People in the online craft community always do these swaps. They have a theme or an idea and they swap projects with each other. It looks like great fun, and the results are amazing. But I've always been too chicken to sign up. Would my stuff be good enough?

I couldn't resist this one. Molly at Mollycoddle has organized a Mini Swap. It's for kids! Handmade and hand-me-down gift exchange, so it won't even cost lots of money! People from all over the world want to participate?! Can you tell I'm a little excited? Do you know why? Huh? It's because I got an email from my partner and guess where they live? Wichita? Nope. Chicago? No. England? Not even. It's SINGAPORE! How cool is that? Jack thinks it will be fun, but as always, I seem to be the one jumping around about it. My partner is Erin of Opportunity Knits. Look at her beautiful things and the lovely children. Her son is five- that will be just perfect for Jack. She also has a daughter who is 13 and loves girly things. I'll have to call Chloe for advice. I'm just so tickled. Time to start thinking about some fun stuff to send!

On a note closer to home, the kids had their 1 yr and 5 yr checkups today. They both had to get shots and Jack was such a trooper. He didn't cry, but the last one stung, so he was ready TO GO when it was over. He wanted to leave the room while Nora got her shots. He went out in the hall and sat slumped on the floor in his Nemo underpants. A hug and a blueberry lollipop perked him right up. Both kids are growing well, on the small end of the charts, but that's ok. Jack grew 2 1/4 inches this last year and that's right on track. Nora got the ok to turn her carseat around, even though she's not quite to 20 Lbs, and she laughed aloud all the way to Jack's preschool. "I can see where I'm going!" Last night, while Jack defiantly ignored our orders to get ready for bed and Nora over-dramatically cried at our feet hanging on to our pants, I asked Brian what made us think having children was such a good idea. But I look at them today in the rear view mirror, both laughing and smiling back at me, I'm convinced they are the best ideas we've ever had.