12-8-09 To the zoo again

Happy 8 months of being out of the uterus, Carolyn!

Today was a zoo day - we went to Santa Ana Zoo and Carmen played on the playground for about half of it.  Carolyn sat next to me and I got some knitting done, until I realized that I had forgotton the extra needle I needed for cabling.  A pen I found in my purse worked for cabling 2 stitches, but 3 was too much and I was forced to quit after about 6 rows.  :P

Carmen makes friends reallly easily.  I guess it's the age?  At the playground, I see her glom onto other kids and they are holding hands and running around in no time.  It's interesting to see how she has different with different kids, for example, she might be the "follower" for one kid, doing whatever they do and doing whatever they ask her to do, or she might be the "leader" for another.  One little girl she met today, who was just a month older than her, ended up being prey for her.  She chased her around, growing and saying "I'm going to get you!" while the other girl screamed with delight and ran around.  Each time Carmen "got" her, she would give the little girl a hug, then command her to run away from her some more.  Each time a kid had to go that she'd been playing with, she would hug them, then ask me about five minutes later "Where did my new friend go?"

We came home for a late nap, then went out shopping for new yard and some more materials that I need for knitting. I'm planning on making hats for the family, so I got a pretty irridescent white for Carolyn, the most obnoxious orange I could find for Tyme, and Carmen picked out a teal color for herself.  She's really excited about me making a hat for her, and gets disappointed when she sees me working on someone else's hat.

We went to a Chinese restaurant for dinner, since it was walkable from the craftstore we had been shopping in, and Tyme met us there.  Then we all headed home and everyone crashed except me, since I couldn't sleep until I actually started a new knitting project with my new stuff.

Today's photo is of the fresh, beautiful snow on the mountains to the East of us.  We would see it on occasion while driving around, and I snapped a few pictures while driving.  It's a state law that you can't use a cell phone while driving, but, as far as I know, using a camera is fine.  Heh.