We’re back in cold, dreary, rainy St. Louis after a warm, sunny week in Florida. We started with a trip to Cocoa Beach and the Kennedy Space Center, followed by a week at Walt Disney World.
I still have a ton of pictures to sort through, but I wanted to get this video of Adam in a lightsaber duel with Darth Vader to tide you over.
Adam vs. Darth Vader from Paul Kreidler on Vimeo.
Today was Adam’s birthday party at a local indoor soccer place that also has huge inflatable slides, etc. What a perfect day for this, with the temperature at 1 degree this morning. The kids burned off some steam for an hour before having cupcakes.
In lieu of gifts, Adam raised over $100 for the Ronald McDonald House through the generous donations of his friends.
Emily and Adam had been talking off and on about a sleepover for some time, but it was usually on a school night. Last night they actually scheduled one (Emily doesn’t go back to school until Tuesday).
Despite our concerns that they wouldn’t go to sleep, Emily read Adam a book, and 5 minutes later they were sound asleep.
We celebrated the New Year by formalizing what has become our tradition over the past few years. We started with a trip to Dewey’s for pizza right after I got home from work. The kids tolerated the 30 minute wait because they could watch them making the pizzas.
After dinner, we came home and had a family Wii bowling tournament. We only managed to get through 2 rounds with Amy taking the title of “Her Royal Wiiness”. Now we know what she does at home while the kids are in school.
We did our New Year’s Day tradition proud by having mettwurst and eggs for breakfast followed by the Rose Parade and then all day snacking and football. (although we did manage to get 4-milers in at the gym before the gluttony began…)
We wish everyone health and happiness in the new year!
