Can't believe she's four already!

This will be quick post: Our cute little baby girl turned four and we threw her a little princess party! I'm so relieved we don't know many people here yet and that she's not even in preschool yet! Here are some impressions...
Ein schneller Post mit vielen Bildern: Unser süßes kleines Baby ist 4 geworden und wir haben ihr eine Prinzessinnenparty geschmissen! Ich bin so froh, dass wir hier noch nicht so viele Leute kennen und dass die Kleine auch noch nicht in der Vorschule ist! Hier ein paar Eindrücke...

Gifts from Germany and Mami & Daddy
Geschenke aus Deutschland und von Mami & Daddy

This is real work...
Das ist ja echte Arbeit...

A Card from Germany!
Eine Karte aus Deutschland!

It's Connie!
Connie!

What's next?
Und jetzt?

Die Maus!
Die Maus!

And an alphabet game!
Und ein Buchstabenspiel!

Now for the pink one...
Jetzt das pinke...

Oooooohhhh.....
Oooooohhh....

A princess dress for our little princess!
Ein Prinzessinnenkleid für unsere kleine Prinzessin!

And then for the princess party!

Und weiter mit der Prinzessinnenparty!

More gifts!
Noch mehr Geschenke!

All decked out in my new princess stuff!
Ordentlich aufebrezelt...

Can I finally eat that cake?
Darf ich jetzt endlich?

And now the royal family needs some sleep...
Und jetzt braucht die königliche Familie etwas Schlaf...

WIP Wednesday

I think I mentioned last week that one of my husband's old friends had a baby without giving us prior notice of the event... How dare he... ;-) Now the little guy is already two weeks old and hasn't yet received his gift! I'm almost done, though. Part one of his gift is this awesome Aviator Hat, designed by Bailee Wellisch (available via Ravelry).

By the way, this is Jolanda modeling the hat for us. Her head is more of a preemie size and yes, she does have some clothes... Well, they would only distract from the cute hat, right?


Part two of the gift are these Boy Striders by CrochetDreamz and they are almost finished, just need to sew on three more buttons. 

 The soft wool (it's a wool-alpaca blend) makes it hard to see the shape, but I'll stuff them with newspaper for the final pictures.

Once these are on their way, I'll make some much needed slippers for my daughter. I even bought the latex for the soles! These are going to be the colors:

And after that I'll make a quick gift for my Dad, whose birthday I forgot... But I have lots of red cotton and likes to relax in the tub, so it'll be something bath-related.

But what I'm really truly itching to get started on is my new woolen skirt for the coming fall/winter! More on that next time, but here are the colors:

Visit Kristine's WIP post and check out what everyone else is working on:

WIP Wednesday

It's Wednesday AGAIN!?
Time flies, I seem to have very little time to crochet and even less time to blog...


Also, I'm spending some time at my parent's place and I'm not sure I have my camera with me. I have lots of yarn, though and more time than at home. On the other hand, my daughter's with me and I'm currently alone with her. Same old, same old... let's check on the camera...


Got it!


This is my newest project: A Shawl, my Mom's birthday present!

I want to keep you in suspense as to what it's going to look like when it's finished... (Actually, I was going to provide a pattern link, but I've had trouble accessing Ravelry for a while, soooooo... screw that.

I also made a little progress on the doggy, but it's too little to show off.

But I also made a cute little munchkin hat for the same baby that's going to receive the dog and I'm in love with it!

And I had to make a quick last minute gift for a second birthday:

When I opened my camera to get the card out, a tiny little thing fell into my hand. Turns out it's the thingy that holds the battery in... I guess I'll be spending the better part of today trying to get it back in... this camera is starting to go... need to save up for a new one!