Really Great Things

1. Citrus. I bought a huge thing of mandarin oranges at Costco on Saturday. They were in a mesh bag with a blue label that said "Cuties," and they were indeed too cute to pass up. I like them so much that I put them in a big bowl and took a picture of the bowl in the sunshine. Don't they look so yummy? Anyway, we now have a mandatory "One Orange Per Day" policy in our household. Oh, and if anyone in the five-county region feels the slightest cold coming on, then you know where to head for your vitamin C fix.

2. Ice cream. We scored a free ice cream at Cold Stone this weekend, thanks to the Timster's upcoming b-day. The best creation ever? Cake batter ice cream with cookie dough, chocolate, and caramel. Oooooooooohhhhhh yum. We brought our treats home and snuggled on the couch and ate it after Weston was in bed. I believe that the ice cream snuggle is the best snuggle around.

3. The Big Heads. I forgot to mention Weston's one-year stats: 24 lbs 10 oz and 31 1/4 inches long. Oh, and a 49.25 cm head circumference. After the pediatrician re-measured his head (which she always does because the nurse's measurement seems inaccurate), she remarked on its large size and asked, "Do you have a big head?" I said, "Um, I don't know, maybe. My husband kind of does." (It's true, we've chatted before about his giant noggin.) So, Weston has a big head. And so do Tim and I. You can now refer to our family as the Big Heads.

4. Dreams. A couple of nights ago I dreamt that I was friends with gingerbread and that we were hanging out. And I don't mean gingerbread men, or anything that even resembles a humanoid shape. No, I mean squares of gingerbread cake on a plate. We were friends, and we were hanging out, about to go somewhere. Yep.

5. Funny videos. First there's David, whose dad videotaped him just after a dentist appointment:



And then there's Chad (the lesser-known Vader), who was also videotaped after his dentist appointment: