Yesterday it was 70F outside. The day before it was 72F. The sun was shining. A gentle breeze whipped little faces into cherry red smiles. Today, it is raining. Today it is 40F. Today, all the children are inside, snuggled between central heating and cartoons or in our case, space heaters and jars of paint. Today, the boredom was alleviated by a late arriving Christmas box.
Luckily it arrived while the girls were taking a bath, so I was able to disembowel it while leaving the shipping popcorn relatively intact, or should I say encased? Reagan opened her present and discovered a new set of princess paints. She promptly enacted an infantile example of Irish Jigging. Kate found a teal blue shirt, and exclaimed, "Oh, Mommy, it is exactly what a I wanted!" Georgi wasn't interested in her cute little red and black jumper, but Mommi was. I'm afraid that the biggest hit of all was the large jar of artistically layered candy. There was much excitement and hopping from one foot to the other as I undid the tape and the string. So, thank you for the late Christmas present. It has kept the girls gainfully occupied for the last hour and a half. I am looking forward to making cards; Tanner is wearing his shirt, and we are just about to get ready to celebrate our anniversary: dinner and bowling. I think we did that last year, too, but we like bowling, and we like dinner, so there you have it.
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