Day 308

Very windy yesterday, overnight, and into this morning. Blew the trash cans over and across the parking space overnight. Matt and Jamie had lunch at the Club today. We talked about T. from work and doing Bible stories with the kids. AJ continued work making tops for the twins' "store" project at school. AJ and Papa fired up the new Life game (Christmas present) this afternoon, too. Very familiar to Papa, but also a fresh look; was fun and played quickly (compared to chess or Wingspan).

Hendrick's Gin, straight up,
no vermouth, muddled cucumber

Day 307

AJ got into making tops from the bead supply to help with a school "store" project the twins are doing. The dogs always seem to get pretty active with each other and with us humans in the evening when we're trying to watch something. The two white ones can be like a swarm of bees. Tonight's movies: Die Hard 2 and Case 39. The latter is a little disturbing.

Day 306

Relatively normal school day today. David went to horse therapy and actually rode a horse! And sang all the way home. Tennis day for Lexi, too. 

Sunrise and Matteo's van pickup coincide these days.

Still snow on the ground despite 40s and 50s days lately.

Matteo's Lego piano is coming along...

Homework...

Day 305

First full in-school day for everyone (except online Fina, by choice). Lunch at Fuji Mt, love those drunken noodles. All the kids went to the dentist in one fell swoop this afternoon. The littles got cute 2-minute sand timers with Mr. Tooth on both ends. David took on Papa in a game of chess before dinner; he's doing amazingly well (Papa found the game non-trivial), but he lost today's game - keep trying! AJ went over to play in the snow with Livia and a third friend who had built an igloo - small - but still an igloo. Leftover Parry's Pizza for the Reguscis while Lynn made a little salad for Jamie and herself. Fosters started watching a series called Lupin; the jury's still out.

Christmas is fading...

Choices for conservatives are dwindling.
These guys are now off the list (and there are more not shown).

Day 304

In the morning we discovered 3-5 inches of snow on the ground! Due to COVID limitations at the school, TimberCreek Church went to two services starting this Sunday morning, 9:30am and 11am. Since we couldn't do Sunday School as usual, we provided materials for kids going into the service. In the community room where the service was live-streamed, Tracy set up a kids area in the back and hosted those who wanted to color and chat (quietly) during the service. Among the two football games we watched this afternoon, the Cleveland Browns beat the Pittsburgh Steelers in a walloping upset, 48-37. Wow! Cleveland will be partying for months!

Day 303

Pretty steady snow all day. Totally unexpected (no one was following the weather, I guess). Jamie provided tech support for today's Parlor Car Chat on the Swanton Pacific Railroad. The new arcade game is attracting much attention. Matt did yummy hamburgers for dinner. Today's movie: Live Free or Die Hard.

Finally got a barn door!

Day 302

A few miscellaneous pics below. Relatively quiet day as all kids were in school in the morning. Nana and Papa visited Ted's Montana Grill for lunch, in-doors! Love their bison meatloaf. Jamie volunteered out at Flying Horse Foundation for the first time in 2021 and quite a few weeks since the last visit in 2020. It was a busy day out there with three groups going strong. We tried to go out to dinner but everything was booked, first weekend after in-door dining was restored. Very happy for the restaurants. So it was take-out from the Club for us.

You wouldn't believe the number of car path options.