As if I have nothing better to do....


Go ahead....make your own at the portrait place.

What I really should be doing is finishing up my preparations for the leg of my summer journeys -- Washington DC, where I will giving two sessions at the Attachment Parenting International Leader Enrichment Seminar. One of the best parts of the trip (aside from getting to meet some of the API Leaders and Applicants in the DC metro area, is that I will get to some time with my close friend Diana.

Conveniently, I will be dropping off the kids at my mothers house in PA along the way and picking them up on my return trip. The only problem (not that its a problem really) is that I have to pack for the kids, not just their clothes, but snacks and games, and the tv and videos, etc for the 5 hour trip to Memoms. We are supposed to leave when Ahren gets off the bus tomorrow. Right now, only Sean is packed.

Funny story about how Sean is packed. Lately Sean has been in this major *playing* phase. He wants to play games constantly, which is great. It does make it hard for me to get my work done, but I'm managing. So today he wants to play, I need to pack and prep for the trip, so I said, how about we do your packing? He was thrilled! What I realized is that if I had said, "no, I need to pack your clothes" he would have been bummed out. Instead, we got his suitcase, I told him what to pick out (3 shirts, 3 shorts, undies, etc) and he got them out of his drawer and put them in his suitcase. He is so cute. He really loves his suitcase, whenever we go somewhere and he takes his, HE has to be the one to put it in the car, and wheel it wherever it needs to go. In Colorado, he wheeled his own suitcase the entire airport walk. Too funny.

Knitting?? Oh yeah, knitting....I am hoping to finish Broadripple this week. I also picked my Chickami back up and did some rows tonight. I've got some mercenized cotton to do some gauge swatches for the Fiesta tea set in IK. But that is about it.