Business seems to be the order of business around our household these days.  Preparing for the move and homeschooliing and settling into life in another state take up a ton of our time.  Of course, none of us were apparently too busy to get sick!  Emma came down with something suspiciously resembling the flu right after Easter.  Soon, Oliver got it, followed by Daddy and finally Jacob.  I so far seem to be the only one who is able to resist it.  I sure hope my strength holds out!  We down to less than 2 weeks before we close, and I frankly don't have the time to deal with one right now.

On Saturday (while my 3 men were languishing at home with this flu, but I didn't realize it at the time) I went to a spin-in at my lys, Knitwitz.  It was so much fun, and I really enjoyed seeing all the wonderful yarns everyone was creating.

Here's our happy little group.  I've never been around so many Majacraft in my life!  It was so much fun!

Here's one of my new fibery friends, Kris.  She has a nice business going where she dyes roving, blends it, and also spins it up for sale.  You can find her stuff on etsy here.  Anyway, she brought a ton of rovings and offered to mix the colors to create a custom blend.  What you see her holding is my new custom blend of bright pink, blue, and cornflower, along with tencile to create my new custom purple-pink roving.  Sweet!  I can hardly wait to spin it up!

While I've been enjoying my fiber addiction, the kids have been getting ready for their own competition, held at our new library.   There was a Lego construction contest held today.  All three kiddos competed, and believe me, they've been thinking about their design for weeks!  The competition was stiff, and none of them won a prize, but they all did so well, and were so creative that I couldn't help be pleased with them.  One of the best lessons a kid can learn is how to be a gracious loser.  All three were gracious, and even though Emma had a few tears, she did very well.  Oliver and Jacob also congratulated the other participants in the contest.  They can hardly wait to do another!

Here is Emma, working very hard on her house design.  See the concentration on her face as she struggles to get a piece "just so".

Oliver and Emma's stations were side-by-side.  They both worked very intently.  Oliver even wanted to help his sister when her pieces wouldn't obey her wishes, and I had to gently remind him that it was a competition.

Here's Jacob working on his version of something Star Wars-ish...  He was in good company, however.  I believe most of the other boys in his age range also chose general Star Wars themed items to design.

Happy girl...

and happy boy!

Here's Oliver being interviewed by a panel of three judges about his design entry.