Rats.

Today we went tobogganing, it was great fun. The hill we went to was complete ice and when Jack and Hannah slid down it, they went so far the turned into specks in the distance... well not really, but they did go quite far. We even put Henry in the sled and Dana pushed him down and I tried to catch him at the bottom. He had a very scared face but was smiling and screamed "Again, Again" after he knocked me over with the sled.
We came home from sledding and ate lunch and now Hannah is just finishing up some homework, which she got a lot of during the holidays and Jack is playing Star Wars with his action figures. Dana just took off for the gym and Henry is fast asleep.



This morning at 8 am there was a knock at our door, it was our 12 year old babysitter. I went to the door in my robe and she told us her Grandmother died last night so she wouldn't be able to babysit the kids tonight. I feel for her, she looked quite upset. We were really looking forward to going out for New Year's Eve, as we missed last year too because I had the flu. We had offers to bring the kids out, but it's just too much on a night when we were looking forward to going out - just the two of us as adults. Thanks for the offers guys. So tonight we will just stay in and have a fire and a few drinks and bring in 2006 quietly.

Last night the Yule family came for a nice visit, the kids were busy playing downstairs by themselves well into the night. It was good to catch up and for the kids to have a nice long time to play.