Monica's Birthday socks

Here are the socks I made for a belated birthday present for my niece Monica. She likes the red/white/blue patriotic theme. Done as ankle socks, her preferred cuff length, in a knit 3 purl 1 rib pattern on 2 circulars. I initally tried to do both at the same time, but it became a tangled mess in my first attemp at doing that. I frogged them and went back to 1 at a time which I'm much more comfortable at doing. I decided on a short row heel as I was afraid of pooling if I did a heel flap and turned heel. This was the second time I've used the short row heel, and it went much smoother this time around. The yarn used is Regia Nation. She did try them on for me and said they fit fine.