I Heart Babies....

Not only are babies fantastic for all there own snuggly reasons but also when there are babies due it means that it's time for the mama's to get together for some fun, food and presents. Ohhhhh how I love a baby shower.

(Baby's surname starts with a H so I whipped up a little softie.... I had a little accident - putting my finger through the flannellette when I was stuffing it so I added an 11th hour softie bandage)

Last week I helped out with a friends baby shower and we had an absolute blast!! Inspired by We Heart Books I whipped up a baby fortune teller. This was such fun and after a bit of trial and user error it was a big hit.

(A breastfeeding apron for the mama... soft flannellette on the undersidegood for wrapping sleeping babies in or wiping little faces if need be.)

We also played the ever popular "peg game" where each person gets a peg and if you get caught saying the key word (baby) then the person catching you can take your peg.... the person with the most pegs at the end of the night wins!! Such a great ice breaker.

There was also baby charades with things like discovering leaking breasts in public, the post Ceasar shuffle, mastitis, burping baby, cuddling baby, feeding baby getting peed on at nappy change......

(the soon to be mama of 2 loves camo print so I whipped up a couple of spew rags to suit.)

Other faves were draw a baby on your head (place a piece of paper on top of your head and draw a baby - the expectant mama judges the winner), name that baby food, whats in the diaper (done with a variety of melted chocs in diapers). So much fun!!

I would love to hear your fave baby shower games, treats and tips.

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Warming

This winter I have developed a slight fetish for neck warmers..... scarves, cowls you name it..... I just cant get enough of there woolly goodness.

My latest faves include.....

A Wham Bam that I just had to have after seeing this version....

......and a chunky Nicholas made extra chunky by knitting two strands of 8 ply together.....

Isn't it typical that after all this winter knitting the weather warms back into the 20C +!! Oh well we have a forecast for 9C next week just perfect for neck warming!!

Is the weather crazy in your neck of the woods??

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Growing.....

Searching for photos to post I suddenly realised how much growing has been happening around here this winter.....

Of course there is these two handsome's who seem to literally sprout before my eyes.....

With all this babe growing I ceased the opportunity up size yet another pebble vest for my littlest handsome..... I just cant get enough of this pattern.(free rav. download).

2009 is almost passing into it's second semester which means a little bit of secret birthday crocheting......

Yesterday I had my first salad from our home grown lettuce and spinach combined with some locally grown tomatoes and feta deliciouso!!

How is the June weather finding you??

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What's Happenin'.....

The rain that was forecast for today blew the other way so this is how we spent our day.....

Grocery shopping while sipping take away coffees and chasing wild boys.

Replanting beetroots and watering in lawn runners.

Playing cars and reading books with cute boy cousins.

Eating plates and plates of nutella sandwiches and saving the crusts for baby.

Running so fast that my Wii Fit Mii fell over causing me to fall over in hysterics......

Laughing uncontrollable as my 2 y/o started chasing the dog on the Wii Fit jogging game and kicked his mama's slow-joggin ass!!

Dreaming of the most awesome play date ever *wink*...... I think I finally have it!!

Becoming a uno-attack CHAMPION!! GAME ON!!

Eating leftover birthday cheesecake while snuggling with the most handsome birthday man on the planet.

Checking out pix of baby taken by my "I'm not a big boy yet mum".

How was your Saturday??

Ab

Cleaning Up....

The weather has been cooling down lately and that means I have been cleaning up/out my stash.....

Starting with these cute wash cloth's for my family.

Then a hat or two for the boys.....

And a scarf for the mama.....

How are beating the cold??

(Details for these knits on my rav page....user name luvabby)

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Making time to sew.....

My nephew's 4th birthday meant that it was time to still the knitting needles and blow the dust off the sewing machine.

It had been a little while since I had exercised my old janome.....

So I thought it best to start with a few warm up exercises......

I whipped up some "nakey bums" for my babe..... can you believe he is almost 6 months??

These are made from a sandwich of flannellette with a repurposed cloth nappy filling.  

Perfect for little "nakey bums" to sit or lay on.

After a quick needle change it was on to the birthday surprise.....

A cowboy library bag for my fave little cowboy.

Lined with a $1 shopping bag.

Add a some reading material a birthday card and we were off to celebrate "Happy Birthday Jordy!!" We hope you had a great day...we had a heap of fun at your party!!

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I see shades of green......

With all the baby making going on around here in the past 12 months my poor old vege patch has become more than a little neglected.

  

That is until I had the fantastic idea to try my hand at my first ever winter patch.

Under the advisement of the MOTH I planted the seeds straight into the ground instead of my usual practise of seed raising.

Now after a little water and a little mulch and compost love we are starting to see the first signs of green.

My beans and spinach are proving the hardiest so far but if I squint my eyes and tilt my head at the right angle I can see the other babies poking there heads up. YUM!!

I would love to hear your tips on maintaining a winter garden.

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