twoaugustgirls

2010-01-02T18:59:00.000-05:00

This is my fabulous package from Penny in the Great North:)
She put together a very thoughtful and delicious package.

As you can see some little people were very interested in the goodies inside of the package. She made me some wonderful washcloths, a hand made and adorable candycane ornament, jingle bell earrings that my 7 year old and I briefly argued over.....

Candy, candy and UNBELIEVABLE shortbread cookies that were in HIGH demand

As well as some yarn and some wonderful bath and body lotions and soap. Thank you so much for your thoughtfulness, Penny

First Day of School

2009-09-20T08:50:00.003-04:00

It is hard for me to believe it but Katie has begun 2nd grade this year! Here are some shots from the first day. Everyday she comes home, finishes her homework and plays school with her little sister. She is trying to teach the 2 year old sight words...LOL not always a lot of interest. However, Kennedy does pretend to "read it" and she hands a lot of books to Kate to read to her. Very cute together.

Happy Birthday Two August Girls

2009-08-09T10:00:00.005-04:00

My daughters have birthdays in August. More specifically 5 years and 4 days apart.

Kennedy turned 2 August 6 and Katie will be 7 August 10th!

They are growing so fast and everyday is a joy to be around them. Katie is going to go to PA to stay with her Grammy and Popop so she can go to KNobels with my sisters family! She is very excited and a little nervous. Unitl this year she would not even stay over night with grandparents without me! I am a little worried and will miss her but know she will have a fabulous time!

I am posting some new pictures. Thankfully, Kennedy's fall off the picnic bench happened the day after her birthday and party.

It looks much better now.

Reason I have time to Knit

2009-07-12T11:22:00.002-04:00

I forgot to include the photos of the main reason behind my lack of knitting.
If I do so say myself she is a pretty cute reason....

You can see she also keeps her sister busy....and sits on her too!

4th of July, I wish I had a better shot this is an adorable dress made by my sisters mother in law who is a fabulous seamstress, and I am blessed to recieve such wonderful hand me downs!

Preemie cap

2009-07-12T11:18:00.004-04:00

This is my first knitting project in way too long. My life has become very busy. An almost two year old makes knitting nearly impossible. As soon as I start to knit Kennedy decides she wants to get on my lap, at times nearly impaling herself on the needles!!!! So it is often safer to knit when she is asleep. Of course that is the time I need to check email, grade papers for the online class I teach, cook and clean the house. Oh and play with Katie! However, I did make time to knit a hat, I am working on number 2 for the July Itty Bitty Charity knits. This is my month to host and I am sending the hats to the NICU where Kate spent almost 6 weeks when she was born at 2lbs 3oz. The Hat in the picture is made for a preemie 1-3lbs and would have fit Katie at birth. To give perspective, I have taken a picture with a newborn itty bitty bunny ears hat.

I can not believe Katie was once a 13" and 2 lbs....she actually got down under 2 lbs! Truly frightening but makes you glad for healthy kids and great nurses and doctors. I could not thank Drs. MacArtor and Wright enough! Truely heros and they are also nice people! Rare in the Dr. Speciality world!
Anyway for anyone who would like to knit a hat for the NHRMC NICU, please contact me by leaving a comment or on ravelry:twoaugustgirls.

The link for this great preemie hat and even more fun patterns is:http://woolwindings.blogspot.com/
Make sure you tell her twoaugustgirls sent ya!

The patterns are quick, fun and easy to follow. Thanks!!!!

Happy Friday!!!

2009-03-27T08:34:00.003-04:00

. "In a hole in the ground there lived many ants."
2. "It's tough but that ain't no matter."
3. "After dark the rain began to fall again, over the picturesque island."
4. "Gold coins from the hold of the Spanish galleon."
5. "There was a hand in the darkness, and it reached for my diet coke."
6. "Accidents ambush the unsuspecting, and the klutzy."
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to relaxing with a corona tomorrow my plans include lacrosse and Sunday, I want to spend time with my family!~

Friday Fill In's

2009-03-19T21:09:00.002-04:00

1. Why do we have to go to school?
2. Goals are now habits.
3. I have Dreams!
4. I had never heard the phrase leave it alone and it will work out!
5. Think the way I always do.
6. How was I to know things would go this way?
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to Having Fun tomorrow my plans include Family Time and Sunday, I want to Spend time outside enjoying Spring!

