A short post

 Merry Christmas! 

Rock Garden and more

 More from our Ohio wish list...the day after Thanksgiving we headed to a...

 ...Rock Garden in Springfield...

 ...a dairy where they milk the cows and turn it into ice cream!  That's so crazy to a city girl like me.  Like we met the cows where the milk came from. 

 Moooo  

 Obligatory toddler-tractor photo opportunity. 

...and the Dayton Air Force Museum.  

And here's a big plane that Greg was excited to see. 

Happy Holidays!

Mimi Sings

Today was awful.  Immense sadness and helplessness.

So, to cheer up and strengthen the bonds of love in our home, Mimi and I listened to rock and roll together.

This is her new favorite song, The Crane Wife part 3 by the Decemberists. We sing the chorus together.  Mimi suggested that the singer "hangs his head low" to duck the boughs mentioned in the beginning of the song.



One of Mimi's past favorites is Knights of Cydonia by Muse, an SF prog rock anthem.  We shot a video of her singing and dancing to all 6 and half minutes of this song in the van.  Around 4:45 mark in the song is when she and Parker really started to headbang.



Another favorite was Fidelity by Regina Spektor.  She liked the "shake it up" in the beginning.


For older posts featuring Mimi's penchant for rock and roll and dancing see here, here and here.

Time Flies

Parker said this on Saturday...
"I can't believe I'm almost a decade old!  It seems like just yesterday I started preschool.  But it was Friday."

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It seems like just yesterday Parker earned his Wolf badge, but whoa!  Now it's a year later and he earned his Bear badge...

Quotable Saturday

Yoda is in our Saturn Ion that is parked in the Driveway.  He leans out the window and says, "Hi."

Valerie says, "Who are you saying 'hi' to?"

"I just hi-ing the orange cat."

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Parker grabs his Origami Yoda book on the way to bed.

I said, "whoa, it's 9:10 you can't read anymore.  You have to go to sleep."

Parker said "Nine-oh-eight, it is."