Child Development

• My niece Kailey needed age 4 and younger kids to come in to her child development class for high school.
• Her cousin's all went, our two and my other sister's two.
• I guess Isaak had a lot of fun playing with the balls in the room and the TMX cookie monster.
• Mica on the other hand was socially awkward. He got this way the first few weeks of preschool last year, and is this way when he's around people he doesn't know. He is very social and funny around people he knows, but looses this around a crowd of people he doesn't know.
• He told everyone he was allergic to all the high school students. Then he laid all over the big Elmo they had and he wouldn't get up. It's hard to know what to do with him when he acts this way. I don't think he's doing it because he's being a brat, I think he's just uncomfortable with the situation and acts out. I don't see this side of him often.

Stats

• Isaak's doing well health wise. He's above in talking, which in my mind I felt like he was behind since Mica talked really well. Isaak says roughly 20 words, when they only expected him to say around 10 words. He says little 3 words sentances.
• He was jumping for them when the doctor came in the room, and was getting off the ground. It's funny seeing a toddler jump with just a diaper on.
• Isaak was afraid of the nurse, and loved the doctor.
• His height is 33", which puts him into the 64%. He is 23 lb 3 oz, which puts him into the 13.50%. His head is 46 cm, which puts him in the 7.73%. So...he's long and skinny just like Mica.
• They are glad his head didn't grow from any lasting effects from the meningitis he had.
• The doctor doesn't seem worried about his bow legged issues. The doctor said, "He'll grow out of it by the time he's 4".
• He is getting baby eczema back again since the weather has gotten so dry. He gave us a few tips for that too.

Doctor

• I picked the boys up for Isaak to have a doctor appointment yesterday.
• Both of them were grumpy! It works best with my work to have doctor appointments at the end of the day, so it doesn't get in the way of classes. This does get in the way of nap time.
• Mica told me, "I'm going to tell Doctor Harrison how I'm grumpy".
• Off to the doctor we went. Mica reminded me, "Mommy don't turn on Harrison Street". Last time I turned on Harrison Street because I had Dr. Harrison in mind. Mica's so smart sometimes. I couldn't believe he remembered that!
• When we got there they had a huge blow up reindeer carousel. Mica was excited.
• Isaak spotted the chalk board. He mimicked the other kids by making chicken scratch writing on the board. It ended with the chalk in his mouth. He cried when I took it away.
• I had 4 pages of answers I had to fill out for my 18 month old. I was trying to fill that out, watch my 2 kids, and the kids kept coming up trying to steel my flower pen. When I got into the office, they asked me most of the questions that were in the paperwork. I wondered why I had to fill it out anyhow.

Off to the Printer

Front of Card

Back of Card

• I just sent our postcard to the printer last night. The quotes kept appearing too close to the bleed line on their site, but I had it far from it on my design. So...that kept me up late - dinking around with that.
• I usually get my cards printed at Overnight Prints. They haven't let us down yet.
• It ended up being $32 for 100 count front and back printing, 4x6 postcards with UV coating. That's including a discount on shipping they have this week.
• I also spent time working on the back side most of the day! I had to use the pen tool in Photoshop to go around all the bricks. Man my wrist hurts now! I wanted more colors in the bricks!
• Some of the details you won't be able to see here. There are lots of textures! There are lots of layers on the front of the card!

MICA Logo

• I was looking up information on Abbott Miller who is a graphic designer in NY. He works at one of the largest advertising agencies called Pentagram Studio.
• I was talking about him for my Design and Layout class.
• I came across his logo design for Maryland Institute College of Art, MICA. I had to put it on here considering that our son's name is Mica. It's just not a name you see everywhere.
• We named him after Mica, a shiny silicate mineral with a layered structure, found as minute scales in granite and other rocks, or as crystals. It is used as a thermal or electrical insulator.
• Some people think we're really Biblical because we have a Mica and an Isaak. Look at the spelling of their names. Micah in the Bible is spelled with an (h) on the end.
• I got the spelling for Isaak from the singer Chris Isaak. I liked that spelling better than with a (c) on the end.

$1,000

• I'm excited to get an extra $1,000 added to my pay check this month because of medical reimbursement.
• It was kind of a pain in the buttocks this year because no one was really sick in our family (this is a first for awhile).
• My health insurance told me that they couldn't give proof that I've been paying since it is automatically withdrawn. They made me highly irritated because they wanted to charge me $10 to get proof. I found my policy, then showed them bank forms, and got it to work.
• We paid more at the dentist then at the doctor this year.
• My co-workers were talking about how it's crazy that you go into the dentist twice a year and get x ray's often. This is for your teeth. For your whole body, some people don't even go to the doctor once a year. It is a little crazy!

Lincoln Logs

• I loved Lincoln Logs growing up. We'd always try building a different cabin. It was just so much fun!
• I also like that it's a classic toy that will never go out of style!
• Amanda is giving away a set of Lincoln Logs from Back to Basic Toys.

Easy to Carry Sunscreen

• A Giveaway Addicted Mommy is giving away to one reader Baby Silk Babysafe Sunscreen Towelettes Single Pack (3 individually wrapped towelettes) from MD Moms.
• I just love that a mom that is also a doctor created this product and more.
• It's also great that this can fit into your diaper bag easily. The thing I hate about other sunscreen's is that they are in a big bottle. I find that I don't always have the bottle on me when I really need it; simply because I didn't want to carry the bottle around in diaper bag.

Turtle

• Go Graham Go is giving away this fun turtle from Buckle Toy!
• There are 4 different color coordinated buckles on the turtle, and a zipper on his back!
• I'm all for toys that help build their fine motor skills.

Snow Days

• We've been snowed in the house for a day and a half.
• I did some cookie baking, cleaning, laundry and played with the kids.