Well, I can't remember how to get into my old blog, which is probably good because it's embarassing how long it's been since I updated it. :)
I have been just a glutton for toys and books lately. I found a puzzle for Andrew that he LOVES! And thus I discovered the joy of hitting the sweet spot of Toy Readiness. It's the Melissa and Doug Puzzles in a Box series.
And we have settled into our public library, after paying some fines. (eek!) Favorite books are the Ali Mitgusch Start to Finish Series (I LOVE these! I cannot get enough of them, I'm holding myself back from buying them all.. we have Rubber Tree to Tire and Cacao Bean to Chocolate), the artists series by Laurence Anholt (I LOVE these, too! I have been looking for these exact books for YEARS! They have them all at the library.) Andrew also loves the various others we've found, some more than others, but those and the Berenstain Bears are really great right now. This list looks good, too.
In the meantime, I've fallen in love with the (kids'?) books, the His Dark Materials series. It's really fun to read, and everyone loves a good book-to-movie series these days. All the better if it's panned by the Harry-Potter-hating type folk. And also from the library, I'm rededicating myself to learning to bake whole wheat bread, even after the catastrophic loss yesterday of my sourdough starter. Oh, the humanity... I guess I didn't feed it often enough. Andrei thought it was creepy anyway.
Yesterday Andrew was so excited that I showed up at school with a snack that he suggested I do that every day! When I asked what I should bring, sitting under the little tree outside his classroom, he said, "I know! You can go by J's Bakery and get me a cookie!" I feel like all I say is, 'sugar is bad for your teeth, it's a sometimes food..." He gets it straight from Daddy and Grampa.
Speaking of teeth, he had his first dentists' visit last week, and they didn't even look at his teeth. We did a lot of looking at mine, and he held "Mr. Thirsty," the little vacuum that sucks the spit out of your mouth, and wore blue gloves, and got a new toothbrush. And fed the fish! Pretty fun. :)
