Counting Down

Mommy and Daddy were under the weather today, which was a bummer. Madison is doing just fine, which is great - but when she wants to play or wrestle, it makes us feel like fuddy-duddies because we can't give her 100%.

MADISON'S BOOK CLUB

I'm pleased to say that reading books has been a well established routine at bedtime. Madison gets to pick out the book each night, and she'll go through phases where she picks the same book over and over again. The book this week is "Ernie Gets Lost," a hand-me-down book that Madison has strangely been fascinated by as of late. It is essentially a guide on how not to get lost, and what to do if that happens.

We've been in big, public places lately - Disney on Ice comes to mind - and this book was really handy beforehand when Daddy was explaining to Madison the importance of holding our hands and staying with us: which she did. The book has a happy ending, of course. Ernie finds his way, and everyone lives happily ever after.

This reminds me of another Sesame Street character. Following the theme of the month a bit, we've been playing a counting video we found: it's the Count from Sesame Street. Moo-ah-ah-ah! It's an old VHS tape we picked up from somewhere, but Madison enjoys watching it. She likes Sesame Street, actually. When Mommy and Daddy were younger, that was pretty much the best there was when it comes to learning and fun. We still have a few records and VHS tapes from our past that we still enjoy playing from time to time - and of course we still pick up new ones: the "Big Bird goes to China" DVD comes to mind.

The weather is warm outside, unseasonably so. Still, we're pretty much grounded for the day with stuffy noses and sinus trouble. Daddy made a few trips to the new house today, moving more over there. We plan on spending our first night at the new house sometime this week. There's a lot of excitement about this, despite the fact that we're under the weather. In fact, if the Count were here, you could here him help count things down: "Four days! Four days left - ah, ah, ah!"

"Greetings! I am the Count. They call me the Count because I love to count things." -Count von Count