As usual, we have been super-busy. This was supposed to be the year where things got a little easier and we slowed down to smell the roses--I can't understand what has happened! It's all good, though.
It's good to finally have the elections behind us. Although it would be nice if everyone took the signs out of their yard before the first 6 inches of snow fell. Especailly those Mcain folks. What are they waiting for? There are no hanging chads, no recounts, it's done. Take down the signs!
I could see if you had an Obama sign that you wanted to leave out for a couple of extra weeks. You know, maybe like a bragging point. "See--my guy won! I have good taste, brains, and powers of prediction--this proves it!"
Gretyl's swim team practices are well underway and her first swim meet is on Dec 4th. Lots of hustling and bustling involved for all with that. Their practices begin at 5:30AM on weekday mornings and go until school starts. After school they practice until 6:00PM. They also practice on Saturday's from 7:30-10:00AM. Fortunately she only has to attend a minimum of 6 practices a week. They get Thanksgiving day off for good behavior. All other vactaion days (including the day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, the day after Christmas, and all other school holidays) they practice from 7-11AM.
The weekend after Christmas they will all go to Ohio University where they will stay for two nights. The trip itself sounds almost like a hazing expereince. From what I can gather, they swim almost non-stop. They take a few breaks to gorge themselves on extravagent buffets, and I think they turn in at 10:00PM and don't have to be back in the pool until 6AM.
I'm really not complaining, though, it's such a great experience for her. She is making new friends and despite being exhausted, I think she is having a lot of fun. The 9 week grade reports came out and she managed to still maintain all A's (Actually, two of them were A+ but whose counting!)
Keenan is continuing to do very well if you don't count against him the fact that he came home with SIX calculators on Thursday. When asked about it he told us "It was calculator give-away day at school." Hmmmm... I don't remember ever celebrating that day when I was in school. After I told him that I would have to be sure to call his teacher and thank her for all the cool calculators, he admitted to "borrowing" them. We have been having a little bit of a problem with "borrowing" lately.
We're having Thanksgiving at our house this year, so guess what that means--time to get the xmas decorations out!! It sounds so cliche', but I swear Christmas starts earlier and earlier every year. When I was purchasing things for Gretyl's Dance in Mid October, there were already ornaments for sale at Michael's Craft store. And of course if you haven't already gotten any Christmas decorations you planned to buy, you are stuck looking through the picked-over piles of snowmen and reindeer.
It's okay, though, I am totally into the spirit of the season this year. I have been blasting the Christmas station at work and in the car for couple of weeks now. I'm guessing we will put most of the decorations up tomorrow so they are up for Thursday. I'm pretty sure the Christmas tree is the new symbol of Thanksgiving.
Chris and I had a "date" night last Thursday. It's been an eternity since we have went anywhere without the kids. It was probably a snooze-fest by most people's standards, but we really enjoyed ourselves. We went to Whole Foods and ate dinner in their cafe. We talked for a couple hours without interruption! We did a little browsing at Kohls and then came home. We are hoping to be able to do this once a week. Considering we haven't done this more than 5 times in the last 5 years, this is very exciting!!
Okay, I can't bear to leave you with nothing, so here is a candid shot of our in-house chef.
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