Tuesday, February 28, 2012

This was a triumph

This sampler is not a lie:


I actually finished it several months ago, but didn't get a chance to give it to its intended recipients until this weekend and didn't want to ruin their surprise by posting it here first.


Pattern is from here if you want to stitch along at home!

Friday, February 17, 2012

What Ben does at work all day

The life of a roboticist is glamorous indeed.

Ben claims there are eight robots on that cart.

Monday, February 6, 2012

More robots!

Last weekend Ben and I volunteered at the FIRST Lego League Championships at Penn. Like last year, Ben was the head ref and therefore special:


Also like last year, I was a regular ref:


As always, it was a ton of fun. I think my favorite team was a girl scout troop, who all wore denim shirts and red head kerchiefs (à la Rosie the Riveter) and were called the "tough cookies." Gotta love getting girls excited about engineering!