Spring Break

For several weeks it's been sunny, warm, beautiful. Yesterday I decided it was about time that I found 'our' beach.



The beach was windy and overcast. The rare glimpse of sun blanketed the sand with warmth. The intrepid explorers eager to face the mighty onslaught of nature while I watched and knit.



I looked down at MissC, "See the water?" She looked toward the lapping, bubbling waves and ran. As she reached the edge, she dropped to her bottom to watch the bubbly water swish by, inches from her feet. I hurried behind and scooped her up as the second wave came crashing, soaking me past the knees. I carried her out as the waves ran back to gather force. A glimmer rolling with the tide, now left on the beach, caught my eye:


What is it? It's a sphere, perfectly clear but for a couple/few lines of white banded between what could be openings on the axis (the darker stuff is just sand). Within it was something difficult to see, grayish, shaped almost like a leaf, with a couple tiny bubbles. I found someone else's photos of something like this.. Any clues, I'd love to know.

Tube Socks

As soon as I cast off MissA's socks, I cast on for MissB. She's still at that stage in which she'll put on her socks any which way, so I thought I'd give tube socks a go.

Last Post for Tonight!

Really!

My MIL was out here for a long weekend. We had a wonderful visit. She went to SIL's today and will be able to enjoy a few days there before heading home.

Miss you already!

Rainbow Baby Stripes

Rainbow Socks by Susanne Kitzmann


I finally finished the Rainbow Socks for MissA. This is a Lorna's Laces single skein (usually my LYS carries them in pairs) that she picked out. Color: Baby Stripes.

I really enjoyed this pattern, I learned how to pick up the wraps. And, there was plenty of practice doing so!

Sunday’s Best

Could there be a better name for the pattern for our pastor's wife? I was going to use white ribbon, but the pink gave it something. I did add buttons, I just forgot to take a picture of it finished.

She'll be here tomorrow.

The Schedule

February was a long month. Everyone was sick. I'm tired. My house is half-trashed (getting better!). My children are wild.

In January, T.J. started taking classes at a 'local' homeschool co-op. It takes about 20 minutes to get there, plus traffic, so 30+ in the morning with traffic and the just under 20 min in the afternoon.. plus the way back. That's 90 minutes of drive time twice a week.

On another day, he has piano lessons at the teacher's house. Awesome teacher, highly recommended. That's a 25ish min drive plus traffic, so about 45 min there (traffic generally only goes one way in the morning), so 70 minutes of driving that day. I'm not about to drop him and drive home because I couldn't make it home in time to turn around and get back. I've been trying to find someplace local to her house, but haven't seen what I'm looking for yet. Lessons are 45 minutes. So, today, I brought along the books and had Kindergarten in the car sitting in front of the piano teacher's house. The girls loved it.

Soon, the CSA starts again. The closest drop-off is about 15-20 minutes from here (yes, in CA people refer to minutes not miles to get most places)

Because of all this driving (which may not seem a lot to some), I'm trying to come up with solutions to my schedule. The first thing that I had to do is schedule the baby's nursing times. Before, she would just nurse whenever she wanted as long as she wanted. Now, she's stuck in the carseat. So, she gets up first of the children in the morning, gets dressed and nurses (during which time T.J.'s alarm gets him up, he does his chores and begins piano practice). Then I have time to make breakfast and get the girls up, hopefully. This morning, we were a touch late getting up and the freeway was a parking lot, but we were only about 5 minutes late.

Once nursing is scheduled, naptimes seem to naturally follow. MissC gets most of her morning nap in the car, though the times vary (like today, she slept on the way home after 10AM, whereas tomorrow the way home will be a continuous trip with the way there abut 9AM). On a day like today, she's somewhat rested and ready to play when we get home, but afternoon nap isn't as appealing. She's getting used to sleeping in the car, but it's not time to go anywhere! Tomorrow, she may or may not sleep in the car and will be ready for the afternoon nap, which gets interrupted to stick her in the car, in which she'll fall asleep, but that makes it a shorter nap.

This last week, I started setting her in her crib at naptime and bedtime. She hasn't been too happy with the whole production, but is starting to get used to it. Last night, I was late and she was super cranky. I sat down in the rocking chair and she pulled away. I held her up eye-to-eye and asked if she wanted to nurse, she shook her head -no. I pointed to the crib and asked if she was ready to go to bed, she nodded -yes. She still fussed in the crib, but she knew she was tired and needed to sleep. My baby's growing up.