Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Skippyjon Jones and the Big Bones Baby

Monday consisted of a doctor visit, a picnic dinner and an appearance by Skippyjon Jones (if you don’t know this naughty kitty boy, visit him here).

Elise turned 4 months old on Sunday and was in for her 4-month check bright and early Monday morning. She weighed in at a whopping 18 pounds even – that’s the 99th percentile. In other words, she weighs more than 99% of all other 4-month old baby girls. If you recall, she was in the 99th percentile for both weight and height at her 2-month check. At 26 ¼ inches, she’s dropped to the 98th percentile for height now. Many times when people see her for the first time they remark, “She’s healthy isn’t she?” After this doctor visit, I can conclusively answer, “Yes.”

After naps the kids and I headed to the Galleria to meet Sean for dinner and to listen to Judy Schachner, the author of the Skippyjon Jones books, read her most recent publication, Skippyjon Jones and the Big Bones. A visit from a larger-than-life Skippyjon himself was an extra surprise.

Both boys were a little hesitant to go close to Skippyjon without Sean, but not nearly as scared as one little boy near us who started crying hysterically as soon as he spotted the big kitty 30 feet away. He made our boys seem brave.

Since we were there early we got a good number for the book signing (4) and were able to get all of our books signed. We also picked up a couple classroom activity packets that contained, among other things, a fun reversible mask. Jack is modeling the Skippito Friskito mask below. The other side is Skippyjon Jones. Maybe I can get Wesley to model that one.

1 comment:

The Greene's said...

I could definitely see how the big ol' Skippyjob would be frightening to children....
Happy Mother's Day momma!