But my sweater is finally done, and I'm smitten with it.
I even found the perfect buttons for it.
I did my steeks differently than most people did because I'm not great with a sewing machine. (I took art in middle school instead of sewing.) I used Eunny Jang's method of crocheting a chain on either side of the stitches you want to cut up and since it worked in her vest pattern so well I used it here too. It takes a lot longer but I think the end result is much tidier. I know I'm going to get a lot of wear out of this sweater, I am just so pleased with it.
Halloween was great this year. Lilly really caught on to the concept, unlike last year where she stood at people's doors and then cried when they opened them. She makes a cute little pirate.
Mama's scurvy little pirate.
"Pirates say AAARRRGGGGHHHH!!!"
And my youngest niece, my SIL's baby girl, got quite a bit of attention over her cute little love bug costume. She was tuckered out pretty quickly though.
Unfortunately Miss Lilly hasn't been able to eat much of her candy because we are locked in the epic battles that most parents of 3 year old's go through; potty training and eating. She's being really resistant to using the toilet and I'm reluctant to give her any sort of reward because of that. Also I refuse to give the child candy when she doesn't touch her dinner. It's one of those rules my mom had that I hated as a kid but I've become a lot more paranoid about sugar after finding out about my own insulin resistance. I figure if she's not hungry enough to eat a fairly healthy meal then the last thing she needs is to be eating empty carbs and refined sugar.
I suppose this makes me one of those 'mean mom's' but I'm too educated about nutrition now to let her develop bad eating habits. She's had some of her candy, don't get me wrong I'm not that evil. But at the rate she's going most of it will be stale before she gets to eat it. There has also been a clear change in my eating habits. Before I would gorge myself on Halloween candy, chocolate especially. But the fact that candy can go stale in my house speaks a lot about how much my food habits have improved. Cutting a lot of the sugar and junk out of my diet has had a weird side effect; I don't crave it anymore.
Wow! Your Kauni is gorgeous! I love the buttons too. And look at you lil' ones, just too cute. :)
ReplyDeleteThe sweater is beautiful. Lilly looks great as a pirate. Looks like she had tonnes of fun.
ReplyDeleteI have two girls and the potty training experience was extremely different with both my girls. You are probably asking yourself why, and I'll tell you.
My older daughter had a heck of a time with the whole toilet training because, I pushed her to do it when she wasn't ready (she was 2.9 years old), I put a lot of pressure on her.
It took till she was 6 to go pee at school and not be afraid of public toilets.
My big bad mistake that I share with as many people as I can, because I don't want another child to go through what she did, all because of my frustration with the whole toilet issue.
My 2nd one at the age almost 3, told me she wasn't a baby and didn't want to wear diapers anymore. She had accidents but I didn't make a big deal of it. We never bribed her.
I never once asked her to potty train, she decided all on her own. No pressure from mommy, makes it all too easy the 2nd time around.
I hope my experience with potty training helps you.
I think our problem is that she was ready at two and we sort of ignored it because we though she was too young. Now at three she wants no part of it. I try not to push her too much and I hope that eventually she'll want to get 'big girl panties' and that will be motovation enough for her. Right now she doesn't want to stop playing or doing whatever she may currently be doing to stop and use the bathroom and it's making me nuts because she'll just lie about it so I won't change her and then she ends up with diaper rash. When she pees I've started to make her change her own pull-ups and she seems to be making the connection that it's just faster to use the toliet so she doesn't have to change herself.
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