I have always loved color. Especially the big, bold, bright ones! My daughter is the same. She embraces color and always picks the bright (sometimes neon) shirt over the neutral one. She’s nine and so this is totally understandable… rainbows, unicorns and all that! I found this incredible skein of sportweight yarn that had these multidimensional colors while still being sort of tonal. I was in love! I wanted to make something with this yarn before Christmas and it had to be for… Read more »
Posts Categorized: Kids
Rainbow Stripes
A pair of Rainbow socks were one of the handmade gifts I made this Christmas. A while ago, I bought a few skeins of Knit Picks Felici in all their cheery gorgeousness and instantly knew that my daughter would love a pair in the Rainbow colorway. She’s one of those souls who keeps up a constant stream of chatter, always flitting about on her toes doing twirls and giggling incessantly about everything. She even giggles in her sleep and I definitely think she… Read more »
Family
Today is Family Day in British Columbia :: a day dedicated to celebrating family. The city has various family related activities lined up, but we decided to stay home (other than a quick milk run) and just hang out. I think, with all the busy-ness of daily life, taking time to slow down and savor a non-agenda type day is the perfect way to recharge. The teenager did normal teen type things, you know… Instagram, Facebook, beating me 3 times in a row… Read more »
Learning Curves
Ah September, I expected you to be so very different! Sigh!! What should have been the first day of school filled with the excitement of seeing all their friends, exchanging summer stories, getting locker assignments, and meeting teachers, our kids were greeted with the unfortunate news that the teachers’ union in our province declared a full-scale strike 🙁 So, September began with no school and this continues indefinitely! I decided to take the glass half full approach and told the kids that we… Read more »
Blue
A few days ago I posted this on instagram Our berry bonanza from a local blueberry farm. These are ahh-MAZ-ing! Blueberries are a regular feature in our kitchen throughout the year since they freeze perfectly. Blueberry pancakes, muffins, pies, smoothies, even in salads :: blueberries and crumbled goat cheese over arugula, my fave! I thought I should try making blueberry scones. Actually, I’m not a big fan of scones because I don’t like the after taste of baking soda. Then, I found this scone recipe which… Read more »
Saffron In Kelp
I’ve got a finished sweater for show-and-tell today! This sweater turned out pretty cute and I think that the wearer is uber cute! Of course, I’m the biased mama 😉 With this sweater, I knit a few rows here and there until I was on the last sleeve and I could taste finishing victory! It took about 6 months to complete and another few weeks to find the ribbon for the front closure. I got it all done in time for Mother’s… Read more »
The Princess And The Pea
I’m sure all of us remembers the story of The Princess and the Pea from when we were growing up. I have to confess that I sulk when it comes to sleeping on a lumpy mattress, hotel mattresses that are too soft can feel lumpy sometimes! Vineet always laughs and says that I’m being such a diva, I just chalk it up to old age 😉 On our recent mama-son expedition to Granville Island, I came across a lovely little fabric store called The… Read more »
All Kinds Of Crafty
When you’ve got to motivate your 6-year-old to make 22 valentines for her class and you don’t want to opt for the generic box of candy from the grocery store, where do you turn? Pinterest, of course. I came across this pin last week for non-candy valentines and jumped all over it. I had the necessary supplies to pull this off :: construction paper, cute pencils, Exacto knife… check, check, check. I even had said 6-year-old eager and willing to… Read more »
Fragile Heart
Thank you so much to everyone who emailed me and commented about my new site! I really appreciate your encouragement ❤ I talked about knitting a lace shawl with beads a little while ago. This shawl had a deadline since I wanted to wear it to my cousin’s wedding in December. I wanted something pretty and warm at the same time to wear so that I wouldn’t become a frozen ice cube in the winter chill. Everything went well even though… Read more »
Canning Season
So, I’ve never canned anything before. That is, before yesterday! By the way, we did have a great day at the pumpkin patch and I’ll share pictures of that soon. However, we also went apple picking :: which was a first for us and good fun too. Jonagold apples are in season and although, they’re no Honeycrisp (my favorite!), they are deliciously juicy especially straight off the tree! Off we went to the Taves Family Farm in the valley to… Read more »
