Do you remember the post where my daughter bought buttons and asked if I would knit the twins sweaters that matched those buttons?
Well, I just finished the body of the second sweater and was ready to start the sleeves when I discovered something was wrong.
Terribly wrong.
I lost 10 stitches across the back section.
Well, I didn’t actually lose them. I didn’t cast on enough to begin with!
This sweater needs to be finished by Saturday morning.
Pass the tissues, please.
On my way to work this morning I experienced a variety of weather.
It was cloudy and misty when I left my house. Then a ray of sunshine shown on the mountains and drenched them in brilliant red. This same beam of sunshine also caught the rising fog and mist and created a short but beautiful rainbow. I wanted to stop and take a picture but knew as soon as I would, the scene would change again.
It got misty again then rained. As I crested the last mountain I was greeted with rain mixed with snow and the ground had a powdered sugar dusting of snow.
I’ve lived my entire life with four seasons and I love it. I just happened to see all those seasons this morning within a 25 minute drive to work.
For some reason I am in the Christmas spirit.
You may think I’m nuts for saying that but the past 10-12-14 years, I have not had much of the Christmas spirit in me. Last year I put a wreath on the door and hung out the garland on the front porch but no other decorating inside until I found out some friends were coming over. I rushed to The Barn two days before Christmas and bought a 6 foot tall “primitive” tree at 40% off. Used a few choice ornaments from my collection and called it Christmas. Bah humbug.
While I’m in the Christmas decorating spirit, I better do something about it!
For the past several years I have done an Advent-type activity with my grown kids. They both have families of their own so I’m focusing on the grandchildren this year. Our grandson is seven and his sister is three. The twins will be four in December.
In the past I would put a small gift in a brown paper lunch bag and close it with a numbered tag. The bag would be opened on that particular day starting December 1 and ending on December 24.
Instead of using the lunch bags this year, I opted for “sour cream” packets. They are so easy to make and can be adapted to any size needed. Check out this tutorial from Splitcoaststampers.
I used scrapbook paper (50% off with a coupon) from Joann’s. Most of the packets I made were 4 x 6 inches to make better use of the 12 x 12 inch paper. The longer packets were 6 x 8 inches and held a candy cane or two. Round labels worked great for my number stickers. Green numbers were for one child and red for the other.
I bought each family a small pre-lighted Christmas tree. Each packet contains a sweet treat and a small ornament. The kids can add an ornament to their tree each day. I also included a star tree topper and child friendly Nativity set.
Do you have an Advent tradition?
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