Project 2 progress

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have officially completed the back panel of DDs cable jumper . I'm feeling pretty proud of my creation as I'm not hugely experienced with cable knitting. Once I got past the first few cable rows with the help of Mrs P at knit and natter,  I was able to keep myself in pattern.

And so onto the sleeves. I knit sleeves together so I can make sure they are the same length. It's also a little less boring than having to knit one then the other. 

 Hopefully I will speed through these quite quickly over the weekend and move onto the front piece.

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The girls have an announcement

II'm sure you can guess the big news from the photo (just!). Baby Random 3 is officially a boy and from what we saw on the scan he's pretty proud of it. The sonographer said they never garentee the gender from a scan but if she was a betting lady her money would be pretty safe. Sounds good enough to me!

We ttook the girls to McDonald's for a treat and told them together before anyone else.  Then popped over the road from the restaurant to buy something blue for the baby together. We couldn't resist the little brother tshirt for the photo announcement. 

And here he is. Looking happy,  healthy and wiggly. He's also sucking his fist which the girls both did from birth. 

Annoyingly I was right all along about my placenta being in the front as I've yet to feel any kicks but I can feel him somersaulting and see him changing position by watching my belly. Hopefully in time it will move up and I will get some nudges.

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a day at the farm

We used our aannual pass to a local farm yesterday first the first time in 2015. The sun was shining and we took a little picnic with us so we could stay for lunch if we fancied.

DD was very brave ffeeding some of the animals with our complementary bag of animal feed.

Baby D liked 

 the parK best, espespecially the slide! Her new welly boots were given a good first run in every puddle and muddy patch we could find.

Both girls enjoyed watwatching the baby quail chicks in the little nursery area. I thpught I may have to pat them down before we left the shed though,  they were desperate to take one home.

Baby D was cocompletely worn out after all the walking and puddle splashing. She had a lovely nights sleep, so she's all ready and fresh for her first day at preschool today.

 I'm going to blub like a baby once she's gone in. :(

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Upcycle Saturday

While washing up this morning I noticed a crack in the bottom of my favourite Cath kidston mug. One slight tap with a nail later It had broken :(

But rather than just bung it in the bin I filled it with compost, and rehomed my celery from it's jam jar on the windowsill. Until my plant has I

it's spring growth spurt I can still enjoy my mug for a few more weeks. 

I also refilled the girls sticking box. DDs school send home letters almost daily with dates and announcements. The letters are usually on pastel colour paper and only printed one side so once they are no longer needed I've been chopping them up into squares and triangles for craft time. 

Small things but every penny soon adds up right?

What have you upcycled lately folks,  drop me a comment and let me know. 

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Friday nightmares

 Excuse the rubbish post tonight folks. DD has not survived the first week back at school very well, poor thing is so tired its like living with some sort of demon.
 Microwave meals and a warm relaxing bath were the only way to cope.
 Normal service resumes tomorrow.
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Thursday adventures

I found myself child free today between 9 and 3. I can't remember the last time I had so much time to spend with only myself for company.  It certainly felt rather odd!

I had a lovely morning with my crafting friends at knit and natter. Followed by Welsh Rarebit at a local tea room.  It was quite novel to eat it hot and all to myself :)

I had a nice afternoon mooch about the shop looking for ideas for finishing off our new bathroom. I was on the hunt for navy and white striped towels but I had no luck. I will have to go into a bigger town centre I think to find them. 

I did like the chrome shower holder set above though.

And I managed 

to squeeze in a quick visit to my favourite chazza.  Just in time to snap up this cute alphabet blanket. It looks brand new and handmade so I snapped it up for the hefty sum of £1!  On closer inspection once home it has a tiny hole in each corner so I suspect it was used as a wall hanging in its previous home. I've tucked it away in my baby stash for now,  I think the colours are neutral enough for either sex.

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Project One for 2015 complete!

I've been desperately trying to wait until our scan next week before knitting for the new baby.  As long as Baby Random behaves we should know the flavour on the 14th. I can't believe we're almost half way through! 

A friend passed the wool used above my way just before Christmas, and when I saw the neutral set on Ravelry I couldn't resist.  I think I pop them into my hospital bag to take with me on the big day. 

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