When I was little I really wanted to be a teacher when I grew up. Somehow I got a hold of a teacher's supply catalog when I was about 8 and went through it circling all the things I wanted, staplers, grade books, fresh chalk, notebooks, rulers, etc. I had a chalkboard at my Dad's house and I would write up lesson plans and keep track of my made up students status on it. So flash forward to now and I am realizing that I am doing what I dreamed of all those years ago. I didn't have any idea that I would be teaching knitting, but recently I realized that my childhood dream came true. I finished up a sock knitting class this morning and I am hopeful that my five students will love their
handknit socks, and be inspired to knit even more.
Speaking of classes that just finished up, on Saturday I had a seven hour long beginning knitting
bootcamp with 10 students. 10 STUDENTS!!! We decided that next time limiting the class to eight would be a great idea, and also shortening the day to five hours would not just benefit them but also me. It was an intense day, but it was pretty incredible watching some of them
peruse the yarn as they left searching for a project to test their new skills on. Another neat thing about watching some of them, who had never knit before, was finding what made knitting comfortable for them. Some of them naturally became pickers, some of them throwers like me, and some of them Irish Cottage knitters. Some of them came in with bulky aluminum needles and acrylic yarn and left with a new pair of bamboo needles and wool. Oh and that 10 student class even had about 4 or 5 more students on a waiting list.
Sunday night I met with the other girls from Knit and Caboodle for a nice dinner and a staff meeting where we came up with some new class ideas that I am really excited that I get to be a part of, whether teacher or not. One of the classes I am
especially excited about is the log cabin knitting class and in March we have a dyeing yarn with
kool-aid class. In March I will post a link for the newest schedule of classes coming up.
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The kids have been sick this past week and Marley missed school for three days in a row because of a nasty cough and a fever. Today I had her stay home again and even took the both of them to the doctor because she was up all night long screaming because her left ear was hurting her. I climbed in her little twin bed (one that belonged to both my Mom and I) with her and slept on and off for a good part of the night. She seemed in good spirits this morning, but was very, very tired. The doctor checked her out and let me know that she did
in fact have a mean ear infection and Abe has a sinus infection. One day, I will have healthy kids again.
I also talked to the doctor a bit about Abe's eating
habits. He won't eat much more than yogurt. Every once in a while we can get him to eat very thin oatmeal cereal, but anything else is quickly pushed away. If something does make it in his mouth he is quick to gag on it and
occasionally spit it back up. He is gaining weight just fine, 18lbs, and still nurses about 7 times a day, but their doctor seems a bit concerned and mentioned that we should work on getting him to eat some other solids by the time he is 9 months old (in just a couple of weeks) or we may need to see a GI specialist to get him "looked at". Part of me says that he is just fine and that the fact that he still doesn't have any teeth may be nature's way of saying that he just isn't ready yet. We'll see how the next couple of weeks play out food wise. I know that we
definitely are wanting him to go through any kind of testing when plenty of babies around the world aren't consuming anything but
breastmilk for the first year.
Well I am hoping
tomorrow is a snow day. As I was typing that the phone rang and it was Marley's teacher saying that school will be closed
tomorrow! I did my obligatory panic trip to the store for bread and milk, well in my case things to make cookies (in hopes for a snow day).
Also, I have, less than a month in, given up on my "One Picture Everyday for One Year" pledge. Well I never actually took a pledge. I got really stressed out about taking a picture and making sure that it was a good one. I mean, come on, I ended up with one picture taken in the garage.
Well all of us ended up having our day's plans (school and work) canceled because of the snow, and ended up spending the whole day at home, playing. The day started with strawberry topped waffles made in the Hello Kitty waffle maker. I think Hello Kitty really makes them taste better. There was lots of knitting, reading books, and a surprise visit from my Dad, who brought over lunch. Thanks Dad. He got us the Wii Fit a couple of weeks ago, so we took turns skiing, (how appropriate) hula hooping, and tight rope walking. I now hold the ski jump record, thank you very much. In the morning Marley and I decided that the snow flakes we had been making needed to be hung on the dining room wall to go along with the snow falling outside. And of course now that I say that I'm not taking pictures everyday, I end up taking lots of pictures of our relaxing day at home.
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