Knitting re-birth

I learned to knit when I was about 10 or so and managed to knit a sweater, booties for my cabbage patch kid, scarves... under the direction and apprenticeship of my mother. 25 or so years have past and this experience has become all but a distant memory. I have been getting the itch for the past year to pick up some needles and knit the kids some simple, yet, sentimental (at least for my part) sweaters or hats. Only problem is that my mentor is now in another time zone than me. I therefore signed up for the "Mom night out Knitting" event. I was armed with a bottle of sparkling water and hit the town. Went pretty well and I am up to speed on the basic knit project. I made a "neck cozy" last night (finished up during pm nap today) and am raring to go on a hat. Only problem is, I don't know how to read a pattern, and if I were to make a mistake mid way through - drop a stitch or something, I would be S.O.L. hmmmm.
Here is the lovely Sophia all excited about what mommy produced at school last night. Dylan was a little more apathetic.
Here is Dylan doing his finest "blue steel" pose.