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October 02, 2004
"What a Maroon"
That's one of my all-time favorite Bugs Bunny lines. And particularly relevant since I've realized that of course the booties don't turn out right...WHEN YOU DON'T FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS!!
The soles were too narrow because I didn't see the part of the instructions about knitting 4 more rows before you start up the sides of the bootie. Duh!
And then I realized that since this baby is only one month old today and since December is only two months away, maybe I should knit up the three-month-old size.
So I started completely all over again and got them both finished this afternoon while watching the last half of "Star Trek V" followed by the last half of "Jurassic Park."
These are pretty darn cute. I'm going for the 'gasp of amazement' factor when the gift is opened. I don't care what happens after that (except, as I mentioned before, I don't want the little parts to end up in the baby's mouth.)
In other news, I ranted at my family this morning and it felt really good. We were half an hour late for a soccer game because I had the wrong time stored in my brain. Can anyone else in this family look at a calendar? Can these children - who the teachers tell me are quite literate - take even a morsel of responsibility for their sporting events? Can they maybe look around the night before the game for their missing uniform parts? I resigned from the job of being solely responsible for the sports calendar. And, as I said, it felt really good.
Comments
Wow they're so adorable. No M1 issues now either!
Posted by: Lauren at October 2, 2004 10:30 PM
If kids don't get an occasional rant from a parent, how will they deal with the (less loving) rants of teachers, coaches, bosses? I'm not saying that kids should learn to put up with abuse: absolutely not. But properly motivated, direct guidance from a parent? Absolutely! Well done, I imagine :-)
Posted by: Patricia Tryon at October 3, 2004 10:25 PM
oh they are sooo cute!
Posted by: froggy at October 4, 2004 04:16 AM