Crayons and Clues

Move over chicken pox, step aside common cold, a new sickness has seized our home... Blues Clues fever! You can recognize the symptoms very easily.. blue paw prints, puppy noises, and continual reciting of the alphabet. At least those are the symptoms that have hit us here. Due to recent (real) colds that have hit us, Caleb and I have been confined indoors. This hasn't seemed to bother him, b/c he has had the company of his crayons, his color books, and his "Clues". Each morning this week, he has toddled downstairs, where he climbs in a chair to color in his books, while I make breakfast. He has developed a new obsession with crayons, which has renewed my appreciation for them. I forgot how much I enjoyed coloring, and have had so much joy rediscovering it through his eyes. Then it is off to watch an episode of Blue (he only likes the ones with Joe--not Steve), and has taken to acting his favorite songs and scenes out in the oven door--priceless! When he is not acting these scenes out, he is carrying his crayons around by the handfuls, even sneaking them into the bed. I discovered this last night when I rolled him over to find the entirety of his LARGE crayon box, and 4 color books, scattered in his bed. He even left me a note- scribbled on his sheets. Maybe I'll just save those for when he wins the Nobel Prize. =)