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Our family is growing, and with it, Christmas is changing for us:)  Oh, it’s till presents and family get-togethers, and for me, cherishing and rejoicing that Jesus gave up the privileges of being God to become one of us.  But we now have to spread it out!

My youngest son Russell’s mother-in-law just got married, so she now goes to her in-laws for Christmas Eve.  We all get together at my house or her house for Thanksgiving, so this year for Christmas, she had us all over for the “eve” of Christmas Eve — Wednesday night.  We had tamales (traditional Hispanic Christmas food), and rice, etc. She even gave me a gift, a  container of “chocolates of the world”!

Then Christmas Eve we all went to Russell’s house and exchanged presents.  My daughter and her husband then left to go to her in-law’s for the rest of Christmas Eve.  My daughter in law fixed a wonderful dinner, and Russ barbecued tri-tip roast for the meal.  I brought creamed corn, which everybody has always loved since I brought it to  my in-laws for Thanksgiving.  After being with family I went to my church’s 11 pm Christmas Eve service for the first time — it was the most joyous service I’ve ever attended!

Then on Christmas morning my grandson went to his dad’s house (it’s part of having divorced parents, but he takes it all in stride), to be with daddy and grandma and open presents there, etc.

Late Christmas morning I went back to Russell’s house just to hang out.  Baby Mila is so precious, she recognizes me now and smiles when she sees me.  She is so cute, she “talks” a lot, even moves her tongue to try and imitate speech.  Her big present was an activity center you sit in the middle of and play with about 8 different things, and she was laughing and talking and singing to the toys.

Late in the afternoon they went to my daughter in law’s grandmother’s house, and I could have gone, but instead I went home (they live about 4 blocks away) and took a nap and started knitting again.

Like my last blog said, I’m learning to make hats.  I finished hats for the 3 grandchildren here (of course little Mila looks so cute in her pink hat), and Russell’s mom-in-law saw the hats and asked me to make her one.

I’m finding knitting is very relaxing once I settle into the routine of the pattern.  So I’m looking into knitting hats for charity.  Any of you who knit or crochet and love it and have run out of people to make thiings for, charity would be a great way to go.  Many of the organizations are looking for yarn donations, too, even “scraps”… so it would be a great way to get rid of what you don’t need.

One good way to find out about organizations is on the www.lionbrand.com  website.  This is the time of year we should be thinking about people less fortunate, so I think it’s appropriate to include this in a blog about Christmas.

I hope you all had a joyous and relaxing Christmas, too.  Blessings to everybody!

Love to all, Gerrie

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I have a small head.  Adult hats swim on me, and those adjustable baseball hats just look funny when they’re made to be small enough to stay on my head properly.  According to the measureents, my size is child’s medium (according to Land’s End). 

Donna7  showed hats she’s made, and that gave me the idea to learn to knit hats for myself and my grandkids. I searched the internet and found a few hat patterns that seemed easy enough, bought some yarn and long knitting needles, and started in.  My grandmother taught me to knit when I was a little girl, but the only garment I’ve ever made till now has been a scarf.  I have crocheted lots of things, though.

I’m not very fast, I made lots of mistakes, and it took me over a week to make one.  But it’s a HAT, and it fits me, which means it will fit at least one grandson (his size baseball cap fits me perfectly).  So now to make more:)

Why post this?  Because if I can do it, so can you.  The internet, YouTube especially, is full of videos on how to knit and crochet.  It’s where I looked to learn how to cast on stitches, how to decrease, and how to bind off (close off the last row), and especially, how to purl.  I never could figure that out till watching YouTube videos.

Try it, you might like it, and like me, find it to be a bit of a stress-reliever. 

Love to all,
Gerrie

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