eggs in a bag

 Susan's  working on getting Sam involved in cooking. This time, with Eggs in a Bag. It's just that--you put in you ingredients, mash it all up, and then plop the bag in boiling water. The kid gets the pleasure of cooking and this not only teaches a skill but--like getting a kid to grow his own veggies--he's more likely to want to eat what he cooks. Sure enough! 

Ziplock warns us that they have no idea what gets release if you boil their bags. Next time we use a frying pan. 

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Today we were wrestling with a huge teddy bear. I warned him that if it was too rough we might end up ripping off his arms or legs or head. 

Sam responded, "Well, then he could be a Civil War bear."

He was thinking of how many people lost limbs in the Civil War. Not something we talk about, really. Read a children's book about the Civil War maybe a year ago. Guess it made an impression.

Today Sam says to me that if you look at a planet from space it doesn't matter whether you are looking at it right-side up or up-side down, because gravity acts from all directions. But when you are on the planet, there is an up and a down.

The kid's thinking.

Joshie update: He's climbing stairs and loving it. Friends just donated four baby gates, and just in the nick of time. Josh is never happier than when he's crawling. 

Still working on a video of Josh doing the evil genius laugh.