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What I wanted to tell you about, before the kiddos interrupted me for days, was, well, who the hell knows what it was anymore. Here, at least, is what I remember from the last few days.

The theme this year was the Olympics and we couldn't resist taking this picture of all the kids on the medal stand. They weren't quite in birth order. S (the second born) snatched gold away from B by finishing his hot dog first.

This was not an easy picture to take as wee one didn't really understand the concept and B (the first born) wasn't quite satisfied with his position. Take a look at the first try. The maze was fun though. It was a beautiful day. And I even did a little bit of knitting in the car on the way.

What am I knitting right now? Well, in Germany, I finished up the pink baby sweater set that I started shortly before we left.

Ooooh, I just loved those stripes and those large poofy sleeves. I was also really drawn to the orange color. The yellow is kinda blech, so when I went yarn shopping, I picked me out a pretty little pink to pair with the orange. The local yarn store by my in-laws has a nice selection of Lana Grossa yarns and I remembered enjoying the Cool Wool 2000 when I got some at New Year's for an itty bitty bunny ears hat, so I decided to go with that again. As you can see from my progress, I have had almost as much knitting time recently as I have had blogging time!

And the busy days and tired nights aren't over just yet. We've got company! My brother-in-law came to visit. We just saw him in Germany and now he's over here visiting friends and us. Wee one is very confused.

Oh, and did I mention that I'm moving and reorganizing the entire yarn stash again?

I've finally kicked myself out of wee one's room. My desk is gone (I now have half a cabinet in the kitchen for my desk stuff - city living with three kids is tough!) and the yarn is next. Then wee one will have her own little room all to herself with plenty of space for her toy stroller and doll house and all the other pink stuff still to come. Now I merely have to find a way to squeeze my yarn stash into the built-in sideboard in the dining room. The boys' games used to be in there, but they've been evicted (the games, not the boys). Essentially, I've spent the last month or so (before we left and after returning), moving everything from downstairs upstairs and everything from the left side of the house to the right side of the house. But soon, very soon, it will all be done.

posted by alison at 12:04 pm | in rebecca , vacation 2008

Comments

My you are a busybee, arent you? I dont understand how you manage to do it all.
Your kiddos are super cute!

Posted by: Carmen at September 4, 2008 1:02 PM

Organizing can be busy and tiring work. My dad has just moved in with us so our spare room has become his room - so now I have to figure out where to put everything.

Posted by: Becky at September 4, 2008 2:42 PM

I expect you'll be getting more knitting time now that the boys are back in school. I can picture that sweater on you. It will be adorable. :)

Posted by: Erica at September 4, 2008 2:52 PM

Glad to hear all is well - love that corn maze too, we have to get there soon! Enjoy the stripes and good luck with the stash move :-) maybe you'll realize you have room for more??

Posted by: thea at September 4, 2008 3:40 PM

The corn maze photos look great. All the parents were ready to dance for joy when the school bus pulled away that first day. We were all glad to have a few hours to ourselves each day. : )

Your peace knits set is adorable.

Posted by: Jennifer at September 4, 2008 3:47 PM

Oh that Rebecca Sweater also catched my eye when flipping through the magazine at my LYS, but I couldn't imagine wearing those sleaves. I am excited how yours will turn out and more, how it will look on you. The Kids Pics are wonderfull, although I liked more the first try :)

Liebe Grüße

Posted by: Sibylle at September 4, 2008 4:51 PM

The sweater set is so cute! And I like the new sweater you've started for yourself. I wonder if short people with little arms would look any good in that...

Posted by: Melissa at September 4, 2008 6:32 PM

A lot going on and all lots of fun. I love that sweater in rebecca as well. I am still deciding on yarn though or maybe asking my Oma to hook me up :) Looking forward to yours. I was wondering if your boys speak german and if wee one was learning it? I am German and and very slowly in the process of trying to teach it to my son, i am kinda wishing i had started when he was younger (he is 4).

Posted by: Myriam at September 4, 2008 9:16 PM

Hey Myriam. Yes, the boys do speak German and so does wee one! Check out my comment to this post for some more details. I think it's incredibly important that the kids speak the language of both of their homelands. Germany and German are their country and culture as much as America and American English. So don't give up on teaching your son! :)

Posted by: ALISON at September 4, 2008 9:38 PM

Your twins are cute!:) They are so alike! hehe Anyway, i love your peace baby set lots!

Posted by: deb at September 5, 2008 2:04 AM

This was just such a fun post from start to finish! I love the medal stand pictures, especially the one that didn't go so well. ;-)

Posted by: HEJ at September 5, 2008 9:36 AM

Glad you are getting back to the swing of things. I LOVE, LOVE your new Rebecca sweater - it looks awesome with the pink too (I know, I really do like the pink in there)!

Posted by: Dani at September 5, 2008 10:43 AM

WOW. is all I have to say :-D
I truly hope that one of these days my family will make it back over to visit Ed's sister in MA. If we do, I would really like to take them to the maze.
I must say. I like some oranges. Gil looks good in orange and I like your choice of yarn. the white and orange go very well together. that sweater should look pretty nifty, I think.
and i'll say it again, I love the peace baby combo..the green and the pink really go well.

Posted by: Orli at September 7, 2008 3:04 AM

I love the Peace Baby set. I keep meaning to knit one for each of my girls and then I get distracted. :)

Posted by: Jess P at September 12, 2008 2:41 PM