Well, Christmas ended, and all of a sudden we are in the second week of January with nothing new to report. Plenty has happened, but it all happened during those long, lazy days following Christmas that seem to pass so slowly, but then disappear quicker than you ever expect. Those days defy the laws of space and time. It's a period of recovery, I suppose.
So, let's catch up....
Immediately after Christmas, we traveled to Pensacola for a visit with my parents and my sister's family.
We had fun with mustaches. Apparently a lot of fun, because we didn't get any pictures of anything else.
New Years was thoroughly uneventful with no excitement, so we don't have any pictures from that. Happy twenty eleven!
I had another birthday - they come every year - and it was okay. I had to go back to work that day, and no one in my family remembered that it was my birthday in the morning before work. I kind of felt like Molly Ringwald in Sixteen Candles. Joe made up for it by treating us to a sushi dinner followed by cake! It was good.
Joe made these fun badges for several people at my school. It was lots of fun!
The work week started on a Tuesday, and by the time Friday rolled around, we were already completely exhausted. Several people in town were headed to Arizona to celebrate Auburn playing in the National Championship, so we anticipated a quiet opening to the week on Monday with several kids and teachers absent. Thanks to an ice storm, we will get an even quieter opening to the week as we'll be spending it at home.
We spent all day today ready for snow, and as the day wore on, it became apparent that we are looking at an overnight icing more than a snowy morning. I hope we have some white stuff to play in tomorrow, but it will probably just be a thin layer of dangerous ice coating everything come morning.
Since we spent all day waiting for snow which never came, we planned to cook and play and stay close to home. We didn't go anywhere, and by about 5:00 this afternoon, we were all getting a little punchy. Soup and treats had been made and enjoyed, movies had been watched, toys had been played with, art had been made - what to do? So I whipped up a batch of oobleck. If you're not familiar, it's a substance made of cornstarch and water that is wicked fun to play with. It's not a liquid, but it's not a solid, it changes and morphs as you move it and run it through your fingers. It looks slimy, but it's smooth like silk. You've got to try it sometime. Joe had never seen it/heard of it/knew anything of it, and he was amazed. It's possible he had more fun than the kids.
We'll probably be making another batch of it tomorrow. Maybe we'll add food coloring this time!
If there's snow tomorrow, expect the obligatory snow day post. If not, I don't know if I can bring myself to post depressing pictures of a gloomy icy day.
Oh, and WAR EAGLE!! Auburn's gonna win tomorrow, y'all. Good stuff!
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