So this is what I have been up to!

2009-03-17T10:41:00.005-04:00

So, you think, did she fall off the earth? What in the world have I been doing all this time? Well, let me tell you all two is much harder than 1! In terms of kids, we have been so busy, Katie went from soccer to swimming lessons to Basketball and now she is playing lacrosse! I am glad she likes to be so busy and active! Her father is her lacrosse coach, so hopefully she will still like lacrosse after this season. (HAHAHA)

So here are a few pics of what has been going on in my life.

Kennedy was not so sure about the snow....This is just prior to the tears!

Katie loves basketball and is a very aggressive player. (in a good way)

Here is the snow princess and Katie:)

The two of them LOVE the piano!

Yes she gets up there by herself!

Pianist in the making or just a lot of "sound and fury signifying nothing...."

Leave me alone people....

Friday Fill In- Friday the 13th Addition!

2009-03-13T10:34:00.003-04:00

When I look to the left, I seea bulletin board.
2. The Kitchen is the room that has the best view in my home.
3. Let it work out for me!
4. Shopping done dirt cheap!
5. Voting is a responsibility that all qualified citizens must share.
6. If you have any cash feel free send it to me:)
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to Lacrosse practive tomorrow my plans include hanging out with my girls and Sunday, I want to have fun!

Happy Friday the 13th

2009-03-13T09:44:00.003-04:00

Happy Friday the 13th!!!!
I have been so busy I have not had the time to do anything related to my blog! My oldest has been involved in rec sports since September and it never seems to stop and my youngest, 19 months does not allow me anytime to myself!

I Am hoping to take some finished objects pictures this weekend and post them! I made a cute jumping girl hat for my Katie! It is from Susan Andersons Itty Bitty hats book. I am in the proccess of finishing a sweater for myself made of the most gorgeous feeling and looking wool. It is sort of a flame red/orange and is hand dyed! MMMM yummy yummy.

I would also encourage you to check out my friend from elementary school's blog:http://heathers-hope.blogspot.com/ She has stage 4 cervical cancer and I know she would appreciate your support and prayers! Happy Friday!

Friday Fill Ins

2009-03-07T15:12:00.004-05:00

1. Follow the heart it usually knows more than the head!

2. Music is something I always take with me on vacation.

3. To achieve your goals, you trust in yourself.

4. I Love my kids is something I'd like you to know about me.

5. I have a birthday Wednesday.

6. Katie floats.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward seeing Yvette, tomorrow my plans includeCleaning and relaxing and Sunday, I want to go to Andrew's party!

Friday Fill Ins

2009-02-13T15:50:00.003-05:00

And...here we go!
1. It seems like I just was a kid:)
2. Wash your hands when you're done, please?
3. If I thought I could get away with it I'd come home and take a nap before my daughters school let out.
4 Fun is what I think of most when I think of you.
5. To me, Valentine's Day means time to remember how much you love those close to you.
6. Family and Friends give me strength.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to my Mom visiting, tomorrow my plans include basketball and Sunday, I want dancde because no school MONDAY!

Friday Fill Ins

2009-02-07T16:28:00.003-05:00

1. Please don't tell me anymore secrets.

2. Can you wake me in the morning?

3. The color puice makes me want to puke!

4. I have a craving for Magnum PI.

5. If my life had a pause button, I'd pause it when I was 9.

6. Eyes are the windows of my mind.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to relaxing, tomorrow my plans include watching my daughter play basketball and Sunday, I want to RELAX!

Where have you been?

2008-12-22T10:38:00.005-05:00

The fall season has just kicked my butt. I have been taking kids all over the place and have had no time for me. Add to that my intense holiday knitting, social obligations and demanding 1 year old all adds up to no time for me. I have however, knitted a couple of things in that time.

I love these for wine bottle gifts, so festive and can be used as tree ornaments by the reciever.

I made two of these ornaments for my aunts just because I love them so...They turned out bigger than I thought but I really like them and they were such a quick knit.

