Mind the gap

As you can see, the Tooth Fairy paid another visit to our house last week. A is doing very well eating and speaking without those two front teeth.

The tooth came out at dinner one night - at least he didn't eat it! A had left his little plastic tooth box at school, so the tooth was placed in a snack size plastic zip bag and placed under his pillow. As with the first tooth, there was a little difficulty in making the money-for-tooth swap. J reached under the pillow and could not find the plastic bag...working around the sleeping A as much as possible, he tried vainly to find the bag. No luck. After a whispered conference, we decided to leave the money and hope that A didn't find the bag in the morning before school.

The next morning, A was thrilled to find the money the Tooth Fairy had left. After he went to school, I searched his bed and finally found the bag wedged between the mattress and the edge of the bed. The EMPTY bag - no tooth to be found. I tried to look through the sheets, around the mattress and on the floor, but I could not find the tooth.

In case A ever finds the tooth and questions its presence, I have my story ready: the Tooth Fairy was trying to juggle many teeth and a lot of money, and she must have accidentally dropped it on her way out.

Think that story will hold water?

Knit knit hooray!

With my first knitting project nearing completion, I ventured out to buy more yarn today. I have been peppering my friend Geri with questions about what type of project I should take on next. I know that I still need to knit with training wheels on until I get my balance and can take on more complicated patterns.

My thought is that I will next try another scarf. Since there are no yarn stores in my immediate area, I went to Jo-Ann. They have several aisles of yarn but there was no one available who could provide any real help. After browsing and fingering for a while, I finally settled on some fun fur yarn in lime green (one of my favorite colors) and also some thick chenille-like yarn in a muted coral color. Each type of yarn has a scarf pattern on the reverse of the label, so that will be helpful. Each scarf requires a different size of needles from each other and from what I have now, so I bought two more sets of needles. I am now set for at least a few more weeks!

The group of ladies with whom I learned to knit are getting back together with the instructor on Sunday. I plan to have my current scarf completely knitted by then; when I measured the other night I had about eight inches to go. I will either try binding off on my own or let Hannah (our instructor) show me. I am looking forward to seeing how everyone has done and to show off what I have accomplished so far.

When the scarf is complete, including fringe, I will post a photo here. So far, I am enjoying my new hobby and I am definitely getting better at it. Knit knit hooray!