Samson's index

Work puts me on the wrong coast again this weekend, so I've been paying particularly close attention to young Samson these past few days in anticipation of what I'll miss in the next few.

Lots of little things going on at our house. He's made some great strides in drawing (usually on paper) and has settled on circles and tee-pees as his favorite things to draw. Without fail, if you ask what he'd like you to draw, you get one of those two answers (and honestly, it's almost always "circle"). Which is fine with me, because if he starts asking for trapezoids we may have to go to an all-tee-pee format.

We ate at Chipotle last night with Samson's friends Jake and O [and their moms]. If you've never eaten out with three 18-month-olds, I highly recommend it. Aside from the sheer comedy of watching them try to take each other's food, you get to play an ongoing game of pick-up with trucks, forks, sippy cups, napkins, and of course, food.

So without further ado, I hereby unveil Samson's index for the past two days. Not quite as hip (or snarky) as Harper's, but I don't have a team of eager recent grads from places like Williams and Oberlin working for me as researchers.

Ratio of Samson's quesadilla pieces eaten to those on the floor: 3 to 1
Number of people Samson said "hi" to: 8
Number who responded in kind: 5
Number of people in above category who looked like they'd just met with a parole officer: 1.5

Amount of time it took to get Samson to bed last night (in minutes): 50
Number of books read: 3
Number of trucks in those books: 417
Total stalling time [petitions for water, re-brushing teeth, songs, etc. (in minutes)]: 12
Total pre-sleep crying time (in minutes): 5

Number of cookies eaten with breakfast: 1
Number of cookies mommy knew about: 0
Number of circles drawn between last night and this morning: 17
Number of tee-pees: 5
Percentage of time spent dancing (as of breakfast): 14
Number of blueberries/raspberries "accidentally" dropped from high chair: 3
Number of fake "uh-ohs" following the drops: 3
Number of uses of "Samson James" by me in warning against such accidental drops: 1

Minutes until I can go home and play: 73