1. In trying to describe to Paige Teddy's behavior in the 4:30-5:00 blood sugar witching half hour, I accidentally coined the word "appetude", which is a mashup of appetite and attitude. Teddy is one of those kids who can behave horrendously when he's hungry. What's amazifrustrating (not a typo) is that it takes an astonishingly small number of bites of food for him to make a Jekyll-to-Hyde transformation. In fact, the next time he's sporting a bad appetude, I'm going to try to take a video so you can see how quickly he can recover.
2. Late winter sun blinding you from reading the comics, son? Don't worry about it. Dad will build a sunshade for you out of sugary cereals. That'll help.
3. This article about a new parenting study has quickly made the rounds among intelligent, well-read, discerning parents I know. It's worth the read. Tip of the blog to Seoul Foreign School's best English teacher.
4. Finally, who doesn't love a second-grader's polite note about something he wants packed in his lunch? Pittsburgh Popcorn is pretty amazing. I'd want their chocolate covered pretzel popcorn packed in my lunch, too.
I love the note. Colin is doing this right now, too, and we're eating it up. Also, like the ingenuity of the temporary sun-blocker, and the fact that you got some sun.
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