Friday Mishmash

I know just about everyone is experiencing a harsher-than-normal winter, but it keeps surprising me...after all, this IS south Texas.  Yesterday morning, Cary and I were scheduled to run at 6:30 am.  The forecast as of late the night before was cold - like 30 degrees, which is not fun but certainly doable.  My alarm went off at 5:30 am and like a good runner, I checked the weather.  It was 28 degrees, felt like 14 degrees, north winds at 17 mph, and there was a little snowflake icon...wait, what??  When did THAT come into the forecast?  Needless to say, we decided not to run, which turned out to be a very good decision because it started to sleet and snow while we would have been out there!

 Dippin' Dots...or ice, however you want to see it.

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I went to school on Wednesday - fourth grade, to be exact.  My running buddy Amy, who is a teacher, asked me to come and help teach some of her students how to knit.  How could I say no?  The world needs more knitters!  It was quite fun - the kids were all really eager and caught on pretty quickly.  I wore one of the cardigans that I've knitted and they were all fascinated by the fact that I'd made it (which was my intent in wearing it).  I was there for a few hours and made lots of new friends, and I'll probably go back again soon.  The students were using supplies that were donated - not all the needles were easy to use (some were circulars with really curly cables, some were straights that were really big), but they managed to make it work.  Here's a couple of pictures:

My first group - I was casting on for them and then we started knitting away.

My second group - it got a little crazy!  The book had pictures of dogs which the kids were certain I'd like to see (it's like they KNOW me, haha), plus everyone was knitting or watching their friends knit.  

There were just as many boys knitting as girls, which I thought was really cool.  No one seemed to get frustrated or upset when something wonky happened, as it often does with knitting, and they all looked very pleased with their work.  I couldn't have asked for more, really, except for extra knitting time with them...their darn classwork kept interrupting our knitting!

It was fun to be back in an elementary school after so many years.  While we were waiting in line for the bathrooms, I couldn't resist buying a pencil from the pencil machine:

Loved that it was a Dr. Seuss pencil...loved it even more when I got the Sam I Am design!  It's the little things that thrill me, for real.

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Just one little knitting update - I started making a baby sweater.  Why?  Why not?  I'm using some of the yarn that Fran sent, and it's so soft...just perfect for a baby:

I just need to knit a few inches of the body and it's finished...love how quickly baby items come together!

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In case you missed it, I snuck in a review/giveaway post yesterday - click here if you want to read all about it!

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Twenty-seven years ago today I became a mother.  Happy Birthday to Sam!  He's in Washington State for work but hopefully I'll get to talk to him today.  My baby is all grown up!

He was tiny - 5 lbs, 13 oz!  Pretty cute, if you ask me.

Have a great weekend!