Tag: kids
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Whatever I feel like.

What happened to August? It felt like a whirlwind and here we are, a whole week into September. The kids are back in school and I’m back to cooking in a way that makes me feel good. Something has switched with me this week and I’ve felt motivated to make. Let’s catch up. I finally…
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Sweets and my sweetheart.

I have to tell you, I am having the most lovely spring break with my son. Our trip to Denver was a work weekend for me–and a pretty stressful one, at that–but having Joshua along was the perfect spot of sunshine. We flew out on Friday morning. This was Joshua’s first flight and he reports…
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Woolly.

I’ve quite the week for a knitter here in Maryland. Things have taken a turn for the colder, perfect handknit wearing weather that I love and we even managed to make a quick trip over to the Maryland Alpaca and Fleece Festival. Alpacas are so soft! And their hum just slays me. I also got…
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Like bees.

We have been a wee bit busy around our household. Typically we don’t do much in September, leaving that time to get back in the swing of things with the new school year. Such has not been the case this September, though! We’ve had friends over to stay and have taken the first of two…
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Teenager.

My child, my sweet darlin’, my little sweetheart turned 13 yesterday. We celebrated over the weekend with family, he has a party with friends coming up on Saturday, and last night he had a cupcake: It’s hard to believe that thirteen years have gone by but it’s also difficult to remember life before my days…
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My favorite holiday – part two.

Yesterday, I indulged in a deliciously decadent day of all things sheepy and wooly. The kids and I spent the day at the Maryland Sheep & Festival, having a blast. To kick things off, I overslept a bit. We managed to get out the door pretty quickly, but the kids were definitely not sunshine ready…
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Spring Break

This past weekend, Joshua and I took a road trip back home to visit with our family for his spring break. Very little actual knitting occurred, but that’s ok. We had the loveliest long weekend. Fair warning, lots of gushing and fun pictures ahead. Kevin and Astra were going to visit some of their family,…
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Intentional.

intentional (in-ˈtench-nəl) adj. done with intention or on purpose; deliberate. I’ve been thinking about one little word for 2018. A little late to the party, perhaps, but here I am. I’ve been tossing around a few words over the last few weeks. From my new year’s blog post, challenge sprang to mind. But that’s not exactly what I want…
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Year of Making: 2017.

On the first day of this year, I decided to commit to one small thing: “put energy into a making project every day.” At first, that meant a conscious decision to sit down with a project every day. Sometimes it meant sleepily knitting a few rows before bed so that I would keep my commitment.…
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Home.

When we spoke last, I was about to head home from Denver to my sweet family for a trip south to see more sweet family. And that is exactly what I did. Kevin and the kids picked me up from the airport and I came home and unpacked and repacked my suitcase. We got up…