Bitti d'lish

Darcy, wearing the luscious Bitti d'Lish cloth nappy, a gift from the lovely Deb in Brisbane. It's a medium and fits her perfectly (she's 5.1kgs) but still has lots of room for growth. Not long after this photo was taken, Darcy 'christened' the new nappy with a lovely yellow poo.

Milo vest

Isn't this the sweetest? It's a Milo vest, the first thing I've knitted that isn't a pair of longies or a dishcloth. It was knitted on 4mm circular needles using Morris superwash 8ply merino in Irises colourway. I was a bit apprehensive abouot knitted cabling (see the bottom photo), but it was much easier than it looks (just as my friend Shannon assured me that it would be).

Minutiae of my daily existence

Today, whilst keeping a toddle creatively engaged and a newborn happily breastfed, I achieved the following domestic and not-so-domestic tasks:

- baked cinnamon and brown sugar scrolls. Jambin didn't like them, so I ate the lot!
- took a nap with Darcy snuggled up in the crook of my arm. She was wearing the sleeping bag that belonged to Jambin when he was younger.
- picked up sequins from the floor and under the couch cushions. These were hidden in an art/craft box which I had cunningly hidden at the back of the top shelf of one of Jambin's wardrobes. Thet should not have been reachable by a 27 month old small boy, not even when said boy dragged a chair into his bedroom to investigate what exciting things were on the upper shelves while I was taking a nap.
- read the meeting minutes from my church playgroup committee
- finished knitting a milo vest for Darcy (another post to follow with pics)
- went grocery shopping for dinner ingredients after Gareth arrived home from work. This child-free excursion reminded me how easy grocery shopping is without 2 children in tow.

Kite Flying

Since there have been a few sibling jealousy issues lately, Gareth planned this special activity with Jambin a few weekends ago. We drove to Kidstuff toystore at Woollahra to buy the kite, then walked over to Centennial Park for flying lessons. We didn't stay long as the wind was freezing.

Vacuuming is fun!

We let Jambin empty his box of lentils all over floor. Then, and this was the best bit, I gave him the vacuum cleaner. He thought this was absolutely tops, and set about experimenting with what could be sucked up (teddies, clothes, hair, chalk) and what couldn't (his footstool, the couch, mummy's foot, Darcy)

Poor teddy:

Giving himself a blow-wave:

What I'm reading:

My pretty sweeting

Having just spent a wonderful weekend in Cairns at the wedding of Jambin & Darcy's "Auntie Terri", I couldn't resist titling this post after the quote on the back of the reception table placecards from Shakespeare's Carpe Diem:

"Trip no further, pretty sweeting,
Journey's end in lovers' meeting -
Every wise man's son doth know."
























Is there anything more delicious and kissable than tiny baby toes?
























The pants? Lovingly handknitted by yours truly using my dear friend Shannon's longies pattern, currently offered for free on her blog, but soon to be new and improved and available for purchase. The yarn I used is Woolganics certified organic merino 8ply wool, grown by some obliging sheep in our neighbouring New Zealand. The colour is Grapefruit Moon.