The children enjoyed coloring eggs yesterday, as they tend to enjoy anything messy. Next week should be even better -- they get to play egg relay and egg toss with raw eggs. I will try to keep the damage to a minimum, but I make no guarantees.

Even though Forrest is occasionally eating voluntarily, it is nowhere near enough, so I went ahead and opened the canned food. She wasn't interested, and I had to smear it into her mouth to get her to eat it. She will continue on fluids, and the others will start if they end up in the same condition, which from the sneezing going on in that corner is sounding very likely.


Today is:

Alchemy Day

Boganda Day, Central African Republic

Borrowed Days begin

Commemoration Day, Madagascar

Knights of Columbus Founders Day

Mahavir Jayanti -- Jainism

National Lemon Chiffon Cake Day

National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day

Smoke and Mirrors Day

St. Woolos' Day

Texas Loves the Children Day

Youth Day, Taiwan


Birthdays Today:

Hideaki Takizawa, 1982
Jennifer Capriati, 1976
Lucy Lawless, 1968
Elle Macpherson, 1964
Bud Cort, 1950
George Blaha, 1945
John Major, 1943
Pearl Bailey, 1918
Sam Walton, 1918
Philip Ahn, 1905
Cy Young, 1867
John Tyler, 1790
Carlo Buonaparte, father of Napoleon Bonaparte, 1746


Today in History:

The city of Salvador da Bahia, the first capital of Brazil, is founded, 1549
Treaty of Saint-Germain is signed, returning Quebec to French control after the English had seized it in 1629, 1632
Swedish colonists establish the first settlement in Delaware, 1638
Ludwig von Beethoven, age 24, debuts as a pianist in Vienna, 1795
Construction is authorized of the Great National Pike, better known as the Cumberland Road, becoming the first United States federal highway, 1806
Niagara Falls stops flowing for 30 hours due to an ice jam, 1848
The United Kingdom annexes the Punjab, 1849
Ohio makes it illegal for children under 18 & women to work more than 10 hours a day, 1852
Queen Victoria gives Royal Assent to the British North America Act which establishes the Dominion of Canada on July 1, 1867
Queen Victoria presides over the opening of Albert Hall in London, 1871
The Knights of Columbus are established, 1882
Dr. John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in his back yard, 1886
Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage, 1951