Speaking of Poison Ivy...

The little guy has been staying in his bed all night the past few days...yay, so we can SLEEP! He sometimes waits until he hears our alarms start to go off in the mornings and then joins us. This morning he bolted in bright and cheery and the first thing he says, before even climbing in was, "Papa! Want to hear something special?"

Then, he proceeds with a new poem he learned at home yesterday. We only talked about it for a little while, then went on with our day:

leaves of three
let them be
berries white
poisonous sight

Everywhere he turns, there has been a reference to poison ivy, and he is still determined to have us show him some in the woods at the earliest opportunity. Even Curious George (the cartoon monkey) had a run-in with poison ivy this week. And one of the library books he brought home last week was called "Hogpatch", which was about a piggy that was caught by a wolf, but she tricked the wolf into going and picking "green three-leaves" to go in the pig soup he was making and to put all the leaves inside his clothes. When the wolf didn't let the piggy go, she put a spell on him that would make him get red and itch.

Poison Ivy everywhere! Oh thank goodness it's not in or on us!

The bigger picture here is I love his fascination with how things work, how they go together, what the consequences are when you do something, and how to find things. He has a great memory, as most kids have, but his focus on things he is interested in makes us very happy parents! Keeps us on our toes, as we constantly scan for things to teach him and share with him.