FO and Fun in the Sun

I've got lots of pics for you from the last week, but I'm going to break them down into separate days.

First, here's the spruce ankle socks that I finally finished. I left them at Mom's. On purpose, natch. I have an extremely narrow foot and these were way too wide for me. Luckily, Mom has a wider foot than I, so someone gets to enjoy them. Forgive me for showing you two pics, but read the captions and you'll understand. They turned out okay, but I wasn't real enthused about them. Not sure if it's the colorway, which is very pretty, or the plain stockinette, but it took sheer willpower (why can't I use willpower to get over the chips ahoy cookie fetish I have?) to get over the second sock syndrome this time around.

This is sort of a hybrid sock I suppose. It's a toe-up sock (love the toe-ups - so practical.)
I used the magic cast-on for the toe, which is awesome by the way. Plain stockinette for the foot, and used Wendy's generic toe up recipe to do the short row heels (which I'm getting the hang of - sorta) and 2 x 2 rib for the ankle.

Blurry, but the color is right

Clear, but the color is way too dark

I started a new toe-up sock, but I'll share that later.

Fun In the Sun Part 1:
Look at these two photos closely. Can you see a shared trait? Can you tell they're brothers? Check out those tongues stickin' out!

What's happened this week?

Sorry for not posting for a while, I'm on vacation with the kids. Not much of a vacation since the kids are still managing to raise my blood pressure to unhealthy levels, but even so.

Lots of stuff has happened in the past couple of days. I'll have pictures later, but here's the highlights:

1. Eldest is getting his first set of glasses tomorrow. In less than two months, his eyes have become 75% worse. He's excited now, but I still feel sorry for him. Too much hateful teasing is heading his way. It's mine and my husband's fault. blind as bats both of us (or, at least I was until some wonderful lasik surgery).

2. Found out my uncle has prostate cancer and may have more bad news coming his way when more biopsies are done. Please keep him in your prayers.

3. A 19 month old and a puppy are beautiful to watch together until they decide on both doing something they shouldn't at the same time.

4. I got over the second sock syndrome and finished the Spruce socks. Will have pics soon.

Posts will still be sporadic over the next couple of days. Thank God school starts next Wednesday so that we can get back on a decent schedule again and the almost seven year old can get the sillies out at school again and not at home. He's driving me nuts.