I also, by request made this sweet little hat for my adorable niece Elizabeth.

Beyond that this is a little glimpse into what we have been doing.....Christmas concerts,

gingerbread house making, turkey cooking, besides the swimming lessons, coaching and playing soccer, daisy scouts and more. I know what I want for the new year, More knitting time for me!

All Hallows Eve Swap

2008-11-01T09:28:00.004-04:00

All Hallows Eve Dishcloth Swap!

This was such a fun swap and I really enjoyed myself! I sent my package out to Ingrid in Alaska. this was a great opportunity because she really spoiled me in the last swap! My package arrived Thursday but with Halloween it has taken me a few days to get the photos up on the web. Sorry, Madame!

I was really spoiled by my partnerAmber. She did a great job and I love my new knit picks woods. I hope you can see the amazing colors in the below posts. My 6yo thinks they are so gorgeous I should immediately teach her to knit so SHE can use them, as if! Anyway a big thank you to Amber aka Madame! Please check out her blog it is a great read. Also, can I add the 6, yes SIX, dishcloths she sent me are so cool I can not even imagine using them so I think I am going to use them for a small Halloween lapgan!!! Oh, Mom this means I will need your crocheting skills to put the finishing touches on it!!!!

Check out the pictures of my package:

Friday Fill In's

2008-10-31T12:36:00.003-04:00

1. My favorite food seasoning is rosemary.
2 James Taylor is music to my ears.
3. Lucky is the Phillies winning!
4. My family is something I take very seriously.
5. Many people are excited the Phillies won the World Series!
6. Milk was the last thing I bought at the store.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to Trick or treating, tomorrow my plans include cleaning and having fun with my girls and Sunday, I want to relax!

Knitting Hats again

2008-10-24T09:28:00.005-04:00

It is like a sickness and I blame Susan B Anderson,writer of Itty Bitty Hats for it. Perhaps I need a recovery program; one tailored to people who like to knit hats and drink alcohol....
Anyway, I have 2 more finished projects that I have been very slow about posting.
My cousin Becky is having her second child at the end of November and she LOVES Christmas, so I thought she would enjoy this hat for her little one.

Then I made the cute little pumpkin hat for Kennedy.
She refused to wear it for the pumpkin patch trip but later did not mind it so much. Katie also pointed out to me it fits her.

And here are the some of the shots of our great time at the pumpkin patch! What a fabulous day and good weather, too!

Friday Fill In's

2008-10-24T09:13:00.004-04:00

1. Right now, I'm feeling Tired.
2 Home is where I want to be.
3. How does one sleep at work without getting caught.
4. Friends keeps me on track.
5. Please don't Piss me off today.
6. My daughters fill me with joy.
7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to Michelle's party,tomorrow my plans include soccer game and picnic and Sunday, I want to RELAX!

Blogoversary Contest!

2008-10-23T11:01:00.003-04:00

I just looked down and saw that my Blogoversary is in 2 days! Hard to believe it has been a year since I began this blog. So much has happened in a year! Wow, my girls have gotten SOO big! So for my blogoversary I am going to have a contest. Since it is fall, I would like to do a fall themed contest. So the contest is as follows:
Leave me a post with your favorite fall activity. ( I am always looking for new things to do with my girls and in the fall.) The contest starts today and will end on All Saints' Day or known as my Mom's Birthday in my house. Winners will get a yet to be determined prize. I will look into something knitted related on the web and etsy stores! I will choose the winner via the very accurate electronic Florida ballot, or maybe I will just assign numbers to the posts put them all in a hat and have Katie pick a number....So please tell your friends. Bonus Entries for posting the contest on your blog and leaving me a comment and one more for sending someone here to enter. Thanks for celebrating with me!

Pumpkin Patch

2008-10-19T15:28:00.001-04:00

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2008-10-13T15:54:00.003-04:00

If you could go anywhere at all to enjoy a wonderful fall vacation - where would you go and why? Somewhere you've been? Somewhere you've heard has amazing fall colors? Somewhere that's LESS fall-like than where you are?

