The Giving Season

My husband thinks of this time of year as "Football Season"

My kids think of it as "Cookie Season"

My mom thinks of it as "Shopping Season"

But me, I like to think of it as the "Giving Season"

I know that you knitters, you're good, kind, caring and generous folks. Stephanie over at Yarn Harlot has confidence that y'all are VERY generous people, and I think that together we can even exceed her ambitious expectations. So, I'm doing my part by offering a wee bit of an incentive, if you will. What could be better than a little pixie to help you make your donation?



(no, not the baby. you don't get to keep him, he's mine and I'm not giving him up!) But, you do get the hat. Well, the pattern for the hat, that is.

Now through January, I'm going to be donating all of the sales of the new Winter Pixie hat to Steph's Doctors Without Borders campaign. So, buy a pattern, knit a cute hat, and feel good that you're participating in the best season of all - the Giving Season.

Pictures

I have spent the last several evenings going through all the pictures on my hard drive. 6 years of pictures, people. I'm only doing it because hubby asked for two photo albums with family pictures in them for christmas (we've definitely been victims of the digital camera, I can't even remember the last time I had real prints made! Bad mommy!)

My head is swimming, but it's been fun to take a (virtual) walk down memory lane and see how my children have grown over these past few years. It's been wonderful to watch my eldest go from a toddling babe to a georgeous young man. (Witness the stunning pic below, taken with my nifty new camera, which I am IN LOVE with. It's a panasonic lumix, with a nifty leica lens that takes rather fantastic photos)



I honestly cannot even believe that this boy is mine. He amazes me more every single day, he's creative, full of wonder, polite, and really, a joy. (Except when he's screaming at his brothers. Then I want to kill him)

That is the same boy in this picture, from about 4 years ago. I came across it in my pictures searches tonight, and played around a bit with it in photoshop. The end result you see here is magical, I think.