Beatrice Loves Gymnastics

My girls are enrolled in gymnastics at the local YMCA this fall and they LOVE IT! Here's a video of Beatrice at her last lesson. My favorite part is when she jumps up on the uneven bars and flips her toes right up between her hands. Some of the other kids can barely even swing, let alone monkey around to the point that Bee does. I love to watch her. She vaults, balances, and summersaults with the dauntless abandon of a true three-year-old. I'd take her to gymnastics every single day if they offered it! (I might just have a little vision of Olympic Gold floating around in the back of my head, too!!)

Up next, Maggie!!

Friday Foto

Here is the last Friday Foto for my little baby Obie. His birthday is tomorrow and after that he'll be a big boy.

All I can say is, "Good Grief!!!"

Yup, Pun Intended

Today is the Tenth Anniversary of our wedding! This momentous occasion has been rather overshadowed by Obie's Birthday and also the trip we're taking to Carbondale at the end of the month. We have no plans for a big dinner, no weekend get-away, no over-priced box of chocolates, jewelry, or electronics. It's just like us to be so nonchalant.

However last night as I was knitting I realized that I did have a great gift to give Rob:

After knitting up great things for everyone else for more than half of our marriage, last night on the eve of our decade mark, I finished up his first pair of hand knit socks. Now he's had several socks knit for him over the years, but this is the first pair. That match. And they fit him, I've already made him try one on. He harasses me every time I cast something new on the needles that I've still never knitted him anything other than a boring gray scarf - a very useful and warm, but in no-way-sensational, gray scarf. Now brown socks aren't really that sensational, either, but they take a lot more devotion and skill than a scarf does. Socks are a sign of affection, every knitter knows that. I've knit dozens of pairs for the children, and for the children of our friends, but this is the first pair for my husband. And of course I have a ton of affection, love, and devotion for him!

So, Happy Anniversary, Babe! We make a great pair!

Monday Movies!

Well, we woke up to snow showers this morning and the kids instantly began bugging me to go outside. So, here's a video of all three of them enjoying the flurries. I apologize in advance for the segment with Obie's really runny nose. Yes, it's gross and snotty, but he's such a cute boy I'm sure you won't even notice!

(PS: Please say a quick prayer that Autumn comes back to Minnesota. My sanity may depend on it!!!)

Friday Foto