Dinosaurs, Coffee, and PB&J

Dimetrodon

My Mom came over, last night. She took me to buy coffee, as my husband was working late and had the car. SO, this morning, thank you very much Mom, I had yummy coffee. I reccommend The Papua New Guinea blend (fair trade coffee). [If you buy it, you're helping out the folks on the left. ] It's only 11am, and I already made a second pot. Not good, as far as the day goes ... hopefully I won't need to drink it all at once, like I do first thing in the morning. Also, you should know that my coffeemaker is the teensy kind that only makes 4 cups (about 2 mugs, of average size).

I'm babysitting my best friend's little boy, today. Their regular babysitter is sick, today. He's two years old, and can tell me the name of almost any dinosaur, on sight. This includes dinosaurs that I've only heard of because he's told me about them. Smart kid, cute trick. I'm also thinking about making some PB&J and heading out to the basketball court and adjoining field for a little picnic. I'm just trying to decide if that violates any association rules. I don't recall reading or hearing anything about spreading out a blanket and setting food upon it, but you never know ... (reference "Ode to My Condo Association")

Activity: Counting. When my kids seem ready to learn numbers, I begin by counting stairs when we go up and down them. This happens alot, since we have a condo on the second floor, and you have to go up stairs to get to the entry of our library. I like this method. It not intrusive, they have to use listening skills, and number values get introduced at the same time.