Random thoughts

Well, after our very fun and busy weekend, there is not too much to report from Bear Cub's home front. Here are a few random thoughts that I've been meaning to post...in no particular order and with no great literary merit. The writer inside must be sleeping today. :)

• Bear Cub is LOVING the pool! We've been taking him every few days and he's getting braver each time we go. He'll even let us take him underwater and yesterday he started kicking his legs. We are signed up for Mommy & Me swim lessons in June...he'll be very comfortable in the water by then.


• He continually is learning new words. He still only says part of the words, but we are amazed at the things that he is picking up. For example, yesterday we were at the park, and swinging pretty high together. He was rubbing at his mouth and looking at his fingers. I told him, "We're swinging so high that you are drooling!" Well, wouldn't you know....he instantly repeated back to me, "Druuu.....mou...." Yup, he had drool coming from his mouth. He is even starting to identify some of his beloved books by title...he likes (for some strange reason -- this is one of the weirdest books I've ever read) a book called My World. Yesterday he pointed to it and said, "Ma, wor" -- meaning My World. I was impressed!


• We gave him his first home haircut. He had some long wispy hairs around his ears that needed cutting badly. While he slept one afternoon, we quickly snipped those and a bit around his neck. Ok...so it's not the most even haircut, but hey, it served its purpose!


• The boy L-O-V-E-S bugs and lizards. Our evening routine of going on a bug hunt is a MUST. He tells us which ones will "bi" or bite, by putting his finger in and out of mouth in a biting motion. He knows not to touch the ants and spiders!


• Bear Cub can successfully jump now! He can get about an inch or two of air...look out NBA. Ha, ha


• On a totally different note: I am wanting to somehow include information about the books that I read on the blog. My sister has a great little sidebar on her blog for that info -- need to ask her about how to do that. Anyway, here are some of the books that I've recently read --- I love to read!


• The Kite Runner - excellent -- very interesting to read and learn about Afghanistan and the Russian invasion


• The Russian Concubine -- enjoyable -- lengthy at times, but worth the read


• My Sister's Keeper -- awesome! This is a major tear jerker, but so great. I read in People Magazine that they are making a movie out of it. Read the book first!


• And now I am reading a non-fiction book that reads like fiction...The Devil in the White City about the creation of the World's Fair in Chicago in the late 1800s. I need to get online and do some more research on this... very interesting!! Did you know that Walt Disney's father worked construction on this great exhibition and that Walt learned about how to light such a massive event? Hmmmm...I think he got it all figured out just fine! :)

Oh...and one last thought...please say a prayer for my sister's dog, Jeep, to return home safely...and soon. He slipped out of his harness on Friday and has yet to come home.

Everyone misses you, Jeepie!

Enjoy the rest of the week and here are a few photos in closing!