Super Busy Weekend!

Well this weekend was packed full of activities, so I got zero crafting completed. We had a great time at Duck's Tacky Sweater Party on Friday, Jaxon's 3rd birthday party on Saturday, and Club Haven's Christmas Jammies Party on Saturday night. Here are the highlights from each party:

Duck, Me, Tom, and Christine in festive sweaters:


Jaxon in the bouncy boxing ring Troy rented for the party:


Jaxon's birthday is exactly Evan's half birthday, 6 months!


Jaxon blowing out his 3rd birthday candle:



Ryan and I in matching pjs:


Christine in our footed onesie pjs:


So much fun!

Free Money!

This is totally random, but if you were thinking about getting DirecTV, call 1-866-443-8869 and tell them I referred you with this account number: 82876421 before the new year and we will both get $100 credit! Pretty sweet deal. Also, if you are looking for an apartment in the Clear Lake TX area, I recommend The Park at Waterford Harbor. They're really nice and very animal friendly and we have a view! Tell them Jaclyn Wolfe and Christine Furgione sent you!

OMG, Santa!

We took the puppies to see Santa at the Baybrook Mall last night. There were lots of puppies and even a bunny in line to see the big man. Baloo and Bernoulli were so good with kids petting them and adults talking to them and other doggies saying hello! I was very proud of how well they acted and how good they were for the picture. Here is a look at the picture they took:



And this is Baloo and I in line:


The adorable bow ties I ordered from etsy can be found here: Bowties!
Can't wait for the Christmas card!

In the 30s in Houston!?!?

I always ask my friends if they want me to knit them something. It gives me a (sort of) legitimate reason to go out and buy yarn and find a new project to tackle. This one was fairly easy, I made a beanie type hat for my friend Anders. I used 100% organic cotton yarn and a pattern by Woolly Wormhead found here: HAT!. It's actually forecasted to snow on Friday in Houston! So, maybe he'll get to use it before he goes home to Wisconsin for Christmas :) Here's a few pics:

'Winter' is here!

So now that it's getting really cold in all places not Houston I've started amping up my knitting. I've started a blanket for one set of friends and a beanie for another friend and I just finished this really fun hood/scarf project. Lately when I see something knit that is an interesting design or form I print out the picture and try to ad-lib a pattern for it. I saw a really chunky scarf with a hood connected and Christine was really excited about the picture so I decided to try it. I made the scarf part a little smaller and used a different stitch, but I think it turned out really neat and more practical than 8 pounds of scarf. Here are some pics of the project laying flat, I'll have to get Christine to model it for me later.

Dalmatians for Anders

Last year for Anders' birthday I attempted to make a chocolate cake with a cream cheese ribbon through it. That resulted in two cake pans with chocolate cake on the top and cream cheese goo severly stuck to the pan. So for Valentine's day I made another attempt at 'Dalmation cupcakes'. The recipe worked out really well. I make my own dark chocolate cake batter and fill the liners about halfway or 2/3rds full. Then I make the cream cheese mixture with semi-sweet chocolate chips and add one cookie scoop of that to each liner. The cipcakes end up looing like chocolate cupcakes from the outside but they have a yummy cream cheese surprise :) I topped Anders' birthday cupcakes off this year with cream cheese icing at his request. This is what thy look like on the inside:

Happy Housewarming Kristine and Loi!

My friend, Kristine and her boyfriend, Loi, recently had a house built here in Houston. It's everything they've ever wanted because they had it built to their specifications and it's amazing! They did a really great job painting and decorating and I can't wait to hang out there all the time! for their housewarming bbq I made some red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese icing! I have just one pic of them right after I finished icing them:



Congratulations Kristine, Loi, and Roxy :)