Monday, December 25, 2006

New Baby for Christmas

Ok finally getting around to tending to the blog. I know it’s been a long time! It hasn’t helped that our digital camera is acting up… anyway….first the biggest and most exciting news as far as I’m concerned is that Madeleine Vaila Armstrong entered the world on December 23rd just on time for xmas. Now Beth and Nick have two wee girlies…yeah!



It is actually xmas morning here in Colorado Springs as I write and it’s a very quiet one for us as this is the first year with no other family(or Friends)… We miss you all…

So the real reason I’ve neglected the blog (and my children) is that I’ve been knitting like a maniac for the festive season. I think I must have made about 20 + items this year….actually I’m not done and owe a few more!
So I had to show off some of my hard work….I’m especially proud of the Flamingo which was for Molly and Beth’s commissioned Diaper bag…..thanks for holding on there Madeleine until the diaper bag got to New Zealand!





Other fiber presents were a laptop bag for David and a new pair of felted clogs/slipper things. However he discovered that the slippers don’t go that well with the skateboard (also a xmas present for David)…..should have made some felted knee and elbow pads! Even the cats are enjoying a felted mouse full of catnip!

So things feel kind of quiet right now especially as the college is like a ghost town with all the students gone for the holidays. David has a break from teaching for a couple of months so hopes to get started on the next book! He was very excited to get the Advanced reading copy of “Acacia” as a wee xmas present from his editor… Apparently someone has already done an advanced purchase on Amazon… 6 month early. They obviously know that the copies will be flying off the shelf!

Well it’s about time for a xmas day walk if I can extract the kids from playing with their new star wars figures!

Love to all family and friends out there!












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