Crochet Me Crazy

Alison and I tried something new today -- I took her into town to a homeschooling co-op. She wasn't real thrilled with the idea but I really wanted us to at least see what it was like. Well, I thought it was pretty good...the people were really nice. They are doing classes on drama and sewing/crochet/knitting right now. She's really not wanting to participate in the drama because she's so shy. Well, it's all pretty low pressure so I don't think she'll have to do anything she doesn't want to. We watched their video productions of what they have done so far which was pretty impressive. One of the kids is pretty savvy with the video editing, etc. They were even using a green screen. The crocheting part was right up my alley and the mom teaching it really is learning herself so I am going to be able to help them with that. Next week I'm supposed to bring some examples of things I have made. They want me to teach them to read a pattern. We might be a little premature on that. All they've learned is single crochet so far. I think I will come up with a few simple projects that can be done in a single crochet they can do. It's always more fun to learn if you are actually making something! We met a couple of other families that are really into horses too so that was neat. Everyone lives pretty spread out though since it's such a rural area where we live. I think it's something we're going to try to do every week. The only down side is that most of the kids are younger than Alison. I think she is the oldest.

We did some grocery shopping and ate before we came home so our afternoon was pretty much gone. Then we went to Morgan's basketball game...End of the day. It's getting late...I'm tired. I was up at 5:30 this morning getting the other kids off to school.