Free toys

One of the perks of Alec's job that isn't in his contract is that when he works for long periods of time in someone's house, inevitably he ends up getting stuff from them that they are getting rid of. Since he does remodeling, people are going through their things and sometimes Alec gets some good stuff. Last year he put an addition on a house and the lady's kids were about 5-8 years old. She was getting rid of all of their baby toys and gave us a huge box of stuff. We just remembered we had it this week, so now Luke has some new blocks.



They're pretty cool blocks. Of course, the basket they're in is just as good of a toy!



On a completely unrelated matter, I have a question. Maybe Beth can help with this one. Today I was making some batches of baby food. I peeled and cut up some butternut squash and when I was finished, my left hand felt funny. I looked at it and it is peeling. It feels like when you were in grade school and covered your hand with Elmer's glue to peel it off in one piece. I washed it to make sure it wasn't just food I left on it; it wasn't. I tried putting lotion on it, but that only helped for about a minute. It doesn't hurt, just feels really tight and dry, and of course is peeling off. I was going to show a picture, but Flickr is having a problem right now. Anyone know what's going on?