Day full of random things

With the hub home all week, we are spoiled by the fact that no one HAS to get up early. The girls have assumed a life of sloth, which I need to nip soon. They have been so busy and pushed thus far during the school year, I hate to not let them sleep. After letting them sleep a bit this morning, they ate, dressed and jumped right in to their thank you notes.

I come from a mother who insists upon thank you notes being written for everything. As an adult, it shames me to say I have not been as good about them as I should. Not that our words are profound, but it does make for such a sunny day when you get handwritten cards in your mailbox. After mailing 33 letters out that the kids worked on, we set about on our quest for new bikes for the kids. We have decided to buy quality instead of commercial decoration this time around. Everyone is fairly tapped out from Christmas, so our search was fairly fruitless. At about 1:30 or 2pm, we realized the kids' complaints of hunger were valid and decided to try out a restaurant that is popular and fairly new. Double Dogs is known for their extensive menu and unique kids' meals.

We realized that, though the food was fine, this was the wrong day to go visit this eatery. It is kind of two steps up from a sports bar so among the at least twenty screens playing, there were many bowl games on. Loud cheers and jeers and profanities were being liberally sprinkled throughout the place. The boy heard one too many f-bomb being thrown, so we got out of there. We returned home cold and tired. I took a little snooze and then woke up to the kids playing the Kinect. G gets serious about her turns:

After several exciting and sweaty turns, we all went up to get baths and ready for bed. We got involved in watching Hoarders, all of us, so I will be throwing out 3/4 of the contents of my basement tomorrow. Unfortunately, we made them all go to bed and then discovered that winter had arrived in a white way. Not like our family in WI, WV or PA, but exciting just the same.

Hopefully more will come tomorrow so they can play for a little. Although, from the chatting I still hear coming from the girls' room, they aren't going to be doing anything if they don't go to sleep. I am glad they do enjoy each other sometimes. They are so lucky to have each other. Keep warm tonight and sweet dreams...