Post-Christmas

We're back from our Christmas travels. Thanks to the Maryland folks for a good time.

There was at least a foot of snow still sticking around when we got there, and some large patches of frozen slush in the streets. Thanks to twenty four hours of 45 degree temperatures and a steady rain, it was pretty much all gone by Saturday morning. But we had our White Christmas down South, before the Heat Miser got his way again. And we did get a little sledding in before the rain came....

The kids had a good day. Peter, especially, enjoyed his new cell phone. Within 12 hours of opening it, he has sent or received 273 text messages to various relatives. I'm not sure he's even used the "phone" part of it yet. (Based on what I hear from assorted nieces, nephews, and students, his cell phone use seems right in line with his peers'.)

We were hoping for at least a couple of days of decent sleep before New Year's Eve, but then last night we started playing with Mario and Sonic Winter Olympics on the Wii, and the next thing you know, it's 10:30, and so much for an early night.

Time sure flies when you're bobsledding with your butt on a Wii balance board....