I'm standing here at my computer listening to my red beans and rice cook on the stove. Dan and the kiddos are all in the living room watching Canonball Run.

I worked each night this weekend. Dan and Shelby had a date night Friday night in Duluth to see one of Shelby's favorite bands - Barlow Girl. So, I checked with my boss and was able to take the three little ones with me for a sleep over at work. They thought it was the greatest thing in quite some time. I popped popcorn for them and they were able to watch real, live tv which totally captivated them.

I had a totally grateful moment - not like I'm ungrateful the rest of the time but I can have my moments. If I have to be working, how cool is it that I can do things like that when circumstances dictate it? I am still in awe of all God has done for us and how he orchestrated this job for us. It really couldn't be any better for our lives right now.

We took the kids to the sled dog races in town this weekend. It was fun to watch. After seeing the junior race that featured all girls, our eldest is trying to figure out how she can become a musher. Don't think Samson is going to qualify unless it's a quick run to his dog bowl and back to his favorite napping spot! The dogs that raced were so excited when they got to the starting line. They couldn't contain themselves and they barked constantly until the race began.



Otherwise, today has been very low key. After church, Dan started building a new sofa table/cabinet thingy for me. It will house all of our homeschool books that are being stored in laundry baskets under our current sofa table. It will be so nice to have that all behind closed doors. Each child will have their own shelf and there will be room for all our paper, pencils, scissors, glue and other paraphernalia.

It's been quite warm here - in the 30s - and sunny. Our snow is starting to melt and the kids igloo now has a big hole in the side. Our snowman from Christmas is looking a bit decrepit out there. He's lost his eyes, his nose, his corncob pipe. The only thing left on the poor, old man is his scarf. I'm hoping for more snow but we know the bitter cold of January is gone for another year. When I'm outside, the sun feels warmer and the days are getting longer!

OH MY GOSH! I am boring myself to tears here! I won't post again until I have something really good! :)

Dude Looks Like a Lady

So I made a new playlist for my ipod and included some old songs on that playlist. We have been listening to it and the little ones decided they liked Areosmith's song, "Dude Looks Like a Lady".

Tonight, Dan and I You Tubed Aerosmith's video for this song to let the kids see what they looked like. First thing out of Shelby's mouth was, "Wow, that guy has a really big mouth". Yup, Steven Tyler has a huge mouth. Second thing we realized is that this video still isn't appropriate for kids even though it's 20 or so years old!

Anyway, Kylie and Macy immediately ran upstairs to dress like rock stars and then they wanted to do a "concert" for us. Here is a video clip.