We had a World Wide Knit in Public Day event today for the shop, and knit in the park. It was so very much fun!
Knitting in the Park
Author: Sarah
Friday Photos
Treasures of the Rainforest
Carolyn’s class did a presentation called “Treasures of the Rainforest” tonight. She studied the Golden Lion Tamarin, and was able to create a mask and a report on this adorable endangered animal.
Ignoring the bit where I had to run all over creation today looking for a yellow shirt (and I tried for yellow shorts but the best I could come up with was an orange skirt) because she told me just this morning that she needed one, it was an excellent presentation!
Stilts
I saved these until after the dance recital, just to avoid any last minute crutches!
True Glee
Step 1: Get out a sprinkler.
Step 2: Turn it on just as the bus is coming down the street.
Step 3: Get the camera ready.
(Turns out both girls wanted to run through the sprinkler in swim suits, so we paused for a quick change. But seriously, the giggling…it was out of control!)
Dance Recital, 2012
Carolyn’s 4th, Anna’s 1st. It was crazy and fun and wonderful!
Carolyn danced to:
* In The Navy (tap)
* Poison Ivy (jazz)
* Make Your Own Kind of Music (ballet)
Anna danced to:
* All You Need is Love (ballet)
* Peanut Butter Sandwich (tap)
Highlights of the show:
Watching Carolyn show a huge leap in skills from last year. Not just a new dance style (jazz), but new techniques in both ballet and tap.
Watching Anna’s first time up on stage. She did really, amazingly well at entertaining the audience. (Mostly by playing with feathers she’d found on the stage that fell off of someone’s costume instead of dancing, but it was very, very entertaining.)
Friday Photos
I’m surprised the camera sensor didn’t completely wig out when I tried to take this picture. Those socks are intense!
Minions
I wonder if I should be concerned that the little game Anna has made up with some Hello Kitty squinkies involves the liberal (and correct) usage of the word “minions”?
Though I must say there’s nothing more hilarious than hearing “minions” in a squeaky little three-year-old voice!
Venus
We tried to use my (very old) telescope to watch the transit of Venus earlier this evening. We dropped a UV filter from my camera in the end and covered the (white) reflection plate with black construction paper to try to tone down the intense sunlight, but even with all that…the pictures were not so great.
This is probably the best one – you can see a little “chip” where it’s just starting to cross in front of the sun.
Carolyn drew a chalk picture of what we were doing. That came out much better!
Soccer Begins
Carolyn started summer soccer tonight. Well, we signed up for summer soccer, anyway. The coach jokingly welcomed us to fall soccer, because it was 54° and misting! But the girls had fun and it looks like it will be a great season.