The Booker Post

Granny was watching Callie the other day and they were reading a book about counting your blessings. Granny paused in the story. Granny: Callie, do you count your blessings and thank God for them? Callie: Yes. Granny: What do you thank God for? Callie: Mommy and Daddy, Mimi and Grandpa, Granny and Paw Paw, Gramma and (long pause) Granny: Are you trying to remember Gramma's husband, your other grandpa's name? Callie: (sighs, shrugs her shoulders, gives Granny a look, and holds her hands out) Well, his name is Tommy . . . What a case! Callie soon remembers that his name is PaPaw . . . at least to her! :)

This weekend was Callie's special trip to the aquarium to see the sharks as her chosen reward for filling up her potty chart. We decided to go when we did because once she turns 3, her ticket is $20. At 2, she's free . . . that's a big jump! Callie thoroughly enjoyed her trip to the aquarium. She ran/walked from exhibit to exhibit looking at the fish and other sea creatures with wonder. She especially enjoyed the Marine Show with the Beluga Whales, sea lion, and dolphins. We wanted to go to a pizza place that we'd been to one time with our friends that was not too far from the aquarium for lunch. Unfortunately, they had moved (we discovered after we had parked to what we thought would be a close parking garage) and we spent at least 30 minutes walking around downtown Chicago, carrying both the kids because Callie was asleep, and it was a bitterly cold, windy day. We finally did find the place, but the pizza wasn't as good as I remembered, maybe because I was a littl...