Buckeyes

In anticipation of the Ohio State-Michigan game, I made my semi-annual batch of buckeyes. Technically, if I put an FDA-approved label on them I could call them "low-sugar" because I use 25% less sugar than the recipe calls for. They're still very sweet. This year I dipped them in Ghiradelli 60% cocoa bittersweet chocolate instead of the regular Nestle's semisweet. The contrast is great.

Not much to report on here. Noah is walking more, but he is about 50-50 on crawling and walking. He still communicates with pointing and grunting. It sounds like he is trying to say some things, but it still isn't quite happening. We're starting to tell him that he has to say what he wants rather than us guessing. We feel like maybe he doesn't have much motivation to talk if we interpret his grunts and pointings for him.

He does like to read. The problem is that one can only read Teletubbies Love to Jump so many times. Amanda has made him dig more deeply into the bookshelf for other titles. He just loves the sheer repetition of just about any book. The problem is that he doesn't have the patience for slightly more interesting titles.

We're looking forward to watching the game at the McKenzies. More specifically, I'm looking forward to watching the game, Amanda and Tiffany are looking forward to possibly going out, Lily and Brenna are looking forward to seeing each other, and Noah doesn't realize that he is expected to nap through much of it.