another birthday ice skating party . .

yes, it was another birthday ice skating party today! this time we celebrated amelia's birthday. she turned fourteen! (oh my goodness, how they grow.) we met at the "pond" at 10 am.

all of us had a wonderful time skating. it was grey and drizzly again! but that was fine . . as it kept the crowds away and left the rink quiet. (this, of course, will change as it gets closer to the holidays!)

leigh, lizette, and the birthday mama, joanna (on the right).

here is amelia, the birthday girl, with the bag morgana made for her.

ok. i couldn't resist a few close up photos of m's bag. she does beautiful work. i love the lining she chose.

this is the lining of the strap, which she put on the outside so the rougher sweater part would stay up on amelia's shoulder better.

many of our friends do gorgeous handwork. this is evan's necklace that he made for her. (you can see him in the picture below, in the blue hat and scarf that his mama knitted.)

they are admiring the ruffle scarf that our friend barbara made.

i haven't made a ruffle scarf in awhile. i made three one year, one each for k,m and c. i used knitpick's ambrosia yarn which they no longer carry. so sad! it was the softest and loveliest yarn: a mixture of merino and cashmere. hmmm. i wonder if anyone has it in their stash on ravelry?

and here is a pretty scarf that deychen made.

i'm not sure what yarn this is, but it was incredibly soft!

. . a beautiful journal from tibet. it says "om," in tibetan.

chanda had a violin lesson, and tessa had an acting character class, so cindi and i left a little earlier than the others. morgana stayed on to skate a little longer.

here are two special friends. we thought it was amusing to have the poster of harry in the background. (he is all the rage these days . . ) both tessa and chanda are reading the books year by year. they are both eleven and have read the first book. many of their friends have read all the books, and several of their older friends have seen the movie (twice now!). i'm glad they have each other's company in this adventure.