Erica’s Blog

 THING TWO pulled out her “Yarn Craft” birthday present today.  First, she wanted to learn to crochet, but that lasted oh, three minutes.  She couldn’t get into the whole chain thing, not even when I pitched it as “a great way to make leashes for your cats”.

Next, she decided she wanted to make a blanket for Marie.  I cast on for her (w/the blue, of course).  I was really pleased that, even though it’s been a few weeks, she remembered the little rhyme: 

In through the front door, up around back, out through the front door, and off jumps Jack!

The really cool moment, though, came a few stitches in.  We were sitting together in the glider, with her in front of me, so she didn’t see my humongous grin when she popped out with:

I have to concentrate on my knitting because I don’t want to lose any stitches.

Ahhhhh, a convert!  She may only knit a row or two at a time, but she’s converted.  She even left off mid-row and, when I told her she shouldn’t b/c her work could fall off the needle, grabbed a set of point protectors out of my gadget bag and stuck ‘em on her needles!  (They were even blue.)  Now, there’s a girl who knows what she’s doing….

THING ONE:

 This is what was going on when I left for my various Tuesday afternoon appointments. 

What are they doing?  Well, ironing Thing One’s homework, of course.  WHY are they ironing it?  Because she dropped it in the toilet.  And WHY did she have her homework in the bathroom while she was on the toilet?  So she could do some work while she was going the bathroom, silly.  (Hubby told her that was called “multitasking”.)

It was so hard not to crack up!  She didn’t find it amusing at all, though, and gave me an angry face for it.  Me, I thought it was hysterical. I told her that she’d laugh about it some day. 

Oh, and…No, I forgot to tell Hubby he really ought to be wearing surgical gloves.  Guess it’s too late now.  If I microwave it before she turns it in on Friday, will it kill all the gross stuff so Mrs. C doesn’t get e. coli or something, or will it just burn the paper?