Birthday Seuss

Dr. Seuss and I share the same birthday.  

I feel honored.  I mean, that's even better than sharing the same birthday with famous people like Johnny Depp (Taylor), Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen (Shilo) or Elvis Presley (Mauri), don't you think?

Today in the kindie class we watched a video on the good Dr.  I was busy helping kids finish up a math worksheet, so I missed most of the fascinating points about his life, but I caught the fact that he really isn't a doctor at all.  Imagine that.  And while you are imagining, think about what we would missing without the Cat in the Hat, Mr. Grinch, and Green Eggs and Ham.  In elementary school, my all-time favorite movie to watch (on those big film rolls) was The Lorax.

But my favorite Dr. Seuss book, perhaps not as widely acclaimed and well known, is My Many Colored Days.  No made-up creatures, places, and words, just simple, straight-forward, common sense reality.  

Especially for a mood-swinger like myself.

Today has been good.  I crimped my hair - the first for the kindies to see - and was told by a darling girl named Kali (my new fave) that I looked like Taylor Swift.  Nice.

I have received text messages, phone calls, visits, and gifts from family and friends.

Bill made lunches, did dishes, and cleaned up the house before heading to work.

The fam is heading to dinner tonight = no cooking or dishes.

Can't beat that with a stick.