Onward

Nothing seriously exciting has happened, 'round these parts, but life does continue onward with it's little ups and downs. Here's a sampler of what we've had going on.

Joseph took the over-sized basketball jersey out of his PJ cubby and used it to make what he calls "mine supertape." The supercape helps him fly, apparently, so there's been much jumping off of chairs and the couch. He has also worn said supercape to the dinner table. Twice. Daddy giggles when he does this.

Elena, in a effort to prove she's ready for Harry Potter, picked up Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. She says it's a very silly book. She's also trying to get through Aterix and Obelix and the Normans, but it's been slow going because she keeps asking us to explain the puns.

I vacuumed my PC's processor fan, today. That's a first for me. It's working better now, though, and we'll give it a few more days before deciding if greater measures need to be taken before Conference, this weekend. The mirowave, however, isn't looking any better. The broccoli that whirred away for nearly 15 minutes, in total, and yet was still frozen (!) seems to indicate that I'll have a shopping trip in the somewhat-near future.

We got to ride the MetroRail, last Monday. Honestly, the most stressful part of the whole outing was keeping James under control. That boy has sooooo much energy and prefers to expend it by either a) climbing stuff, or b) running in circles, neither of which is recommended on a crowded commuter train. Other than the Squid-Child, who can wriggle and contort in the most amazing ways when he wants to get loose, our ride was great. People were polite and cheerful, the train was smooth and quiet, the bigger kids had paper pop-up toy versions of MetroRail trains, and the stations were well-designed for efficiency (if not always comfort).

Spring break was a Grand Success with three batches of cookies (and a batch of brownies), the school's playground available during the middle of the day, green pancakes for St. Patrick's, a whole afternoon at Mueller Lake Park, and a pile of movies from the library.

I knit two more pairs of socks, one for Elena and one for James. I've got enough yarn left on both balls for at least another two pair, though one would have to be pretty small.

We finally got to watch UP with the kids. We let them stay up late (since it was Spring Break and all) and it was so much fun watching them watch the movie. They were happy, sad, scared and excited in all the right places. Joseph would get nervous when the dogs came on and even cuddled up next to Jonathan when things got a bit intense.

I'm sure there's more but I can't think of what, right now. I'll try to be back here soon.