Christmas 2007 - part 2!

Melody, Doug and I had Christmas together this year! We had so much fun opening our presents the way we traditionally do in a very non-traditional manner...on the webcam! What fun!

I can now show you the knitting I have been working on for the past couple of months...I decided that this year I would only do three knitted presents. Being new to knitting, I was afraid that I would get all stressed out if they didn't turn out just right. So I only did the three. I was very pleased with all of them.

The first one I did was a hat for my niece-y-in-law, Alyssa. Isn't she pretty? The hat is cute too.

The second one I did was a pair of felted clogs for my friend Susan. They fit! YAY!!!

Then I knitted slipper socks for my friend, Martha. They fit too! Double YAY! I stitched suede bottoms on them for durability...

And lastly, here's my latest hat...MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!!

Christmas 2007

One of the most fun things that I do every year is take a new Christmas photo of Lolly. Here she is sporting her brand new festive necklace complete with jingle bells. Needless to say, she was not impressed...all she wanted to do was to play "kill" with it! I didn't let her...which made her really disgusted with the whole affair!

Another thing I like to do is make a "thank you" card with a picture of her and a story on the inside. The kids love getting them and collect them from year to year. I even had a former Fernbank parent stop me in the store a couple of weeks ago and tell me that even though her child has moved on to middle school, they still have Lolly's picture card up on their fridge! Here is this year's:

Lolly always looks forward to spending time with her favorite cousin, Pippa – my sister’s toy poodle. She and Pippa have great times playing mock “battle”! It amazes me how gentle she is with Pippa. Lolly weighs 23 pounds and Pippa weighs only 9 pounds. When they play, Pippa puts both paws up on Lolly’s shoulders to “tag” her while Lolly only puts only one paw very gently on Pippa’s shoulder to do the same. They are quite cute playing together. Here you see Lolly with Pippa’s pink piggy. Every time we visit cousin Pippa, Lolly makes a beeline to “Piggy” and claims it as her own for the entire visit. Pippa is very patient and tolerant of Lolly’s appropriation!