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Poop. As i was happily knitting along on a baby sock i'm working on for a friend, it seemed to me that the cuff looked awfully big and stretchy for a 6-9 mo. size sock. But, i thought, it does decrease and it is a fold over cuff. i tried it on Oskar (almost 7 mos.) and it fit him ok. But it still seemed a bit large... then i discovered tonight that i was not using size 1 needles, i was using size 2! ACK! So. Now i'm left with the dilemma of just continuing on, and making a stretchier sock that Oskar can grow into next fall/winter or pulling it all out and starting over with size ones for zee' wee' bebe'... hmm. i think i'll forge ahead. Uncharted waters, make way!

The garden is coming along swimmingly. Everything has come up beautifully. Well. Everything except my poor, poor lettuce which really seems to be struggling. Maybe i planted it too deep. i dunno. Its pitiful. And sad. But as i said, everything else is AMAZING! Well. Ok. My thai basil hasn't shown up at all. But i haven't given up hope. It very well could be a late bloomer. i mean, i am. Maybe its just biding its time as well. (yikes.) But the sugar snap peas look awesome, the spinach is splendid, the radishes look, well, radish-y... but the feather in my proverbial cap... the soy beans... they're just so, well... they look almost prehistoric. The seed looks in every way like an ordinary pea. But when it sprouts, its nearly the size of a lima bean! It then slowly uncurls itself, not unlike a fern. Unfurling its tender green body to the warming sun. i love it. And they're all at different stages, so the row looks like a set of time lapsed images. They are very dramatic.

spring-a-ling-a-ling...

For 3 days we have spent each entire morning outside in the gleaming, wonderful sunshininess that is SPRING! We planted a garden.

Two types of spinach, red lettuce, arugula, sugar snap peas, radishes and soybeans.

Hopefully will plant cherry tomatoes, bell peppers, carrots and cucumbers in pots this coming week. Also planted cilantro and thai basil in pots. i just really hope SOMETHING comes up. If i get one edible thing out of the lot, i will be happy. :D Keeping all of my fingers AND toes crossed.

Yesterday i had Matias make a spring pile. i had him gather some things he found in the front yard that he thought were spring-y. Mostly flowers. They're definitely spring-y.

He used them as his "candlestick", playing as "Jack be nimble..." running back and forth down the sidewalk and LEAPING as he came to the flowers. Yeah... you can see a little flatness in the dandelions.

Overall, its been a fantastic week. If now only it would rain and wash away this pollen that has descended on our lovely little world as a powdery rain. Blanketing everything in itchy, sneeze-inducing yellowness. Blech. Its everywhere... and gets on everything. Blasted oak trees. i love my trees, i really truly do. But THIS, i could do without. RAIN!