Lila Doll!

Doll by Claire Garland for my niece, Lila!

Wearing the skirt, tank top, hat and purse...stylin!

Hat

Purse

Swimsuit

Tank top

Dress

Bag to put everything in!

Phat Tuesday!!!

Happy Phat Tuesday (Mardi Gras 2010)!!

Wear your beads proudly!:)

Finished Object: Crocheted Rectangular Lapghan for my niece, Lila. Her birthday is Mar. 2 and made her this blanket to snuggle up with when she reads the books I'm sending her too! Such fun girly colors too...pinks her favorite color!:) She is so much fun to knit/crochet for, I'm always finding cute things to make for her. It's also awesome because she really loves what I make for her. Besides Jimmy she's my favorite person to make things for!:)

Another fabulous lapghan for the charity contest! This one was crocheted by Jo (bellatrix). It is a crocheted entrelac pattern, very beautiful.

I took three blankets with me to the nursing home yesterday to see what kind of response I was going to get from the staff. On Ravelry I went into the whole fiasco with social workers....No one said a word to me yesterday. I gave my Grandma the one I made for her (she wrapped it around herself like a shawl...hey they have a duel use)....gave the deaf lady a bright red one which she loved and had to show me that it matched her decorative pillow :).....then I gave another lady one which was DawnRene's....the lady teared up and said "it was the most beautiful thing she'd ever had...perfect size...so much work...loved the colors...then told me she used to knit socks for the soldiers in the war!" I got lots of hugs and kisses! Such a joy to see them enjoy them! They had to keep comparing their blankets saying "mines prettier than yours" so funny! Think I will continue to pass them out this way...a few at a time to those I see alone a lot. My Grandma is even wanting some of the lapghan patterns to help make them for the nursing home! Think she's getting her crochet mojo back!:)

From my niece...

My sweet niece, Lila, sent me this beautiful yarn as a thank you for making her her special pig! She named the pig "Barnyard." I'm wondering if she picked that name from the pink pig book I sent with it, I should of read it!:) They picked the Earth Arts Churro yarn when they were visiting Ghost Ranch. Wish she didn't live so far away in NM where I could give her a big hug! Virtual hugs and kisses sent her way....xoxoxo

Lila Pig!

Christmas knitting....a special pig for my niece, Lila!

Can't wait to see what she thinks of it....oink, oink, oink!:)

Lila Baby!

This is the baby doll I made for when Lila visited this weekend!

What's really cool is in German the word for lavendar violet color is Lila!:)

Holding her baby as she watched Finding Nemo!

Laughing at me as I try to get her to smile for the camera!

Really trying not to look at me for the picture!:)

So happy she loved her baby!

Happy Father's Day!

James and Lila reading books together...she loves to read them over and over!:)

Lila playing beach ball...having so much fun tossing it at James and I....she really likes it when it pushes James over! Fun times!

Dawn and Lila!

Jimmy and Lila playing "food" together. She really liked playing with the birthday cake and singing to the baby I made her! She'd laugh so hard when I pretended to eat it all gone!:)

Lila and James!

Happy Father's Day to all the wonderful Daddy's out there!

My Niece!

My niece, Lila, and my brother in law came to visit us this weekend!

She wanted to wear her ballerina outfit today!:)She danced around for me too!

Fuji still doesn't know what this little person is...so she's just going to watch her!:) At least she has stopped barking at her...still barking at my bil though! Found Jimmy's big bucket of Little People for her to play with and she has had a blast with them!

Jimmy gave her one of his bears! So sweet, he's been really good with her. He played ball with her, ring toss game and watched Finding Nemo with her. If he goes out of the room she goes looking for him...."Jimmy wear are you?", so cute! More fun tomorrow....