Crocheting love!

Oh-la-laa the skirt is done! Here is a nice pose struck by my little toddler boy... haha..

How fun with polka dots, huh?

My next project was really really quick. Gloves without fingers - for the Kindergartner. I have similar ones that he noticed & thought were "very cool". He wanted some, and at this point anything he chooses to wear for warmth, I will gladly provide. Why is it that all kids get to this stage when outerwear is un-cool? The neighbor kid that is around 10 never wears anything but t-shirt and shorts, sometimes paired with large rainboots. This boy must not have cold-sensors like I do, because it has been frigid here. When it's wet and windy and around 40 degrees - I bundle up in many layers. I realize 40 degrees is NOT super cold - but it really isn't t-shirt weather either.

Anyway.... this 5-year old of mine has decided to finally cave in and wear a coat on top of his t-shirt. Hats are still not quite cool enough. But these fingerless gloves are totally cool.

He picked the colors.

Then the package with yummy color goodness arrived! I didn't realize the yarn weights I had picked were so thin - but the softness and the brightness is awesome. What I got is Comfy Fingering Yarn and Shine Sport Yarn. Extremely soft, both of them.

Now winter has fully arrived. What we call winter in Washington, anyway. Thanksgiving coming right up, and then December with all its goodness. December is the only time of the year when I wish me and my family were in Sweden. Every year. Advent, with all that it brings in Sweden, is glorious over there. Advent candelabras in windows... everywhere! (And neighbors don't ask if you're jewish....)

Lucia - the whole hulabaloo with voting here and there and all over, then seeing Lucia in grocery stores, schools etc... beautiful! And all the Christmas goodies... not that we're in any way lacking goodies for Christmas here in the US - not at all. But certain things from my cihldhood will, of course, always be the best in my mind.

It is weird for me to think that whatever me & my husband do for our children will be their memories & traditions for Christmas. We do have the same white church that plays Silent Night when you wind it up, as we had at my parents' home in Sweden. But then we hang stockings here, which I like but never did growing up. I do buy the advent calendars with chocolate from World Market. They literally have the exact same picture as ours did. Awesome!

I love this time of year, and I love celebrating it with my own little family, creating traditions and memories. Now I need to go find the recipe for buttermints that always hits the spot during the holidays.....