Hmmm, this is a hard one, there are so many places I want to go and visit. I think I would really enjoy Seattle in the fall and then spending time driving down the west coast of Washington and Oregon for the fall. I love the south, so spending time in Savannah and Charleston, SC would be a lot of fun as well. And since I really can't make up my mind one more should not matter; I would love to visit Sydney Australia and then spend time driving around the country, visiting the outback and the cities of the south and seeing Ayers Rock and the opera house. I could think of more but I need to stop myself.

Topic #4 All Hallows Eve Swap

2008-10-07T21:15:00.003-04:00

Weekly Topic #4
Happy Sunday, everyone! How are things going with getting your packages together? Anyone already received hers? Share with us!So, for this week's topic - we have a little quiz. You need NOT get the questions correct for it to count - just post the answers somewhere in a post this week.
Q1: Where did the idea of Jack-O-Lanterns originate?
A) Scotland
B) England
C) Ireland
D) Wales
Q2: Halloween is the 2nd most successful commercial Holiday - what's the first?
A) Christmas
B) Valentine's Day
C) New Year's
D) Easter
Q3: What is the intense fear of Halloween called?
A) Hallowphobia
B) Samhainophobia
C) Ghostophobia
D) Mortephobia
Q4: The mask worn by Michael Meyers in Halloween (the Movie) was actually a mask of who?
A) Leonard Nimoy
B) William Shatner
C) DeForest Kelly
D) No one - it was an old hockey mask
Q5: In 2004, what was the most popular Halloween Candy?
A) Candy Corn
B) Snickers
C) Dum Dums
D) Milky Way
And finally - tell us what YOUR favorite Halloween Candy is......

All Hallows Eve Topic #2

2008-09-22T12:48:00.005-04:00

What are your favorite parts of fall? How do you know it's truly arrived where you are?

I love fall, the crisp smell in the air in the evening. The beautiful reds and oranges that cover the trees and the ground. The beaustiful sunsets that come from cool evenings with low humidity. I know fall can mean endings, but wiht the start of school, it has always meant beginnings to me, new school year, new supplies, new friends, new fall CLOTHES! chance to wear sweaters and boots.

Shhh......Knitting in Progress

2008-09-22T09:19:00.008-04:00

I have said before I love to make hats for kids, adults, too for that matter. I like projects that are portable, and provide almost instance gratification. I like longer projects, as well; however with the recent rash of babies in my world, I have had to interrupt other projects to knit some shower and new baby presents. I would really like to finish Kennedy's dress Knit sundress ,
but now I have a football hat, plus a Christmas snowman hat to make. Additionally, I need to knit some dishcloths for my swap partner. I found a cute pumpkin and am knitting the ball band cloth, which is a lot of fun and much easier than I thought it would be, for some reason I built it up to be a hard to knit object!

I made the star hat for my cousin Karen. We grew up together and had to band together to survive her brother and my sister. Jason and Sarah could be a dangerous combo growing up and the only way Karen and I could get around being tortured was to hang together! I am soooo excited for her and her husband Dave! They have wanted this for a long time and will make great parents, not to mention my one of my favorite Aunts, Maggie, will be a fabulous grandmother! (Aunt Carol is my other favorite, hey, I am not getting in trouble----she is already a wonderful Grandma!)

Finally, I really want to finish this bag for Fall,
and since it is here today! I am really running behind, UGH!!!!! My mom gave me the bag, one of the purse of the months fromPatternowrks.

All Hallows Eve Topic 1

2008-09-15T09:10:00.005-04:00

Check out the blog of one person you DO NOT KNOW yet who is participating in this round of the swap, and then post on your site linking to their blog and sharing a little something about them - perhaps you two share a love for wooden needles, or are both first-time swappers! Or perhaps you're both into Pumpkins over Witches for Halloween time! Just a quick blurb, but take a look around their blog and get to know someone new!
I have been over toFeliciaknits! Feliciaknits! Great site, I love that she loves pumpkins at Halloween! Me too! I love pumpkins in the fall and the colors gorgeous! She also likes her bamboos and knitpicks needles, Me too, could not live without them.
I also checked out, paidtoknit. Great site. I really agree with her about loving pinks and cotton yarns I love a nice stretchy soft cotton with memory! Plus she is a teacher with the typical students. I also work in the schools, as a counselor, so I know her pain and love!