Friday, August 13, 2004
I'm at home today with a sniffly sick Sophie. She is in remarkably good spirits considering that she was awake and crying about a gazillion times last night. I'm still bruised and tender from when she bashed the back of her head into my face while she was inconsolably thrashing around this morning. There really is no harder substance known to man than the toddler skull.
If Crusty McSnotty is feeling better this weekend, we will be attending a "toy party" on Sunday. That probably sounds potentially racy (baby-in-tow situation aside), but it actually is a kids' toy party, the point of which is to get together with other mommy types, preview and buy toys, and hang around the chip'n'dip bragging about the amazing things that our little whippersnappers are doing these days.
(Pardon me, is this the line to get the soccer ball decal for the back window of my minivan?)
I have this to offer to the probable conversation about our child geniuses: Sophie has recently developed a habit of licking my leg. She started doing this as a way to get unpleasant things off of her tongue, such as sand or tomato sauce, but now it's something she does without any particular motivation, except maybe to watch me be all squicked about it. Kid just kinda walks up and licks my pants leg. Unfortunately, the result she usually ends up with cat hair in her mouth, which sends her into a total freakout, complete with crying and clawing frantically at her tongue. As soon as the offending cat hair is removed, she leans back in for another lick. The lick-freakout-removal cycle is repeated several more times until we restrain her from having access to my legs, either by strapping her into her highchair or putting her in her crib.
Just sharing that little story in case you weren't already totally convinced that Sophie is going to be the kid who eats paste in her class.
In other news, cat owners take note: Catster is online now, for all your cat's internet dating needs.
Also, a friend emailed me the Cat Litterbox Cake recipe, which - while creepily funny to anyone possessing in-depth experience of cat box horrors - is something I could never, ever bring myself to make, let alone eat. But, y'all feel free to partake.
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