So, we attempted to get a good Christmas photo when the kids were all dressed up cute after church. Well, let’s just say there are a lot of outtakes.

Merry Christmas, from the Tongs.

And Effie’s new owl hat, just for good measure.

Apparently I hadn’t been checking the weather report, so I was pretty shocked when we woke up to 9 inches of snow! Even though Sam had to skip school today, we made up for it by building a snowman and getting to play outside. It’s pretty gorgeous outside right now- completely blue skies and sunny!

Effie was quite a vision in pink. Little marshmallow baby in her snowsuit!

Sam is learning how to make a perfect a snowball.
Much snow was eaten today. Tasty stuff!

Effie, poor girl, we didn’t have any mittens or gloves her size, so she didn’t last long in the snow. But she did have fun sitting in her cozy-coupe car and attempting to use the shovel.

And, of course, our pitiful small snowman. It wasn’t great snow-man building snow, so this was about as far as we got before people lost interest. Snowball throwing is way more fun, anyway.

But for now, it’s perfect “sitting on the couch and finishing the last minute Christmas gift” weather!

I got two commissioned orders for a delicious cashmere headband, and a pixie hat. I used Palouse Yarn Company (Amaaazing yarns dyed here on the Palouse!)

The headband turned out so squishy and wonderful. I used the yarn held 4 strands thick to make it more bulky. 

And I made another one of my favorite baby hats, The Stella Pixie. I used another Palouse Company Yarn for this one, the Merino Fine,in color “Huron”.

I’ve got to get back to my Christmas knitting, but wanted to keep the blog from going into complete radio silence over the Christmas season! (And hopefully soon baby-season, too!)