Mady gets a Lifeskills Award!

Mady won a Life Skills award for Curiosity at her school yesterday. We didn't tell her she was getting the award or why we were coming to the assembly, so she was a little surprised! We told her that her teacher had asked us to come to assembly because we hadn't attended one yet. Here is a picture of her with her award:


Noah also had a big day yesterday. He has been having success using the potty at school lately and they thought it would be a good idea if he started showing up to school in underpants. We were a little nervous, since we really haven't been potty training, but decided to give it a try. So Noah is officially potty training. This is sort of the cold turkey approach - no more diapers during the day and just see how it goes. So far he is doing great at school but not having much success at home, but I am sure he will get the hang of it soon. Here is a picture of Noah heading off to school yesterday looking very proud!


Mady and Noah coloring together earlier in the week.


I have been slightly obsessed with knitting hand warmers since this weekend. I wanted to learn how to knit cables, so wanted to find a simple pattern to learn on. I found this pattern, Fetching, on Knitty and thought it would be the perfect pattern to learn on. Once I read the pattern it even said on the first page: "If you have never tried knitting cables before, this would be an excellent project to start with." I made these out of Merino 5 worsted weight and had enough left over to make a pair for Mady. I had to downsize the pattern and make some adjustments, but they came out pretty cute. Noah wants a pair too, so after I finish knitting something for my mom for mother's day (gee can you guess what she is getting), I will start his.




So, I almost have sock. After taking this picture I knitted some more on my sock and have made it about halfway along the foot. Should be pretty easy from here on out, but I am just sort of sick of sock and am convinced that, even though I followed the pattern, sock is going to be too baggy around my foot, but who knows. I also cannot imagine that I will ever want to knit this sock again which would just leave me with sock and not socks...