Nothing really interesting in this post.

Only day two of NaBloPoMo and I'm having to scrounge up crap from the couch cushions to write about.  This isn't looking good.

I'm still suffering from the gamboo I contracted over the weekend and I feel like I'm filled with Elmer's glue from my lungs to my ears.  John's had it for two weeks now and he's still all phlegmy so I don't anticipate a speedy recovery from this one.  Luckily, the Monkey seems to have been spared from the worst of it and only has a few boogers. 

After promising John I wouldn't spend any more money (he's managed to come up with our property tax money, but our savings account is going to have to starve for a while), I discovered that I'd misplaced the only pair of shoes that fit Alex's feet over Halloween.  Seeing as how he walks everywhere now, and I was too lazy to call around to find the shoes, also the fact that he's almost outgrown them already and was in need of new shoes anyway, we took a trip to the store to get him a new pair.  I had his feet measured and he's a solid size 5.  I couldn't believe it, only a month ago he was a 3 1/2!  I bought him a pair of cute white, black and red basketball looking shoes in a size 5 1/2.  They looked enormous on him, but when he got down and ran around in them, he really only has a smidgen of room to grow.  Looks like he's going to be blessed with John's huge hobbit feet.

Things are also looking up on the food front.  I've discovered that Alex adores mac and cheese.  Gobbles it up by the fistful.  So now I've got a nice arsenal of "sure to please" foods that I can count on.  So far we've got: Oatmeal with yogurt, cheese sticks, raspberries, mac and cheese, vanilla meal shakes, popcorn and cheese-its.  If we're out and about, he'll also eat McDonald's snack wraps (chicken and cheese in a tortilla) and french fries.  On Halloween, we discovered he likes lollipops and jujyfruits, but I'm not desperate enough to give him that crap on a daily basis.  Yea, the kid will be plumping up in no time.