Alan built his own computer.

Yeah. So, we’ve been playing it. All of us except for Nathan of course. That’s why I drew my banner like that this month. Isabelle doesn’t like the new banner. She started to cry and said she didn’t want to be up there. That Nathan was all by himself. That she needed to be down there next to him.

And I wish I had drawn Alan bigger. Can you guess what I’m referencing to? Hmmm?? Maybe if I had made the name tag bigger, it would have been more obvious.

Whoo hoo! I did it! I did it! (imagine me singing that)

I finished knitting a blanket for Nathan!! It isn’t blocked. But I don’t think I’m going to bother doing that. We’re too busy using it.

And doesn’t Nathan look sweet under there. No redness on his face? Well his face cleared up. But these are old pictures. One morning we woke up and it was all red and angry looking again.

And like my new banner? No one will get it except for Alan. I’ll explain some other time, too busy coughing.

Project Notes
Pattern: Personalized Baby Blanket from Simple Knits for Cherished Babies
Yarn: Lion Brand Cotton-Ease
Needle size: US 7 / 4.5 mm

This recipe is from Cook’s Country April/May 2005 issue. They call it root beer float but when I think of root beer floats I think of root beer and ice cream so I’m calling this root beer jello floats.

Root Beer Jello Floats
2 (12 – ounce) bottles or cans of cold root beer
2 envelopes unflavored gelatin
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
1 cup heavy cream

1. Open only 1 can of root beer. Soften the gelatin by placing 1/2 cup of root beer in a bowl and sprinkling the gelatin over the top. Leave for 5 minutes to soften the gelatin.

2. Bring 1 cup of root beer and the 1/4 cup sugar to boil in a small saucepan stirring to dissolve the sugar. Remove it from the heat and whisk in the gelatin mixture until all the lumps are dissolved. Pour into a different bowl and let it cool to room temperature. Once it’s cooled, open the second can of root beer and gently stir in the remaining 1 1/2 cups of root beer trying not to deflate the bubbles. The idea is, since you opened the 2nd can later, it won’t be flat and you’ll have more fizz for a bubbly root beer cap. I could never manage that though. Refrigerate until firm, at least 6 hours or up to 1 day.

3. When the root beer is firm, start your whipped cream. Beat the heavy cream with the 2 tablespoons of sugar until it holds soft peaks.

4. Spoon 1/8 of root beer jello into 4 cups. Top with 1/8 of whipped cream. Repeat with the rest of the jello and whipped cream and top with the cap of bubbly root beer. Or in my case just more jello since all my bubbles deflated.

I like this recipe though it was strange at first. I’m not used to jello being carbonated but it grew on me. Weird but in a good way. But I’m the only one who eats this. Alan thinks root beer jello is strange and Isabelle will only eat the whipped cream.

If anyone makes this let me know what you think, I’m curious to see other people’s reaction. Am I just strange in liking this?