I thought I would update you on a few open items I have discussed on my blog.

1.  The tent is still the best gift ever.  Now they watch movies and eat popcorn inside it.   Sometimes Pookie refuses to let me and BAGD out, even when the internal temperature reaches 100 degrees.

2.  We are sure Pookie can count higher than 4.  Tonite he was playing with a piggy bank and misplaced one of his pennies.  He turned to BAGD and asked “Where is the 5 penny?”  Five being the fifth penny.  So, while its just one higher than the teacher says he can count, we believe its just one example of how he understands quantities.

3.  Pookie and I are attending another Sign Language chat next week.  I am trying to find a book written in sign language so that we can practice a common story.  I would like something like “Good night Moon” or a fairy tale in sign language.  I want him to be able to learn the story all the way through.  Any suggestions?  I can’t seem to find one that gives the signs for a whole story.

4.  I still love that razor, but will admit that it is a bad idea to shave in the shower without your glasses on.  I have a strip of hair on my leg about 1 inch wide that I totally missed last time.   I noticed on Gyne appt day.  Oh well, I guess they’;ve seen worse.

5.  I guess Pookie is officially potty trained now, given the fact that BAGD and I have not even thought about it for almost a month.  He had been doing great with pee for months, but still had poop accidents.  Then things got better and now we never even think about it.  He doesn’t really tell us when he poops in the potty.  We try to keep an eye on it, because he does not wipe well, but we no longer follow him around.   We were just saying the other day that we haven;t thought about it for weeks.

6.  Giggles still sleeps thru the night.  In fact, she is going like 12 hours a night.  She goes to bed at 7ish with the big kids and wakes up between 6 and 7 the next morning.  Not bad!

7.  We threw out all the Baby Einstein DVDs.  We could not take it any more.  We had tried letting him watch it once a day,  right after breakfast.   But he would still whine all day for more.  And he was using it as his “Screw you!” comment.  It went something like this :  BAGD “Pookie, don’t stand on the Sit and Spin.”  Pookie “I want to watch Baby Mo!”

8.  We finally started using all that free formula.  I told BAGD I would mix it 50-50 with the Walmart stuff Giggles is used to.  I mix it more like 70-30, but she still does fine.  No upset stomach.  No problems.

9.  BAGD still piles his crap on my desk.

10.  My kids have been remarkably healthy this winter, luckily.

11.   Final Count:  23 hats, 6 rag quilts and one nearly finished real quilt, from a kit.   I also just bought a book on quilt making, so I am ready to try a real quilt, not from a kit.

12.  I did get one of these.   Told you I would.

13.  This works great to keep the hats and coats organized.  The only problem is that the over-zealous children sometimes push too hard on the hat/mitten bag and we have broken 2 hangers already.

14.  No longer Pookie’s favorite book.  He has moved on to the “David” series by David Shannon.

15.  This is still the best stroller, carseat, boogie board combo ever.  I love it.  No complaints at all.

16.  We still never received any more books from this chain letter.  And it made me very sad.

17.  We had a girl, not a boy.

18.  I did let BAGD name the baby, and he did great.

19.  She looks like Geetle.

20.  We have no current Winnie.  We lost Winnie #4 about 6 weeks ago and made a group decision to go hamster-less for a while.  Geetle has hardly noticed, since she has a new pet…Giggles.

21.  I still have 8 boxes of salt in my laundry room.

22.  Pookie no longer climbs into bed with me every morning at 5:45.  I sort of miss it.

23.  We threw this out a few weeks ago.  Pookie moved past it.  It was sort of sad to throw it away.   After all, it was his first urinal.

24.  After years of not pointing, Pookie is now a pro.  He has also learned to say “right there” to add emphasis to his pointing.  Such a small thing, but so important.

25.  We never did find Aunt Shel’s hamster.

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