Anywayz, amid the business, we worry about Eliza having too much TV/movie time. We had a check-up last week with the pediatrician, and they recommend no more than an hour a day, which makes sense to me. I found this little quiz on NY Times Wellness Blog called
The Well Child Activity Blog
It's a quick, 10 question quiz that tests your knowledge on what amounts are appropriate for kids' media exposure, etc and also tests your knowledge on national averages. I only scored a 4/10, but it asks you things about like 9 yr olds and teens, which I'm definitely not ready for yet.
Two questions that I found interesting were...
-If you add up all the time kids spend watching TV, playing video games, chatting on the internet, and using other forms of media, it would equal a full time job.and
-Kids who spend a lot of time on computer and engaged in media activities do not end up spending less time with family, friends, or other leisure pursuits. In fact, those kids who are most engaged with the media are the ones whose lives tend to be the most full.
Also while we were at the pediatrician's for Eliza's well-check, we found out that Eliza is 50th % for weight and height and 75th % for head circumference. She's not quite as enormous as she was when she was a baby, but at least she's proportional!
And we keep being told that Eliza's verbal ability, both spoken and with her signing, is extremely advanced for her age. I think this is really fun because I love being able to communicate with her. She really has very few tantrums (knock on wood), although, sometimes I have to remind her that she knows how to communicate and ask for crackers instead of just screaming for them. She'll get quiet for a second and then sign cracker, please, and thank you. Beautiful.
On another note, Eliza is in love with her Daddy of late. During the day, when it's just her and me, she'll spot a picture of Steve somewhere or hear the mention of Daddy, etc., and she runs to the door grasping for the door knob and say, "Dada?" and makes the sign for Daddy to me and says, "Go?"
We can't keep Eliza out of the dirt.
Eliza searching for dirt amid the grass.
Eliza in dirt heaven...
We were at Abby's cross country meet where 
I turned around and found Eliza like this:
Eliza loves to throw dirt in her hair, roll it in her hands, hand handfulls of dirt to my hands, kiss the dirt, roll in the dirt, etc. etc. Dainty, right? 
Eliza loves to throw dirt in her hair, roll it in her hands, hand handfulls of dirt to my hands, kiss the dirt, roll in the dirt, etc. etc. Dainty, right? 
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