Fun Game Assignment 3

1. Pumpkin Pie
2. Owl post
3. Leaf tree
4. Weasley twins
5. Quaffle quidditch
6. Hallow deathly
7. Mad eye
8. Dragon gringotts
9. Crystal ball
10. Trees forbidden forest
11. Hermione granger
12. Hogwarts school
13. Burrow ron
14. Dobby house elf
15. Horcrux voldemort
16. Ministry magic
17. Magic wand
18. Sirius uncle
19. Apple cider
20. Juice poly
21. Candle wax
22. Ghost nearly headless nick
23. Snake nagini
24. Wand elder
25. Invisibility cloak
26. Tent palace
27. Spell wingardium leviosa
28. Umbridge ugly
29. Dursely dudley
30. Prophet daily

That was fun and simple we need to do that more often. Off to take care of crying baby...yay, lol. :)

Busy Week

This week is going to be interesting. We are leaving for Ohio on wednesday for my sister-in-laws wedding. That should be fun. I'm not really looking forward to the car trip. Its going to be long especially with a 5 month old.

In the world of knitting we have some project progress. I am about 50% done with my spoilees present. Sorry no details until she gets it in the mail. My Vivian is coming along nicely but it won't be ready for our trip back home. I finished the body up to the sleeves and finished knitting the left sleeve yesterday. I like working on this project. It gives me a little break from my spoilees gift. Its very relaxing to knit. I hope to cast on for the right arm before we leave town. I'll probably even take it with me. Its nice to work on in the car. I still need to sew the buttons on my MIL's cardigan. I need to do that before we leave so I can wash it and give it to her this week. She likes it and it looks better on her than on me. Some how I managed to knit a more petite cardigan than I was hoping for but thats alright because I know she appreciates and will wear it.

I managed to find 2 dresses for the wedding (rehearsal dinner and wedding). I could not find a dress before my cousins wedding but I finally found 2 I really like. Its going to be interesting trying to breastfeed with a dress on but thats ok. I have such a hard time finding clothes that fit right now since I am breastfeeding. I am hoping the baby weight will start coming off a little more quickly. I am a little sick of trying to find clothes that fit right. Oh well what can you do.

October is just around the corner and I've bought some Halloween themed outfits for Evie. I really hope the weather starts cooling down some more so she can comfortably wear them. I love this time of year. Fall is amazing and beautiful. I can't wait to share this experience with her. She is definitely going trick or treating. I bought her a ladybug costume. So cute. :)

Yay for knitting!

Left Sleeve Vivian Cardigan

Main Body Vivian Cardigan

As you can see above I've been busily working on my Vivian Cardigan. The only modification I have made to this point is a different yarn. The Cascade Eco is coming out great and I love the color. I can't wait to finish. My hoped for finish date is before the first weekend in October. If I keep plugging along all should be fine. So fingers crossed. :)

Other than that I have been brainstorming ideas for my spoilees package and I think I have a good idea what I want to do. :) I just need to put the plan into action. First off I need to order yarn ASAP. The rest will begin to fall into place as I go. Little purchases here and there to make the package awesome.

For now I am off to work on my Vivian Cardigan and order some yarn while Evie naps. Shes so cute. :)

Evie got a jumper this weekend. She seems to really like it.

Finishing up Assignment 1 :)

1. Someone with the same craft as you: honoria beckett
2. Someone who was born in the same month as you: Phelia Ballycastle
3. Someone from a different country: lizzie wychwood
4. A new HSKS Family member: nicky lovely
5. Someone who has been in 3 or more HSKS swaps: wisteria lovegood
6. Someone who has a bigger stash than you!: fleur sweeting
7. Someone who both knits and crochets: hermione bagnold
8. Someone who has the same favorite color as you: Delantrophy Griey
9. Someone who has the same favorite season/holiday as you: siobhan mooney
10. Someone who has the same favorite fiber as you: lavender diggory-dolohov

HSKS 12 week 1

So I am back as Minerva Wood for another round of the fabulous HSKS swap. I'm still waiting to see which family I get sorted into but until then I figured I would help people out by adding my answers to this weeks blog post questions. :)

1. Someone with the same craft as you (either those listed above or another one). knitting
2. Someone who was born in the same month as you. may
3. Someone from a different country. USA
4. A new HSKS Family member. this is my fourth hsks
5. Someone who has been in 3 or more HSKS swaps. as i said above this will be my fourth
6. Someone who has a bigger stash than you! (And if your stash is the biggest, proudly say so! my stash is pretty tame
7. Someone who both knits and crochets. I can only crochet accents to my knitting
8. Someone who has the same favorite color as you. green and blue
9. Someone who has the same favorite season/holiday as you. halloween and christmas
10. Someone who has the same favorite fiber as you. i use a lot of merino wool but i do like cashmere and i love alpaca

I hope my answers have been helpful for everyone. I will post again with the answers I come up with later. :)

September already?

Where does the time go? Well my yoga training went well. Evie was great for J and we all survived 2 full days of mommy being absent. It was good for all of us. J got to see what a day in the life of a mom is like, Evie got a chance to miss me and I got to remember that its ok to leave even if I don't want to. As I said it was a good experience.

Evie went on her first car trip home to Ohio. It was a long drive there and back. It was a quick trip to celebrate my cousins wedding. It was a lot of fun. Evie got to meet my mom's family, all of her aunts and uncles and she got to spend some time with her grandparents. Next time we get to Columbus it will be for her aunt Jenna's wedding. So that should be a lot of fun. She will be 5 months then. She is growing so fast. She rolled over from her back to her stomach on tuesday. She has been doing it at least once a day since then. I can't believe she did it. I am so excited to see her crawl or even army crawl. I'm not particular. Shes just amazing. Her next great feat will hopefully be sleeping through the night. She's only done it once and we have not had a repeat performance since, boo. Oh well everything in its time. Its easy to say, hard to live.

Anyway I am off to work on my Vivian cardigan while she naps. Plus at some point I have to go in search of Ziggy's collar. He came home without it this morning, sneaky little kitty.