At the Pumpkin Patch

We went to the pumpkin patch last night. Can you tell that the boys had a little bit of fun? Why is it always more fun to pick a pumpkin from a pile of hay bales, than it is to pick it out of a bin at the grocery store? Who knows? It just is.

And there's always the added bonus that I might get a photo of my boys hamming it up after I tell them to act like they like each other.


All in all, a fun time was had by everyone.

Nursery Reveal

I know you've all been waiting with baited breath, for the big nursery reveal. Drumroll please...

Ta da!!



I'm so pleased with how everything came together! Ev says it has an awful lot of blue to be a gender neutral nursery, but I think that any little girl would be happy to have a restful, aqua nursery like this. I must say, I could not have done it alone. My independent, long-distance consultants on this project were, my sister and my Mom. My dear, long-suffering Mom who heard about every change of plans, every hiccup and every success. (Thank goodness for unlimited long-distance phone!) I am also so thankful for my calm, steady husband who coached me through a dresser-handle-panic, solved my problems and patiently spent his one hour of free time hanging my curtain rod. Thanks, Baby!!



And now, details, details, details. I struggled with how to add color to my caramel colored room with brown carpet and white furniture, and finally settled on wall decals. I don't normally like them much, but something about these appealed to me. Maybe it is the understated, modern simplicity. I found them here, on Etsy. They were not difficult to put up, and seem to be sticking fine to my heavily textured walls. But it is definitely not a one-person job. Many thanks to my dear friend, Brittney for tackling that project with me! After staring at fabric swatches online for many hours, hoping to sew my own crib accessories, I finally fell in love with the Full Circle line from Land of Nod. No surprise, it's by one of my favorite modern quilt designers, Denyse Schmidt. She designed the baby quilt that I made for my niece last year. From there, all I had to do was pull together the details, including this fantastic Anemone fabric for the drapes and adorable Tweets paper for lining the dresser drawers. As an aside, I did splurge on one little thing that is actually for the baby. See that little lamb on the dresser? I found it (where else?) on Etsy. Loving it!! Did I forget anything? I'm not sure, but I'm so excited to have the nursery completed and ready to go. Now we're really ready for Baby Three to come!

Blast into Fall Knitting

Check out this adorable knitted rocket ship. It turns out that one of my new friends from the swim team, Megan, is a fantastic and inspiring knitter. (It also turns out that when you knit in public you quickly meet fellow knitters.) Her son is about Braden's age and brought a similar rocket ship to practice one day. Braden admired it so much that she very sweetly knitted up this cutie, and he was holding it in his own two hands the next day. Another day, Braden took his stuffed squirrel to practice and a few day later Braden's squirrel had his own roving acorn. (Every time I say that it sounds like an acorn that moves from place to place!) But, no, this clever little thing is an acorn made of wool roving and a real acorn cap. Fantastic! I'm thinking of doing a whole bowl of these little guys for my coffee table!


If you think these are cute, you have to check out her Etsy shop, Sugar Lane, where she sells her own knitting patterns. I just adore the Candy Corn baby hat! She's also doing a giveaway right now over at Yarn On the House. It's for a really cute fall project basket, including a pattern for her Acorn Hat. Just right for some fall knitting!

Soft and Cuddly

Meet my newest finished project. Knitted with love, over a week's worth of swim practices, in a yummy wool/bamboo yarn and stuffed with soft bamboo stuffing, which I found at JoAnn's. In the past I used the bamboo batting and just loved the feel of it, and that it's naturally anti-bacterial, so I was really excited to find this stuffing. So great for babies and children! He doesn't have a name yet, but I'm sure the kids will come up with something really creative, like "Bunny." In the meantime, he's just hanging out in the rocking chair, waiting for a playmate.