A sign that spring is coming

I know that spring is on the way. The dancing ribbon orders from dance troops and churches have started, two in the last 36 hours. That's one sure sign of impending spring for me. I'm thinking about some new lines: organic cotton sheets and natural mattresses, some toys from two different companies, more art supplies (incl. Caran d'Arche), maybe some different handwork supplies. So many products. I'm trying to figure out how to put in a catalog program for the website, and I'm stumped. Oscommerce has me beat; If I just don't get the installation instructions, how can I expect to put the site together with it once I get it intalled??

My neck and shoulder got whacked yesterday, and they are quite sore today. Ouch.

Abigail has finished the second section of the Miquon Math orange book, and did two pages of the third yesterday. My baby was zipping through the subtraction, not even using the cuisenairre rods for some of the problems.

Isabella is still calmer at night, thank goodness. She was practicing writing her I's yesterday and getting so excited. "Look mama, I made somefin' neat!" She's starting to make squiggles for her S's too.

Vincent is started to participate in pretend play with his sisters. They are all playing picnic right now. He's trying to say a few words, but not often. I've realized that he's one of the perfectionist babies, the ones who don't do a new skill until they can do it right. He didn't sit up until over 5 months, but once he started he did it and rarely fell. He didn't walk until over 13 months, but again, rarely fell once he started, and he was running within a few weeks. Now he's thinking about talking, but doesn't want to until he can do it right.

Years ago, Luis gave me a sweater. I loved the yarn, a neutral color 80% silk/20% cotton yarn, but disliked the design. It was a tunic covered in bobbles and openwork. I looked shapeless and weird in it. It's been floating around the house, in the kids dressups, under the beds. This weekend, I frogged the entire thing, prepped it and I'm going to make Rosemary's Middle Sweater from the Green Mountain Spinnery book with it. I hope I have enough yarn. I was trying to cheat with the scissors in a few places while frogging, and I lost some yarn stupidly.