Interesting Things We Didn't Know Last Year ...

I recently read an article on the BBC News website that listed 100 things we didn't know last year. Did you know:

• there are 200 million blogs that are no longer being updated
• the lion costume from the Wizard of Oz was made from real lions
• each person sends an average of 55 greeting cards per year
• more than 90% of plane crashes have survivors (ha ha - to all you Lost fanatics)
• watching television can act as a natural painkiller for children
• a domestic cat can frighten a black bear to climb a tree

Some of these are specifically british, but there are some very interesting findings on this list also. And yes, there are links to more information on each of these, so you can research further to decide if you find them to be true or not.

Here's the link if you're interested - http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/index.html#a007948

A Big Day ...

Today is Sam's 1st birthday! I can't believe it's been a whole year. He's grown so much and learned so many new things. We'll be having a small party with the grandparents this weekend at the house. It'll be Sam's first taste of cake and I can't wait to see how he likes it!

Here are a few pics of him playing around the house. He's quite the crawler - and he just started last week. He'd like to be walking, but his balance isn't quite ready yet. It'll be soon enough I'm sure.