Blissful ignorance

You know it: the scratch on the car; the dirty diaper; the dog shit on the sole of the shoe. All of these unknowns are great with the unknowing. But once uncovered - bam, action must be taken. And before my wife gets elevated blood pressure, no, her car was not scratched.

My ignorance was more benign. It started with a magnetic letter. The front of our fridge is covered with these, the kids love 'em. The letters becomes snakes, dinosaurs, mountains, and cars. Anything, everything. Then one fell and was brushed under the front grate of the 'fridge. And I looked.

Dust bunnies. A whole damn colony.

What does it take clean up a bunny colony? Well ya get to move a 'fridge. First get most off of the top, maybe a few things off of the sides. Then it finally gets slid out and the real cleanup begins. I found more magnets, more bunnies, dog food, broken glass, slime, and bottle caps. All in all, a glorious example of blissful ignorance. And the coild got cleaned too. Bonus.

It's clean underneath, for now. The kids got to see mess. The dof got to experience some fresh smells. And I got to be busy. Success.

Swimming & stinkies

Galen went swimming last Thursday, and the one before that. He's taking swim lessons at Foss Swim School. He loves playing in water, but hates getting his face wet. After the first lesson his "homework" was to take a shower every day. So, for four of the next six nights Shanna sprinkled, sprayed, and misted him. A few nights he was even allowed to have an umbrella. The point of all this was to get him used to water on the face. He was somewhat better on the second Thursday, but he could use more water-in-the-face time.

Liam is letting us know he has a "stinky." I hope that he will soon let us know before the event...

A New Year

We start off freezing after a wonderful holiday break. Shanna was on school break & not traveling for work, it was great to have her around. She & Galen got to shovel the driveway - on several occasions. New Year's Eve was spent at the Minnesota Children's Museum at their SparkleRama. It was a blast.

Now we are all off and running. Shanna left yesterday for a trip to DC and Boston, back home Friday. She still has two weekends before school officially starts, but there is reading for her to complete.

Galen is back at City Montessori for preschool. Yeh! He is also signed up for swimming lessons. Ten weeks of splashing and learning to kick on command.

And Liam? He & I are ready to have our mellow weekday mornings. Time to run errands, clean house, and sit in front of the fire.

Happy New Year all!