Sorry! I've been on a little bit of a knitting hiatus the past few weeks. With young ones it often feels like eeny-meeny-miney-mo, what do I want to do with my little bit of "me time"? I know it's a dilemma i'm not alone with, that's for sure. So, needless to say, I've been doing other things recently. I had a minor surgery 2 weeks ago, which tired me out for several days. We've had lots of fun playdates lately, trips to the library, a family wedding over the weekend, and dd recently started playing t-ball. Kids have been learning and playing outside like crazy, painting, planting, digging holes.

Our dog of 17 years, Chili, died on May 3rd. We've really been missing him. It's been an amazing learning experience for me to go through losing a pet with the kids - to answer all their question and go through the grieving process with them. A few months ago we got a book out of the library called Up In Heaven which is about a dog who dies and goes to heaven and checks in on the little boy she left behind, and finds ways to let him know she's okay, and helps him move on to eventually getting a new dog. We got it out again after Chili died and it's was really helpful. The kids are really matter of fact and curious about it all in their questions and ideas.

I've been reading Grace Llewellyn's Teenage Liberation Handbook - how to quit school and get a real life and education recently. Whoo! What an amazing and radical book! I'm really enjoying it, but watch out...it really has the power to change how you think about school and learning...for the better, of course!

Ribbit!

Not a lot to add tonight. I've spent some time on the Homes cardigan in the past few days, and tonight realized that the pattern is off, starting a few rows back, so half the homes don't look like anything at all! Arrgh! Must have been the other night when I was trying to work the pattern and watch the baby (toddler!) in the bath at the same time. Froggin' time, alas. At least it's only a few rows.