Monsters vs. Aliens in 3D

Is there more fun than seeing a movie in 3D? It doesn't even have to be a great movie - the 3D makes it so cool. We saw Monsters vs. Aliens on Friday night - two middle school girls and two 4th grade boys - who missed the Blazer playoffs to watch the Monsters defeat the Aliens (and the selfish men) in 3D. If you haven't seen it, I recommend it. And you get to see the trailers of upcoming movies coming out in 3D - several movies based on books - Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs and Where the Wild Things are (not in 3D).

We even played some video games in the arcade after.

It was a fun Friday night.

A new project and an FO

I finished the Uptown boot socks. Originally I was making them for myself but I messed up on the size so they ended up being for my little sock model. Its nice to have a child appreciate my hand-knit socks so much.

Gossamer was having a sale this weekend so I went in to see if there was anything that struck my fancy. I was drawn to the sock

yarn, of course. So I bought some Koigu - but not for socks. I think I will make the Chevron scarf. Its such a pretty scarf but I know I'm going to be tired of weaving in ends when the knitting is over.

Its a nice, light, summer's-coming knitting project.

Easter

This easter, in addition to searching for what the easter bunny left behind, we babysat some chicks, explored some caves east of town, and had a yummy Easter feast. Here is a pictorial review. (No photo documentation of the feast available.)

Hunting for eggs

Baby chicks

Conner really loved the chicks

Heading down into the cave

Our little spelunkers

We had a fantastic day!

Fiber Festival

It seems like ages ago but its only been about a month that we visited the Crook County Fiber Festival in Prineville. I'd never been to a fiber festival before so I wasn't quite sure what to expect. The only thing I didn't see that I was hoping to was the actual sheering of a sheep. This festival had lots of animals and indoor exhibits included plenty of fiber, spinning wheels, and hand-spun yarn. Along with lots of beautiful finished knits. I am not a spinner (yet) so I was not so tempted by the fiber but my kids could not resist some spectacularly packaged fiber and had to make a purchase of their own.

The festival had classes and presentations on different techniques including some dyeing techniques. The kids and I watched someone show us how to cover plastic easter eggs with dyed fiber which was a hit, especially since easter was coming up in two weeks as that point.

I also saw a carding machine for the first time. As a kid I remember getting to use hand carders to card roving but that seems to be a thing of the past now that everyone has carding machines. This was a 21st century fiber festival but this part will never change.