I came out to take a video of the beautiful snow coming down and sweet little Shayah came out to join me. Apparently, her Russian constitution makes her very brave in all that snow.
The Santa Mugs Tradition
I’ve heard of people making a tradition out of drinking hot chocolate from adorable little Santa mugs for Christmas Eve. I loved the idea, I bought two mugs and did my very best to save them for the night before Christmas. Ha.
I lasted about 10 minutes.
Trouble is, they are so DANG cute and fun to hold and even more fun to drink from, that welllllll…
I’m afraid that the official word on the new tradition at our house will be– to drink hot chocolate and herb tea and Postum and anything else you can think of out of these happy little mugs every chance you get for as long as possible. Besides, they are too awesome to use once and then be done with them for a year.
So, if you’re looking for me, I’ll be the one with the cocoa mustache drinking shamelessly from the Kringle mug on December 17. Try to be brave.
I’m a rebel.
A Real Dang Tree!
Real tree. Real tree. Realtreerealtreerealtree. REAL TREEEEE!!
First one in about 25 years. It’s a funny shape and a little pinched and I don’t care because it’s REAL and it smells heavenly.
Ask me if I’m excited. Go ahead…
ask me.
Hee hee…
Crochet Nativity- The Holy Family
I pinned this Crochet Nativity months and months ago, thinking….yeah, someday. But then, my sweet April sent me a text with this very link, saying, “Make this for me PLEASE!!”
Her birthday is in early December, so I didn’t have much time. I made Baby Jesus first so that if I only got that far, all would not be lost. The blanket in the pattern didn’t do it for me so I made my own by simply crocheting a yellow rectangle and tying four-inch pieces of yarn to it. It turned out just the way I wanted it to and it’s not nearly as messy as loose pieces of string.
Mary came next. In the pattern her head dress is much shorter and blunt–almost like some kind of helmet. I wanted her to have a softer look so I made it longer and rolled it gently back–for a fabric-type look. Isn’t she adorable?
I was slightly temped to stop here and tell my daughter that Mary would be trying out the single parent thing for a year or so….
but that felt lame- and just a tad disrespectful.
So with only a day left before her birthday, Joseph made it to the event–just in time!
I also made his head dress longer and rolled back, but the biggest change is his beard. I think one of the most charming features of these little characters is their smile, but in the pattern, Joseph didn’t have one–and that didn’t seem right. So, instead of having a clear cut mustache and beard, I just made a triangle and sewed a smile on it.
Wahoo! Happy Joseph!
I’m pretty sure they were all very happy that night.
Camel
Angel
Snow Birds
With the first hefty bit of snowfall that we’ve had–
the girls had to think about it for a minute before venturing out.
But it didn’t take long before they realized that it was pretty-much just plain old ground…
just colder,
and a bit sticky in spots.
It helped to put their food bowl out there with a few apple cores–so they’d have a common goal…so to speak.
Soon enough, they were old pros at this snow business and took off in every direction.
Most likely won’t find any worms today Miss Ruby.
She doesn’t seem to mind.