FO report: Miss Abbey for my girls

Technically this is a throwback Thursday post as well since these projects were finished last year but I never blogged about them.

One of the things that excited me about having another girl was being able to knit them matching things!  Last year, I bought this cotton yarn on extreme sale!  I can't remember how much I paid for it but it was less than $10 for a full bag of it!  I wasn't sure what I was going to knit with it however was excited when I found the perfect pattern.  So here I present to you two Miss Abbey tops for my girls.

Project details
Pattern: Miss Abbey by Terri Kruse
Yarn: Laines du Nord Papiro
Cast on date for Carmen's: June  9 2013
Finished date for Carmen's: July 14 2013
Cast on date for Maria's: July 16 2013
Finished date for Maria's: September  1 2013
Notes: I love how these came out!  I was worried about how I would like knitting with cotton because usually I'm not a fan.  The way this yarn is constructed made it have a little bit of stretch and that helped with the knitting process.   The pattern is knit from the top down, is easy to follow and a quick knit.  I would definitely recommend the pattern to anyone who wants something simple or is new to knitting garments. I still have some more of it so I hope to make something else as well.

Happy Knitting!

Catching up: Sister together!

And we'll round out the iPhone photo dump with pictures of the girls together!  Love these!

And again...try to pick your favorite? Love these girls!

Catching up: Toddler world!

And now for Carmen's turn...

Now try to pick a favorite of these? Just wait until next blog post with the girls together...it will be the hardest then!

Weekend Love: Beach, pool, boating, and some golf!

This weekend was one of those great weekends where we packed it full of fun things, but also got time to rest and clean the house a bit.  Saturday was FULL of water play and awesome!  We started the day with a meet up with our friends K and T at the beach!  The four of us gals had a blast playing in the sand and water!  The weather was perfect and company even better!

Carmen then passed out on the way home and took a nice 2 hour nap and then was ready to head to her Papa's house for more water fun!  She swam with her daddy and had too much fun being silly!  We then went on a fun boat ride, but no pictures because I am too nervous to bring my iPhone with us.  She had a blast on the boat and said hi and bye to other boaters and liked to make noises as we sped through the water.  After all the fun water play, she had dinner and cuddled with her Papa and her dollies.

Sunday morning, Special K, Carmen and I headed to Walmart to pick up her first set of golf clubs.  Special K had seen them there for around $5!  It was worth every penny!  Watching the two of them play with these clubs, was priceless!  It was another warm day but we chose a park by the water so there was a nice breeze!

I took the following video and all I can say is could this be any cuter?

And how cute is this!  I could just follow her all day. :)

After the lesson, we sat on the sidewalk and ate snack with the squirrels and birds.  We kept the animals away from Carmen, but Special K couldn't help but try to feed the squirrels out of his hands.  He did get a little snip from the squirrel!  

 On our way home after her golf lesson, she fell asleep and took a 3 hour nap!  The rest of the afternoon was spent coloring, running around the house, and watching Despicable Me or ilo and itch.

We ended the weekend with a Google+ hangout with CGR's Grandma Shari while we ate dinner.    As I said, the weekend was full of awesome but relaxing.  I felt refreshed going into my work week, which is always a great thing!

Happy Weekending!