. Ely mainly clicks her needles together and pushes the needle in the loops; Aidyn is actually trying to loop the yarn around.
We celebrated Aid's fourth birthday in February. He wanted, and this is verbatim, "a cake in the shape of a four, because I'm four now mommy *holds up four fingers*, and it needs to have pirates on it with treasure and some dinosaur sprinkles. Oh, and candles, four candles." Luckily I found a pirate set and dinosaur sprinkles, and I think it turned out pretty well. He certainly thought so.
My brother Nathan made a surprise visit this last weekend and so my little family here, that's my brother Levi and his wife Dani, plus of course Nathan and ourselves, gathered for a night. We ate some pizza, then Nathan and I took off for a little one on one at a cafe, and when we returned we stayed up until one playing cards and having a grand time.
At one point Levi started telling Nathan about the previous weekend, when Evan squatted so much weight that his barbell was bending in the middle. Just to prove it, Levi and I hopped up on his back where he squatted our combined weight as if we were just Aidyn and Ely up there.
I started watching my darling nephew Turner in the afternoons; he's almost a year old and the cutest little guy ever! Here he is modeling a knit for me.
Last week one of Aidyn's little friends, Alexandria, came over and they had a princess dress up party. It was hysterical.
Alright, so on to business!
Business is good. Great actually. I constantly have a customs list out a month and a half, which keeps me busy and is somewhat intimidating, but I like it. I've been dyeing and spinning and knitting my heart out and have turned out lots of lovely (if I do say so myself) items. I even broke out my sewing machine and finished a knitting bag and accessories holder combo for a mama.
A few spins and some roving I've dyed.
My congo also participated in this really cool promotional gig called The Spotted Box. It's chock full of WAHM samples. We sent in a total of 60...whew!
And then, finally, me!
I finally made something for myself, a lace shrug from a gorgeous cotton silk yarn. Laugh at the serious pictures, I'm purposely trying to get one here.
I scored a very hard to get yarn bowl from Rising Sun Earthworks in a gorgeous purple. A yarn bowl is basically a regular bowl that has a slit in the side for your yarn to come out. The ball of yarn sits in the bowl instead of rolling all over the floor :)
I can't talk about me, of course, without mentioning my other and better half. Evan is busy with work and all the rest as well, but we find little moments together that make the in between a little more bearable. Here's a peek at one of our silly moments, an impromptu photo shoot one night while watching some TV together (Top Gear, what else?).
That's about it, lots of laughter and plenty to keep me busy. Maybe as I grow into my new schedule I'll be able to fit in more blogging time, in the meantime, cheers!
1.09.2009
Come On Get Happy!
All I can post is that it is a good day. My kids are dressed, fed, happy, and playing together nicely. I managed to get completely dressed this morning (makeup and everything!) before the kids wanted breakfast. My dog is loving the sunshine and wants to run and play outside. I ordered the seeds for my garden while the little ones napped - and they actually both did! I got to enjoy a (slightly interrupted due to four kids) chat with my lovely Becky. The house is cleaned, the laundry all put away, and the bedrooms even got picked up completely. Best of all is the anticipation of a good night! My buddy Mark is coming over for dinner, which is going to be pot roast, potatoes, corn, carrots, and...wait for it...orange rolls. Do you ever just look around, breathe in deep, sigh, and think...Life is good? I'm there with you.
Life is good.
Life is good.
12.15.2008
Yes, Mom.
Alright, so here's the deal...
2 seperate webstores(2 rambunctious kids + 1 bulldog + 1 mama cat and her 4 crazy babies)+ 24 different knits/the general bustle of the holiday season = (one busy tawny)X
X = Too busy to blog
Literally I have been so busy in the last month and a half that I was lucky to get any time to myself...and when I did, blogging was the last thing on my mind.
However, I did manage to complete my Christmas shopping (all handmade either by myself or the lovely artisans of Etsy and Hyena Cart), get out all custom orders in a timely manner, and still find some time to make some Christmas crafts with my little ones. Am I still sane? Barely. Still happy? Definitely.
And so, in the custom of my usual bloggy catchup, a photo montage!
:bella not enjoying her new sweater:
:waiting patiently for tree decorating:
:plenty of tree decorating shots, taken by evan:
:ely showing off a Very Hungry Caterpillar set I dyed and knitted:
:new glasses for mommy:
:a corner of my studio:
:evan unhappily modeling a pattern a tested:
:aidyn's first snowman:
:beautiful and silly ely modeling a custom set:
:and a christmas present hat:
:bella loves my yarn:
:paparrazzi shots by ely:
2 seperate webstores(2 rambunctious kids + 1 bulldog + 1 mama cat and her 4 crazy babies)+ 24 different knits/the general bustle of the holiday season = (one busy tawny)X
X = Too busy to blog
Literally I have been so busy in the last month and a half that I was lucky to get any time to myself...and when I did, blogging was the last thing on my mind.
However, I did manage to complete my Christmas shopping (all handmade either by myself or the lovely artisans of Etsy and Hyena Cart), get out all custom orders in a timely manner, and still find some time to make some Christmas crafts with my little ones. Am I still sane? Barely. Still happy? Definitely.
And so, in the custom of my usual bloggy catchup, a photo montage!
:waiting patiently for tree decorating:
:plenty of tree decorating shots, taken by evan:
:ely showing off a Very Hungry Caterpillar set I dyed and knitted:
:new glasses for mommy:
:a corner of my studio:
:evan unhappily modeling a pattern a tested:
:aidyn's first snowman:
:beautiful and silly ely modeling a custom set:
:and a christmas present hat:
:bella loves my yarn:
:paparrazzi shots by ely:
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