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Today it's absolutely glorious out. So glorious, Henry and I went for a walk downtown earlier this morning, something we haven't done in three weeks because one or all of us has either been: 1. sick, 2. getting better, or 3. scared to go outside because it's been 20 degrees or less out. By the time we got to where we were going, we were both so happy we were skipping and singing "Tip-Toe Thru' the Tulips With Me" (you should hear Henry play the ukelele; it's wicked).

Last weekend my parents came up to spend a couple of days with us. It was great timing because Henry was feeling 400% better than he was the week before. There was much playing and chasing and squealing going on, which was a nice change from the moaning and coughing and grumping of the previous two weeks. Both sets of Grandparents brought books for Henry when they were here for visits, and both books are dastardly in their own ways. Dave's parents brought Henry a pop-up book featuring a dog named Scruff who's hiding so he doesn't have to take a bath. The first page is a pop-up of the bath that's actively being avoided by Scruff. It features lots of glittery bubbles. Henry is at the stage where he likes everything to be labeled, so sometimes we sit there for five minutes while he points at each bubble and waits for me to say "bubble". Then when we get to the end of the book, he turns it over and we do it all over again. Sigh. Thanks grandma and grandpa. My parents brought Henry Sandra Boynton's "Your Personal Penguin" book which has an accompanying song sung by Davy Jones which you can download for free from the publishers website. We listen to it approximately 497 times every day. It's the last thing I hear in my head when I go to sleep and the first thing I'm humming when I wake up. Thanks grandma and grandpa.