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I have some bits and bobs that I didn't think could stand individually as a post, but together, maybe they're something.
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.
Charlie asked me this morning to pack a granola bar in his lunch on Friday. Knowing my memory, I told him I was happy to do that but that he'd have to remind me. Also knowing my memory, he disappeared downstairs to his art table.
He reappeared with this note. Who do you love? Chocolate swirl granola bars, that's who.
After sweating Charlie's spelling through K-2, I'm so pleased that when he needs to lobby for a specific school lunch dessert in 3rd grade, he spells everything correctly. He's also very precise about the terms of the agreement he sets out for us. Hmmm, could this child's mother be an attorney? Finally, in case the message doesn't hit all the way home, we have the ransom-note-style signature and the Mike Wazowski sticker.
There is no chance that I will forget what to pack in Charlie's lunch on Friday.
