Griff loves breakfast more than anyone I’ve ever seen. This morning, he put away a bowl of oatmeal (and this wasn’t just oatmeal, it was hot muesli with almonds, walnuts and sunflower seeds, made with half whole milk, and I added a chopped apple and some raisins), a whole banana, and a 4oz container of yogurt. I turned around at some point and saw him picking up his bowl to lick the last of the yogurt out of the bottom. I have no idea where he puts it all. Toddler stomachs are supposed to be small, right?

Crazily enough, I finished some knitting projects this week. This is pretty huge for me, given my limited free time these days. These are my flip-top mittens, made in a combo of Cascade 220 and some of my 2-ply handspun. (The handspun is superwash, but the Cascade isn’t. Shhhh!) I’m very pleased with them overall as my first colorwork project; the blocking did wonders in terms of evening out the stitches. The one thing I wish I had done differently is to put ribbing on both edges of the “hole”, but the curling at the bottom edge hopefully won’t bother me too much. The stranding will make them nice and warm this winter, and being able to easily extract my fingers to do stuff that requires actual dexterity will be really useful.

I also managed to eke out a matching Calorimetry headband with the leftovers from the mittens, two strands held together. It’s thick, squishy and warm. I wear my hair up most of the time, so a hat isn’t really an option in cold weather. Now I just need to pick out a button for it.