Koud!

This week, one morning, we woke up to this:

 

 

A wonderful snowy world! And so early in december, too. Snow makes everything so beautiful, I'd prefer 'snow and cold' to 'not quite so cold, but rainy' any day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Roelof made this great photo of the rosehips in our garden.

 

First thing after breakfast I ran up to the attic to find warm outdoor clothes for Thomas and Isabel.

 

Rosalie went to school on her bicycle, not afraid of cold or slippery roads. Good for her!

 

Thomas and Isabel were impressed by this change that had ocurred overnight!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We didn't stay out to long, though.

Isabel fell face down in the snow and decided she didn't like it! She cried and walked straight back to the door!

 

She did, however, learn a new word:

 

KOUD

( = COLD)

 

So that made us very proud. Children with pws are slow in developing language, but Isabel has now really started to say words and names. We started with sign language, maybe six months ago, to help her understand language and give her the tools to actually say things. After learning some signs I think she really understood what it was all about. So now she's trying words, it's hard for her to pronounce them because of her low muscle tone. But it's so good to see her try and just get it!

 

Besides these few words she now knows - mama, papa, koek (cookie), opa (granddad), oma (grandma), paard (horse), boek (book) and ja (yes) - she also still uses her own flow of sounds, telling her own 'stories' as she plays or walks around. And she understands just about anything we say.

So, Isabel, you are doing great!

 

 

What better to do on a cold day than stay inside and knit?

This jumble of yarn and stitches will be a sweater some time soon (soon? we'll see...).

 

 

It's Camden by Ashley Adams Moncrief from Knitty magazine (www.knitty.com).
I love the bobble pattern, I also like the detachable sleeves, but probably won't have anough yarn for those. I'm knitting with a wonderful organic alpaca, so soft! I don't think I have ever knitted myself a sweater before that didn't consist of a collection of rectangles (one for the front, one for the back and two for the sleeves) and those were knitted a long time ago!

Back to my knitting now, I might just have time for one more round!