ben told me a long time ago that his sisters would make fun of him for wearing socks with his birks. they weren't winning any prizes for fashion themselves, and
ben
is fucking adorable, so for the first night of hanukkah, he got the socks i have been working on for him - with a nice barbara walker chart up the back, to show off those ankles.
i've mentioned the queen kahuna sock book before. and i hadn't picked it up in a long time, and getting back into her mind was... hard. honestly, it's like having rain man teach you to make socks. but once you've got it - it's great. ben proclaims that these are the best-fitting socks he's ever owned.
photo's a tad blurry but i think it captures the blurriness of a friday evening with xmas lights and two menorahs going, dog and cats being terrorized by a jumping, musical wind-up dreidel, and
ben
in the kitchen making holiday cookies and matzoh ball soup!