The weather has been cold, but sunny. It’s been a little galling not to make it outside. Today, we had success, but with casulties.
Wayne was gunning to “getter done”. He started planning to fix my flat tire. We still moved slowly. Both the girls got showers, spa treatment, and pedicures. We watched an hour long special Thomas the Train. I miss the stop motion. It seemed more innocent before. Now the benign tyrannical nature of Mr. Toppenhat just seems to be plain tyrranical with trains hoping they’re not scrapped for being useless.
We ate simpler today. We still didn’t get to Greenlake till 10:45am. We didn’t get home till 1:30pm. The girls skipped and ran the first half mile. Then we pushed them in the Chariot. We had a fun stop at the playground and I got to photograph some.
I convinced Wayne we should lunch at Zeeks. It was nice to bathroom and get food and warm up. Wayne got a slice of sausage gorgonzola pizza while we got cheese. I noticed the Ben and Jerry’s next door is closed till March. Odd.
The kids rode the rest of the way and wrestled in the Chariot. Adults got excellent exercise. Naps.
Casulties: not much more got done around the house. Wayne is sick from food poisoning. He’s thrown up once and had continuous stomach cramps.
I got to talk to my family and wish all a Merry Xmas. I cared for the kids and tried to be nurse. We went over to water the neighbors Xmas tree. I got the dishes cleaned, mostly.
We read more books. The kids love the new Bill Peet books they got. The illustrations rock.