Knit for joy: May 2010

First, family news: My older son is engaged! He and his fiancee (wow, it feels weird to type that!) are graduating from college next week. They met the first day of college, so I think they know each other well enough. She is a wonderfully nice person and we are so happy for them. No news on a date yet.

Now, chicken news: All of our peeps are here! The first 4 peeps (2 buff orpingtons and 2 ameraucanas) came 2 weeks ago and the last 2 peeps (2 australorps) came yesterday. What are their names? Oh, glad you asked! One of the buffs is Grace (we've been calling her Gracie) and the other is Hopper. Back story: I teach Management Information Systems at a university. Captain Grace Hopper, PhD is one of the first women computer scientists. My ameraucanas are Ada and Lovelace. Ada, Countess of Lovelace (Lord Byron's daughter) is considered to be the first computer programmer. She worked on programs for Charles Babbage's difference engine way back in the early 1800s. Our 2 new babies are Annie and Dora. Annie is named after Annie Easley. Ms. Easley worked at NASA as a computer scientist from 1958-1999. I chose the names Grace, Hopper, Ada, and Lovelace. When I first talked of getting peeps, my daughter asked me if she would be allowed to name one the them. After realizing my "theme" (ok, it's really just a bit of dorkiness on my part), she chose Annie. She did her little bit of research and called me with some possibilities and we chose Annie together. My daughter's husband was hoping to name one of babies, too (although I didn't know that). He suggested Dora. He and my daughter were married on the cruise ship Explorer of the Seas last year, so he was thinking Dora the Explorer. I thought it was very sweet, so, while Dora isn't a computer scientist, she is a really cute little peep! Here are some pictures of my new babies.

Ada: