Happy Constitution Day!

Today, apparently is Constitution Day, and if you've never heard of it, thats because its only been celebrated since 2005 (according to this nifty info sheet that Mr. Spud, who apparently never actually works when he goes to work, and in fact doesn't seem to actually be at work much either, brought home for me). The main point is, the Constitution was signed n Philadelphia (at the aptly named Constitutional Convention) on 17 September, 1787.

so: how many of you have actually read the Constitution? Lets see how many of you are as smart as Mr. Spud: What, in years, is the longest possible time one could serve for president these days? Leave your guesses in the comments, and in a day or so I'll tell you all how wrong you are (NO MA! YOU CAN'T ANSWER, YOU KNOW TOO MUCH!)

a new bumper sticker

yup, the Bush one is gone. Look at that crack on my bumper, yeesh, and i don't even technically own the car yet.

For all of you who are subjected to my regular Disney-related updates: look for the meal times e-mail soon, whenever i actually get myself sufficiently in gear to dig out the paper we scribbled on at lunch the other day. I'm trying to cram an hour of work in every day, but some days I'm just too darned lazy.

Also: I got fingerprinted today! They didn't use any ink at all: they use this little computer device. Now the Fauquier Human Resources has access to my fingerprints, in a digital format that they can most likely apply to all sorts of stuff: t-shirts, commemorative plates, travel mugs, playing cards...

Disney

here, go visit the Disney site Stan made for us.

two days of adventure!

so, apparently I'm to bog about boating, so here goes: we went boating. We took a canoe around the lake at Crockett park (I think its lake Germanna but I'm not actually sure at all) for about two hours. The Widge loved it.

Today we went to the Smithsonian Museum of Natual History, or whatever their fancy official title is (I'm actually a card-carrying Smithsonian member, so I don't have to be all formal and official). We got to ride the metro (with our new favorite, Orange Bear, courtesy of Beloved Venerable Uncle Nick. On the way home, it was Orange Bear, Cuddlesaurus, Dinosaur, and "Bat" who is also a dinosaur)

The Widge loves Natural History! But honestly, who doesn't love the opportunity to squint into the yawning jaws of a crocodile?! (this was actually a severed and clear-coated crocodile head. The Widge marched right up with his magnifying glass, peered closely at the teeth, and said: "hmmm...")We saw dinos, bugs (Widge held a fat green caterpillar), skeletons of all sorts of things, the super-cool new mammal hall, but not the giant squid. The giant squid wasn't receiving callers today. I think he's on holiday or something. He'll be back (and better than ever) on 27 September. Mark your calendars, go ahead, I'll wait.

Also today, the Widge rode his first carousel!
This is the Carousel on the Mall, which is a little carousel, but cool enough to give "Carousel on the Mall" stickers to all their young riders. No sticker for me. I must not have been enthusiastic enough.
Or maybe the fact that I didn't actually sit on one of the little horses counted against me. Whatever.

Sorry for the general lack of history museum photos. Its too exciting to be pausing for photos. The world of history is a fast-paced, adrenaline fueled roller-coaster, or at least it is when you're 2.

In other news, I recently got an e-mail from the Disney company (in response to a request I'd made), to the effect that they have no plans to release either "Fly with Von Drake" or "Scrooge McDuck and Money" on DVD any time soon. This is a travesty. Stop what you're doing now and send them an e-mail about it. I'll wait.

Are you back? that was actually the end of my post!

Flying Circus

we went to the flying circus! It was awesome! you should all go!


check out my video! I actually took this myself, theres even sound! This is to make up for the fact that my little camera is too weak to take any really good photos of the stunts.
it was balloon weekend, so they inflated the Remax balloon right in the middle of the airshow, just to demonstrate how they do it. Naturally I was too busy watching to take photos of anything really interesting.

we met the Baron. His mustache is very decorative, and his good jokes totally made up for his bad accent.

we got to actually see the planes up close, peek in the cockpit, check the flaps and all, which is way more than you get at the Smithsonian.
the planes were very cool.

the stunts were extremely cool. there were rolls and dives and crazy maneuvers of all varieties.

the Widge loved it (he actually insisted on getting in this plane: "Widge sit there!" he demanded, so the pilot hoisted him in, and he proceeded to "fly".

it was hot, but totally worth it.

Darned Hobby.

so, every so often you are forcibly reminded that this is, in fact, a knitting blog. See, i made this sock. Can you see all the crazy cables? Yup, I cabled without a cable needle, using size 00 double-points. This is Eunny Jang's fabulous bayrische socke, using Louet Gems, and it looks great, and took forever.
and, it doesn't fit.

The long-awaited fort

presenting: Fort Spud!
hooray for Fort Spud!
we love it!

in other news, our cute little town does a little outdoor thingie on the first Friday of every month.

we live in such a cute town! Plus, they have old cars here! I love these photo-heavy posts! There's less actual work involved!
(this last one is with a plane and a wing-walker from the Flying Circus. Which we plan to see someday.)

Sadly, at the moment, Widgie has a cold. This has not, however, stopped the plans to continue kicking Fort Spud up a notch or two. If there were a show called "Pimp my Fort", we would totally be the stars. Stay tuned for updates!