Additional random thoughts

John McCain was on Imus In the Morning today for the first time in a while. We tend to flip between Imus and NPR (how's that for a juxtaposition) on our shower radio, and I happened to catch part of his interview with McCain. Needless to say, McCain bashed Georgetown cocktail parties again during his interview. Darnit, where are these cocktail parties in my neighborhood? And why are we not invited?

At Teddy's one year checkup, we found out that he is in the 95th percentile for height and head size, and the 75th percentile for weight. All of which is expected except for, I suppose, the weight given that they marvel at how he eats at school. Mr. Ty told me, with some wonder, that he ate six muffins in one sitting today.

Speaking of Mr. Ty, Teddy has officially moved up to the toddler room, specifically to Toddler I. For a variety of reasons, including pressure in the infant room and an outflow of kids from this Pre-K room, they appear to be shifting kids up a bit sooner than they did in the past. Initially, Abby and I were a bit concerned that Teddy wasn't ready for the toddler room, unlike some other parents who seem very concerned that their kids aren't moving up soon enough (doggonit, gotta keep my kid ahead of the curve, they seem to think.) After all, he couldn't really walk until recently. But he seems to be doing well. And his walking has gotten much better over the last few weeks.

At the same time that Teddy is moving to the toddler room, Margaret is moving to the pre-K room. Given that she's not even three yet, I'm not sure if that's a good move, but I'm not sure that there's a big difference between Toddler II and the pre-K room. And the latter is a helluva lot cheaper, so I suppose I'm all for it. And, at the end of the day, Margaret seems happy.

Last thing. As you might notice in the pictures in the previous post, Teddy is a spotty little dude. He hasn't exhibited any allergic tendencies, but he's always been pretty spotty. During his last checkup, the doctor noted that some kids are sensitive to their own saliva. Given that Teddy's a drooly kid, and likes his nuk-nuk (although not as much as his sister), this seemed to be a pretty reasonable diagnosis. We've tried to cut back on his contact with his drool, and he seems to be more presentable.