Snowman Book

I've been a para and teacher for about 4 years now in Pre-K and kindergarten.  I have had more fun dancing and singing with the kids than the kids do.  Looking back, I'm sure it's torture for the kids to listen to my wildly off-key singing and horrible dancing.  But I came up with a poem/song/book thingee that might help other teachers.  We used it for a following directions page and recall.

 The title is "I'm a Little Snowman" to the tune "I'm a Little Teapot. 

I'm a little snowman

Short and fat

Here is my scarf

And here is my hat

See my carrot nose

And three buttons too

A happy smile

And eyes so blue

The Title Page

First Page

Second Page

Third Page

Fourth Page

Five Page

Sixth Page

Seventh Page

Warning: There are no mental health therapists for Pterodactyls

Poor, poor Bob the Pterodactyl. Regan has been abusing this beanie baby for years. He's been shot out of a bra, thrown across the car to land in garlic knots, stuffed in an underwear drawer and other situations. Yet, he remains loyal to Regan and sleeps with her every night.

I have found Bob in a variety of places and every once in a while you have to bow to the absurd and take a picture of it. So it is with appreciation (especially from the dog who escapes Regan's machinations because of Bob's presence) I present a short pictorial history of Bob:

This is Bob dressed in beer koozie from Hawaii.  When I asked Regan why her stuffed animal was "dressed", she replied that he didn't want to be naked.

This is an early picture of Bob.  He got mixed up with Regan's bedding in the washer.  Bob should have applied for a restraining order then.

Bob on ice.  This was about two weeks ago.  Regan said he was having hot flashes like me.

This was about two years ago around Thanksgiving.  Bob was starving according to Regan and he didn't fit into a chair. 

Lastly, I believe this was a desperate attempt to run away this past Christmas.  I can't go to sleep sometimes because the horrified look in Bob's eyes haunts me.

If anyone can figure out how to add extinct dinosaurs to an insurance plan, please let me know.  I think I owe him a few sessions in therapy if not a beer to fill his dress/koozie.

New Scarf Pattern

Despite all my whining about my kids and how I have no time, I still knit.  Dave needed a new scarf so I used 3 different colors of Lion Brand Home Town (Off White, Blue and Green).  It's rather bulky and because of this, it didn't show a lot of stitch definition so I modified it.  It looked pretty good.  It's knitted in almost a block formation.

Cast on 15 using color A.
Row 1:  K5 P5 K5
Row 2:  Knit all
Repeat these two rows until you have knitted about 8 inches.

Change to color B.
Row 1:  K4 P7 K4
Row 2:  Knit all
Repeat these two rows until you have knitted about 8 inches

Change to color C
Row 1:  K3 P9 K3
Row 2:  Knit all
Repeat these two rows until you have knitted about 16 inches

Change to color B
Row 1:  K4 P7 K4
Row 2:  Knit all
Repeat these two rows until you have knitted about 8 inches

Change to color A
Row 1:  K5 P5 K5
Row 2:  Knit all
Repeat these two rows until you have knitted about 8 inches.

Bind off.

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