Color of the Year

If you are a frequent visitor to The Blue Hutch you will have often heard it said that I should be paid to be me. I am just a humble gal who is apparently brilliant and years ahead of the people at Pantone. I don’t know who/what Pantone is (which is equivalent to admitting I am not brilliant) except that they announced that the color of the year 2010 is turquoise. As in, the color of the blue hutch before we painted it with a black wash. As in, the color of my kitchen.
I am so hip.
Who knew???
(While this may make me a rock star, this is NOT the reason my daughter called me such. Tune in for that info a bit later today – when I get the photo downloaded!)
photo from pantone.com
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Poopy Treats

Bubba is getting better and better about pooping on the potty. So much better that we have moved from rewarding him each time (with a Hot Wheels car) to every 10 times. For awhile it was every 7 times but we just increased the dots on the chart again.

Past treats have been a race track, puzzles, a game . . . Bubba’s last success earned this (my favorite, so far).

The cases are left over from the Birthday Brunch – they were full of lemonade packs originally. I made stickers for covers and got the insects, frogs, etc. from the $1 aisle at Target. The letters are from a cut up piece of scrapbook paper.

He has loved these treasures. He does just what I knew he would – he sorts the creatures, counts the creatures, and lines up the creatures. He acts out Chicka Chicka Boom Boom with the letters and spells words too. It’s fascinating.

Only seven more poops until another treat. What will we do this next time??

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Uber Affirmed

My six year old called me a rock star tonight. Tomorrow I’ll tell/show you why!

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