Heading into the autumn

This week the cold arrived. Inthe mornings we have 1 degree Celsius. In the weekend it was still summer,

and now Klári wears a hat and a scarf when we are walking to the kindergarten.

The sun is rising in a different place, and much later. 

The light is coming from a completely different direction.

And I started to drink tea. Black tea, without sugar - it is part of the autumn-winter for me.

This cup belonged to my grandmother. It was part of my childhood. It is a luck that we have all 6 of them. I really enjoy motherhood with this boy. He is much calmer than his sister was. We have difficult periods, like now, when his teeth are errupting, but generally he is the kid I never thought I will have.

He is 8 months today. He is a big boy. Mommy's big boy...
With him I can knit quite a lot. I have the first pair of socks for this cold season.

I love how easy to knit these are. I love the simple lace-panel.

And I love that I do not need a chart for it.

The yarn is Vendita Sockenwolle, knitted 2-at-a-time, toe-up, on 2.5 mm needles,

with Fish Lips Kiss heels.
Now I am knitting a hat for Poppyseed, his head grew so much that it is impossible to put on the hat I made for him in February. I have an idea, which keeps coming into my mind and I must test it. 

First day of kindergarten

We had it today.
After a beautiful and long summer holiday today I took Klári to the kindergarten. She was waiting for it - and if I want to be sincere, I was waiting for it, too. It is hard to be at home with the two because they have a completely different rhythm - and all different of mine. Of course, one can adapt to them both, but that means that lots of things will have to be put aside. And it is even harder since Poppyseed started to explore the apartment.
I will start with a much needed cleaning now.
Anyhow, we had a great summer.

Yesterday, as an end chapter of the summer we went to Sovata,

but we ended up in Praid,

Bucin

and Gheorgheni basin too.

There it is real autumn.
We had a beautiful travel home, a quick rain washed away the dust.

It was good to be outdoors,

to get into the Mures probably the last time this year.

Anyhow, we plan some outdoors programs for a warm October weekend in the Mures defile.

But now, the end of summer is proved by the blooming of autumn crocuses...

Winter holiday

If I want to be correct, it is only holiday. We have no winter. It is so strange, usually at this time of the year we had snow, even if it melted for Christmas. But now --- nothing.
It is raining instead.
But anyhow, I will enjoy this time of the year.
I never ever in my life had such a difficult time as I had now. Until the beginning of December I thought, that it cannot be worse. Well, it could. Actually, at the office we had a shock, which, for the last two weeks kept us in a zombie-state.
I was so badly affected that I could not concentrate on anything. Not even knitting - more "complicated" stitches than stockinette were impossible for me to do.
On Friday afternoon I finally turned off my job-phone and put it away (I mean: away, so that I cannot see it) and since I feel a liberated.
Starting with tomorrow I will be at home with the baby. Just us, ladies, like in good old times.

I like to be with her at home.
It is so good to spend the morning with her cuddling under the blanket and discussing important stuff, like why don't we go to the kindergarten or how the wheels of her wooden car are turning around.
The happenings of the last weeks made me realize how blessed I am, that I can hug her when I want to and every evening I can kiss her good night. 
In a few days there will be Christmas. And then we will be at home all three of us, all our family.
I plan to knit some and hope to get out my sewing machine again.
About knitting: during the past days stockinette helped me though.
I have a new sweater. Almost plain stockinette, other stitches than that are made yesterday and today (after Husband's Christmas party on Friday evening, oh, that also helped me a lot).
And finally, today I bought batteries for my camera (that also created problems), and if the weather and the lights will allow me, tomorrow I will take photos of the pullover.
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Life is a beautiful gift.
Freedom is fantastic.
Christmas season is the best time of the year.
Knitting is the best therapy in bad times.