As you know, it was Risa’s birthday a couple weeks ago, so what else is a friend to do? That’s right. Bake a birthday cake. Because what’s a birthday without cake? I mean, sure, her mother provided her with cake for the actual birthday, but since I wasn’t there, it doesn’t count. (For me.) Besides, who doesn’t like an excuse to eat cake? Even if the twins mostly just ate enough frosting to fuel a sugar rush. (Yeah, sorry about that, Risa.)

Although, eating cake wasn’t all we did. We also spun. And played. And watched a movie (Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast,” one of my favorites that Risa and the twins hadn’t seen before).

I did mention the spinning, right? Because I finished spinning my Spunky Eclectic “Celebrations” Shetland and then plied it while we were watching the movie . . . and it took just about the entire movie to get it done, too.

I have no idea what the yardage is because I completely lost count while wrapping the niddy noddy. (Not least of which because I had to stop midway to go rescue Alex’s blankie which Chappy ran off with in his favorite, “Look what I’ve got!” game.) It’s pretty consistent as to width, though–somewhere around 30-28 wpi. It’s a trifle under-plied, but I can live with that.

We did have fun, though. And really, those twins are getting big. Their arms and legs are getting quite lengthy, and they don’t at all have that baby/toddler roundness to them any more. They’re still small enough to fit on Chappy’s pillow, though.

Meanwhile, Chappy’s kind of wondering when his playmates are coming back. He says he’s all ready for some more running around. Especially since he’s had the (medicated) bath that was delayed from last night, so really, he could use some more blow-drying . . . doggie style. (You know, the kind where you run fast enough that the breeze dries your fur . . . no wonder he’s usually so tired after a bath.)

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