What a day, oh what a day-ay...

For starters, Happy Birthday to Kristian Wagner and Christian Ahrens!!!! Hope you both have a great year!

A big shout out to Meg for "having my back." Thank you ;-)

In the news: One article claims the 5-second rule still applies, but snopes.com disagrees. I heard on the radio in Atlanta Friday about an elementary school study that claimed potato skins were still good for 5 seconds if dropped on the floor, but any longer than that, bacteria grew. I have also heard from medical profesionals that exposure to some germs helps prevent asthma. You decide. For the record, for me, it depends on the food and the flooor. At Outward Bound, we used dirt to clean our utensils, but I certainly am not eating oatmeal off of the bathroom foloor!

In Harry News:
Harry knows at least 3 colors: Elmo is red, Big Bird is yellow, Oscar is green. Example: what color is the shirt? "Oskar!" Okay, I exaggerate. But he has bath tub paints and instead of asking for a color he asks for characters. Sort of like asking for "red" Kool-Aid or Jell-O, I suppose.

A fun thing I like to do with Harry is quiz him on the Blue's Clue's song.

K: "To Play Blue's Clue's we have to find, a"

H:"Paw Print."

K: "And that's our first?"

H: "Clue."

Etc.

He also sits in his lion chair and draws pictures on his "No(te)-book."

We relate a lot of things to the shows Harry likes, and it seems to work very well. Today we were at the Natural History Museum. Harry recognized a lot of animals from Go, Diego, Go! The museum was a great place for him to demonstrate the things he has learned. He seemed a lot more interested un the animals than he was the last time we were at the zoo. He can also say a lot more words. Even "Elephant."
Harry especially enjoyed the Discovery Center at the museum. He got to look through a magnifying glass, carry around binoculars, try on clogs and beat a drum from Kenya. I just can't believe we waited until it was almost warm out to go there!

Harry also made it through gym class again without any head butts! He did a few log rolls across he mats, and hung from the bars a bit. He ran and ran. He and AJ seemed to play follow the leader. He hid in the donut mat with Alanna and giggled a lot. Miss Tess even commented the giggles were contagious.

The boy is still living on uncrustables, but I have a plan to freeze some of our own, and stuff them with shredded carrots! He did eat some yogurt for dinner, but not all of it. Rather than waste it, we finger painted. He had a blast. Needless to say, bathtime came early! Bedtime arrived at 7:30. Harry was sleepy even though for the first time possibly ever he had a 2 hour nap today! He's in there now, Snoedel in 1 arm, Baby Ernie in the other, flannel "blankie" over them all.