Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Here Comes Science by They Might Be Giants

We're enjoying listening to (and watching) the new TMBG CD/DVD kids' album, Here Comes Science! Tommy is very much into the songs, which is pretty cool. We actually bought it for ourselves, as this is meant for older kids than the Here Come the ABCs and Here Come the 123s albums. Some of the "science" is a bit dodgy ("Science is Real" is a fairly ridiculous song, for example), but it's TMBG - I couldn't imagine there NOT being some dodgy science.

Listening to "The Ballad of Davy Crockett (in Outer Space)" right now. My favorites so far are "Electric Car" and "What is a Shooting Star?" Rock, rock on, TMBG.

Monday, September 14, 2009

Killer Bunnies

Must play this game again, it was a lot of fun.

Also Bohnanza.

Nero Wolfe

I've been reading as many Nero Wolfe novels as I can get my hands on. Unfortunately, I'm not going to be able to get my hands on all of them. I got interested in them from watching the Nero Wolfe mystery series that aired, I believe, on A&E. I watched them on DVD - awesome show. I especially love Timothy Hutton as Archie Goodwin, though I suspect that stems largely from my love for AG himself. I've read several classic AG lines out loud to C, and (despite having read only one NW novel himself) he obliged me by laughing. Highly recommended - though I prefer the later ones to the earliest ones.

The wee one's development

Baby R went to the doctor today for a well-baby visit. She's 6 weeks old, weighs 12 lbs, 10 oz, and is 22 1/2 inches long. That puts her in the 90s for weight and height percentiles. She has some issues with blocked tear ducts, so we're giving her eye drops to clear that up. Aside from that, she's a healthy little girl.

The cloth diapers (BumGenius) are in their second week in our house, and we've been doing really well with them (read: actually using them!). I like that they don't have all the nasty chemicals in diapers, and I like to coordinate the covers with her outfits. The washing process isn't bad, so I'm pretty happy about the whole thing, really.