knitting by the fire

December 15, 2010 Julie (little Cotton Rabbits)28 Comments

I still haven't ventured out into the crowds of christmas shoppers, I'd much rather be right here…

…knitting mittens. The top left ones are for my Dad (made with yarn gifted to me a while ago by the lovely Michaela). Last christmas I'd only finished one and wrapped it for him with the promise that the second would follow shortly and suddenly here we are 12 months later! You will get your pair of mittens this Christmas Dad! The other two pairs are for me because you can never have too many mittens!

Anyway all this mitten knitting has led me to resort to internet shopping for our most of my present buying and our Christmas food and drink. I just hope that the deliveries don't get stuck in Christmas snow! I'm remembering an episode of The Good Life where Margot's entire christmas delivery didn't arrive. I do hope I won't be saying 'Christmas has not been delivered to this house' on Christmas morning!

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feeling festive

December 13, 2010 Julie (little Cotton Rabbits)27 Comments

Thanks so much for the good wishes, Amy's school play was wonderful and I did cry buckets!

We're now in the last week before the schools break up and so it's really the last chance to get all the christmas shopping and preparation done before my little lovelies suck up all my free time! The trouble is I can't seem to motivate myself to go and join the fray. I'm happy here in a peaceful house with my quiet knitting. I do feel very festive though despite the lack of decorations – it's our christmas tradition to put up the tree and decorate the house on the day after the schools break up. I'm even seeing things in my coffee – kind of looks like a snowman or an angel or have I already succumbed to christmas madness?!

What's your run up to christmas been like so far, calm or crazed?

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the christmas play

December 7, 2010 Julie (little Cotton Rabbits)32 Comments

At around 2.30pm today I shall be weeping and sniffling into a large bunch of tissues (in a highly sentimental and very proud way) as I watch Amy perform in her school play. She's pleased as punch to have been given the part of Mary in a play called the Christmas Jazz and sings a very beautiful solo song towards the end. I think part of me will be weeping at it being her last school play of junior school. Next year secondary school will engulf her and I'm sure the changes it will bring to her, although a necessary part of growing up, will cause me to weep many more times!

I know I'll not be alone in needing tissues today so I'll wish all you parents watching your children in their school plays over the next 2 weeks a very happy weep and don't forget to charge up your camera batteries!