Weekend Recap

Dear James, Daniel and Emily,

Well we had a good weekend. Friday night we watched a movie: Hot Fuzz, surprisingly hilarious. Saturday I got the kids out of the house long enough to get the oil changed then it was quickly home to get out of the cold. Then Kim & began to lengthy process of cleaning out our back room in our basement. This ended up being a 2 day process but we managed to get the area much better organized and create room to move around again. We have a huge stack of stuff for a summer yard sale/donation. It is all part of the process of getting the basement under control and easier for the kids to play in.

Then Kim took the boys sledding and played in the snow for a couple of hours. Followed by some game time, playing Uno with the boys (including Daniel for the first time.) I was able to take a page from my own family history to explain to James that when he plays games with Daniel he has to make sure to play nice, in order to avoid giving Daniel the same experiences my brother and I experienced at the hands of our oldest brother. It was quite fun.

I think the boys had a good vacation. And I think they did a good job or adjusting to a no TV or video game schedule for the most part. There really wasn't much griping when I turned off the cartoons in the mornings. And while Daniel still wanted to play Playstation all day, I think he enjoyed his time overall. I think Emily will go through some withdrawals without the brothers around, but she'll adjust.

I managed to watch bits of all 4 NFL playoff games over the weekend. I was impressed by Arizona, not really having watched them all season. I wasn't all that surprised by the Sand Diego game unfortunately (or the Dolphins-Ravens). And Philadelphia did what it had to do. None of the games that I did watch made me think these teams are eventual Super Bowl champs however. I think Baltimore will have problems when they run into a more balanced offense. And San Diego can't ride the little man forever. At least America is spared the possibility of a Manning Super Bowl.