Welcome to March everyone! I put up a new theme on my blog to celebrate. I think all the snowmen decorations are going to come down pretty quickly here. I do love winter, but I think January and February are the appropriate time to celebrate wintery-ness. March is the home to my favorite holiday – St. Patrick’s Day! It’s the perfect month to clothe ourselves in shades of green and to put rainbows and shamrocks all around.
I’ve been getting Cricket magazine non-stop since 1985, and I love pulling out past March issues to read some of the great stories of leprechauns and magic. Andrew declares with much conviction that St. Patrick’s Day is also his favorite holiday.
Speaking of the kids, I have a couple things I’ve been meaning to share about them.
1. As far as I can tell, Andrew and Sylvia really don’t know which of our cats is Bowser and which is Spooky. They are bothers, and they are cats, but Bowser is black and while while Spooky is all black. Yesterday, Sylvia looked at Spook and said, “Hi Bowser!” “That’s the black kitty,” I said. “I know,” she replied, “hi Bowser.” Andrew also seems to just say whichever name comes to mind first. Makes me shake my head and laugh.
2. Along the same lines, Sylvia doesn’t name her dolls/toys. People we meet will often ask her the name of the doll she is carrying. She gives them a blank look. I’ve named several of them, and she’ll use those names sometimes. And recently she’s been naming dolls Ellie because Celia’s doll is Ellie. But that’s only when she’s prompted for a name. This also makes me smile and laugh.
3. Andrew is a Yahtzee-playing machine. The last couple days I think he’s played 20 games. Fortunately, it’s a game that can be played solo. And he’s getting great at adding. He’s now learned how to use his new cash register calculator to add all the numbers, and with some prompting, he’s also learning how to add the ones/tens/and hundreds columns and how to carry when adding. That boy of mine gets interested in something and there is no stopping him. At least until he stops at some point on his own. If you see him in the future, you may refer to him as Andrew Yahtzee Dotzour. That boy gets an unnatural number of Yahtzees.
4. Do you like the game Angry Birds? Andrew would play it constantly if he had an iPod/Pad/Phone of his own. Michael sent me the following video of a family who made their kid an Angry Birds cake for his 6th birthday. Looks like the kind of thing that Andrew would definitely get behind!
OK, those are my random thoughts for today. I’ve recovered from whatever horrible virus I had back in mid-February, but I’ve still got an intense, hacking cough. Hopefully in another couple weeks I’ll be 100%! I’d love to get to run and work-out again!