Boogs, Bird's Nest, Sweetpea, 6.41% and Fieldtrip

Boogs.  Well, that USED to be our nickname for Isaac.  Now?  It's what he puts in his mouth.  Seriously.  About a week ago, Isaac started picking his nose and eating it.  Gross, I know.  I have to remind myself that probably about 1/4 of my third graders still do this with no qualms, so there's that.  But the fact that he's barely 2 does not make me any happier about it.  Why write this?  Well, I am sure there are some of you reading this that can offer up some advice of how they got their child to stop and/or prevented it from happening.  We've tried telling him that boogers are "tiny ugly germs - they will make you sick."  Technically that's true, right?  Isaac's reply is "not at all tiny ugly germs.  Not sick."  We tell him that it's very icky and gross, etc, etc.  Tonight, he did it, and when I told him to stop he said that "boogs goin' to the party in my stomach."  Help?

On a cuter note, Isaac wants to help the birds.  About 5 or so months ago before I gave him his first real haircut, I convinced him to do so only by telling him that we would put the hair outside for the birds, and that they would build nests with it.  The nests would house baby birds and keep them warm, etc.  He was way into this, and happily let me butcher his hair.  Today, my brother Nate (who has a giant beard right now) asked Isaac if he should cut his beard tomorrow.  Would Isaac like to watch?  "yes Nate, give it to the birds.  Make a nest.  Keep warm."  hehehe....aw.  I'm glad he's looking out for the birds.

Isaac has been obsessed with storing his toys in his pajama drawer.  The other day he found a thin Muslin cotton sleepsack at the back of this drawer.  He hadn't worn it for over a year.  We figured also that once he started walking, that he would want nothing to do with a sleepsack (those of you who don't know what  a sleepsack is, it looks like a little thin sleeping bag, but the top stays on like a vest.)  He asked to put it on, and he has wanted to wear it over his PJ's EVERY SINGLE night since then.  We almost have to wrestle it off him in the morning.  He looks like sweetpea from Popeye, because he walks with it (tricky) and the enclosed end trails behind him.  Hilarious and adorable at the same time. 

I didn't think that we had a photo of it, but he's been wearing it so often lately, that I knew we had to have at least one!  It doesn't show the bag end, which is the best part, but you get the picture.

 6.41% .  That is the amount of body weight I have lost in the last 10 weeks!  Hooray.  At work, they did this get healthy campaign and it was sort of a contest.  It's funny, because while I knew I wouldn't win or anything, there is something about having to enter your percentage into the contest weekly, that keeps you more motivated than just deciding to do it on your own.  Now the contest is over, so here's to trying it on my own.  Anyone want to have an imaginary contest with me so I'll keep going and enter my percentages weekly? haha :)

Lastly, I took my class on a field trip to Thanksgiving Point today.  We went to the Tulip Festival at the gardens, then to the Museum of Ancient Life.  If you've never been to the Tulip Festival, it goes til May 15th and I'd HIGHLY recommend it.  It's gorgeous, and make sure you bring your camera.  I love taking kids from the school I work at on field trips.  Many are refugees or immigrants, and those who aren't, often have not even seen the mountains up close, or have never been to the zoo, etc.  It's so exciting to see these underprivileged children see stuff like this.  I had several kids this afternoon tell me today was the best, most exciting day in their lives.  It makes me realize how much so many of us take for granted.

Just because.  Isaac didn't want to wear it, so what else could Dave do?  He had to wear it and stare through the opening  with cold, cold eyes.