More biking

Riding bikes with TT is always an adventure. He has a wonderful eye for detail and often stops to pick up "treasures" along the way. A few days ago, he found a small blue egg.

Last Days of School

This week there were only 3 days of school. Now, I am officially the mother of a 4th and 6th grader.

On Monday, the kids performed in their school musical, "The Granny Awards." S was Granny and TT was Jack (as in Jack and Jill.) I love that our school does a musical every year, it is one of the many things I value about our school.

Tuesday was the 5th grade graduation. I cried just a little bit.

NAGA Dallas

We spent the weekend in Dallas, Texas at a NAGA tournament. TT has been training in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu for the last few months and we felt he was ready to test his skills. He fought a total of three times in two divisions. He came in third place in the gi competition for his weight. The medal is huge and shiny.
We are so proud of his hard work. He has the heart and intelligence of a warrior.

Graduation

River Fest

Oh, how I love my bike.

Saturday, I rode the 5.5 miles from my house to Panera for breakfast with my knitting friends. Then,Lanora and I headed out to the farmer's market. Douglas was closed for the River Run; it was so fun to ride down the middle of the street ringing our bicycle bells.

Tuesday, I rode over to the Garden Gala at Botanica. This is one of the River Festival events I look forward to every year. The gardens are beautiful and calming.

Crochet Soiree

Check it out, Tamara wrote a blog post about me and my crocheting over at Crochet Soiree.

Inspired

Just a couple of happy pictures for you. I only have two days of student teaching left and I will be walking at graduation on Saturday, May 15th at 11am. I am very excited to be finished and wearing my cap and gown - proudly.

I found this wonderful vintage Columbine plant on a hike, last week. I am thinking it will be a wonderful inspiration for a crochet blanket. I love the yellow middle, the five white petals and the five lilac petals.

Cruiser time

As I mentioned before, all the knitting girls have been getting cruiser bikes and I am such a joiner. So my parents bought me a pink cruiser for my birthday. Isn't it cute? All I need now is a bell and basket.

I rode down to the Keeper of the Plains today and spotted this stencil under a bridge. It's of Brad Pitt from Fight Club with the words "Revolt" and "In Tyler We Trust."

Summer is coming

I am addicted to Granny Squares and I don't know why. I have never been a crocheter, my loyalty lied with knitting but crocheting is opening up a whole new world of things I haven't mastered. The Granny Squares grow quickly and soon I have a beautiful pile of little squares begging to be something. I think crocheting is my new summer hobby.

Another summer hobby is bike riding. Yesterday the kids and I rode around for an hour on the paved bike route near the river. The weather was perfect, no wind and warm. All the knitters are getting new bikes for the summer and we might have to start our own biker gang, we just need a name. Wheels and Needles?

Hello, Old Friend

Wow, it's been a long time since I have blogged. Things have been quite intense with the student teaching this semester, but there's only 6 weeks till I graduate.

I am adding a couple of pictures with highlights from the last few months.


ST played club volleyball from December to March. They won two of the six tournaments they entered.

Over Spring Break, we spent the night in a cabin at Cheney Lake. We cooked in a dutch oven over an open fire, took a hike, and played frisbee. The kids had fun building a fire in the fire pit.
TT has been working hard on growing a mustache and it's finally coming in ;-) He's also entering a Jiu Jitsu tournament in May. I'm nervous but he has great take-downs and arm bars so hopefully he will bring home a Samurai Sword.