Boo and stuff
Yesterday my husband and daughter were roughhousing, and his knee caught her jaw, neatly finishing what he started yesterday. Her loose tooth came out. I’m pretty sure he’s getting a kickback from the tooth fairy. I’m going to have to watch my mouth around him, so to speak.
However, removing parts of her face wasn’t his only interaction with her. They also played outside, where my daughter indulged her favorite outdoor pastime, taking apart maple seeds. They got out the microscope and looked at various things under the lens. The slides were hastily prepared, which we thought prudent with her attention span, but we were able to see stripes and such that you wouldn’t see with the naked eye. It was fun!
On Wednesday, we have Brownies. We’ll be giving out the badges that we’ve worked on this year. They’ve gone through five so far. My mom had the good idea to pin them to a ribbon, then present the ribbon to the child. I’ll be going out to get some ribbon tonight if I don’t have some in my stash. I very well may – I picked up some extra at the Memories going out of business sale. I’ll be going out tomorrow morning to pick up the badges, and also a vest and some troop number patches for the girls who don’t have theirs yet.
I decided to give the badges a rest tomorrow. Instead, we’ll be making Easter egg chalk as posted on http://skiptomylou.wordpress.com . At least, that’s the theory. We’ve just put Emily to bed, so now I’ll be getting materials from Michael’s and giving this a try myself. If it doesn’t work well, then we’ll… uh… figure something else out. If all else fails, I can always bring some yarn and teach the kids to finger-knit. And I’ve asked the liaison for the church if we can use their playground. It’s just too nice to stay cooped up indoors.
I was somewhat gratified when, after I sent out early registration notes, several of my Brownie parents said, “does this mean you’re staying on next year? I really hope so!!!” I keep hearing feedback that I’m a pretty good leader. Of course, this could just mean they’re trying to keep me, the big sucker, so they’ve got a leader. Either way, I hadn’t thought that far ahead. Hm.
On the spinning front, I’m still spinning far faster when I ply than I am when I spin the singles, which means that my plied yarn is pretty overtwisted. The skein pictured is unwashed and fresh from the bobbin, so that may not be a fair example. C’est la vie – I’ve been busy, I haven’t been able to really focus on my spinning.
On the movie front, we’ve watched The Prestige and School of Rock recently. School of Rock was more fun than I was expecting. The Prestige was great, and very much in keeping with what you’d expect from the guy who directed Memento. Also today, on a whim, I stopped by CD Warehouse, which was across the street from my daughter’s speech therapy. I found Star Trek: Generations for $3.99 used and picked it up. They also had Star Trek: The Original Series seasons 1 and 2 for about $40 each. Amazon’s got it new for $68, and $40 seems to be about average for used copies, but I don’t really need this enough to spend the cash for it now. That’s why God made Netflix.
I’m off. I’m pretty tired, and I need to pick up these supplies before the craft store closes, and maybe swing by the grocery store as well.
Hats up for: NC, MD, IL