Unsupervised

Yesterday afternoon, the boys played downstairs (except when they were shooting nerf darts at each other). They weren't too quiet, so we didn't worry too much.

Later, after soccer practices and dinner, I went downstairs, and this is what I saw:They built a roller coaster from paper and tape. (Please ignore the mess/clutter. It is the playroom after all.) I asked about it, and they are quite proud of it. It works!

Now you know why they aren't allowed power tools and chemistry sets.

Below is a picture of the cycling armwarmer. I like the bright colors. It's more of the soft Knit Picks Felici yarn. I need to go rest again. This is a really, really bad cold.

Breathe in, Breathe out

Lent is over.

Holy Week is over.

Easter (the day) is over. Easter the season won't be over for 48 more days, but it's not the intensity of Holy Week/Easter Day.

Anyway, I/we have been busy. We colored eggs:


The Wiz will eat hard boiled eggs. Game Boy will not. I'm eating them for breakfast. Do you know how important eggs are to me? Being a celiac/severely allergic type, eggs in their many forms are a huge staple of my diet.

Easter was pretty much low-key. The Collar's parents did not come down, as his father wasn't feeling well. It's probably better, because I came down with a nasty cold. I just got over one from my spring break!

Last Thursday, I started a new pair of socks, for the Wiz. I finished them yesterday. They are 48 stitches, mostly in stockinette. I just couldn't do more ribbing for a while. They are Wildfoote Luxury Sock Yarn in Elderberry. I knit them on size 1 needles and did a short row heel. The Wiz likes them. They were fast. Right now, I am apparently only knitting one thing at a time.

My next carry around project is arm warmers to wear when I'm cycling and it's chilly. They are going to be striped. I'll also be casting on for a short cardigan to wear over my sleeveless dresses (in yellow!), but first I need to get the right size circular needle.

Now, to check my school email, eat lunch and take a nap. I told you it was a nasty cold.

Surprise!

A finished pair of socks:
The face to go with the socks:

Yes, it's Game Boy, NOT the Wiz. (I was really surprised that he picked this yarn, too.)

The Details:

2 balls of Knit Picks Felici Yarn in Hummingbird
Size 1 (US) needles

Cast on 64 stitches. Knit in the round in 2X2 rib for about 6 inches. Knit a heel flap type heel.
Knit plain for 6.5 inches. Standard web toe. My generic "male" sock pattern, such as it is. I started these on the 6th of March, so it took me 13 days.

I like this yarn. It's really soft and the different width stripes make knitting with seem faster, because it's obvious that you are progressing.

Now the Wiz needs another pair of socks. Or so he says.

Signs They Are Growing

The Wiz brought home 2 Captain Underpants books home today from the book fair. Yes, we have hit the armpit fart and Captain Underpants stage, yet again. I'm so pleased.


Game Boy* is wearing my shin guards and my cleats to soccer today. They fit perfectly. I have informed him, that any socks I knit him for the next two years must be socks that I'll wear too, since he's going to be passing them to me after he out grows them. (I'll be getting hand me downs from my son. Weird.)


*(He's ten, if you don't remember.)

Breakfast Conversation with The Wiz

The Wiz always talks. Always. He talks as soon as he wakes up in the morning and stops some time after he falls asleep. This morning, he and I were eating breakfast at the same time. (On Sundays, we eat as we are awake and hungry, as long as it's taken care of by the time we need to leave for church. All other mornings it's pretty much together.)

The Wiz pipes up that "Did you know that the only difference between girl skeletons and boy skeletons is their hip bones?!?!"

Well, yes, I did know that. I do teach biology, and even though I'm a botanist/ecologist/environmental type biologist, I have taught the skeletal system before. But how did he know? I asked him.

"My music teacher told me."

Um, why?

"Because we went to music class, but the teacher had play practice in the music room, so we went to the library." (????? There was more about why they had music class in the library, but frankly, it made no sense and I tuned out. In my defense, I hadn't had more than a 1/2 cup of coffee yet.)

"Then we had music but the teacher told us about skeletons."

He seemed to believe that this explanation made perfect sense (music teacher, skeletons, music class in the library) and decided to read the comics out loud to me. The one he found funniest was Blondie. I think because he could read all of the words. It wasn't very funny.