... and the blanket of snow that awaits us. Home sweet home!
December 27, 2009
December 26, 2009
Christmas Night at the Magic Kingdom
It's been magical spending the week in Disney World with family. Alas, all good things must end. And tomorrow we return to the real world, and Colorado temperatures.So long, House of Mouse!
December 25, 2009
December 24, 2009
Merry Xmas from Morocco Epcot
Merry Christmas. everyone! May you and your families all be in good health. good company, and good cheer. Much love! Mark, Pam, Berit, Rowan, and Griffin
December 23, 2009
Animal Kingdom's Asia
Pam and Rowan in a teeming bazaar with "Expedition Everest" above. Good coffee is hard to find and a prized commodity in "Asia."
Griffin at LEGO Sydney Opera House
Griffin and I just spent an hour filling a jar full of unique LEGO pieces at the LEGO store in Downtown Disney. Totally awesome :) Now pizza with my FL cousins. Later, Disney Hollywood Studios.
December 22, 2009
December 20, 2009
We're Goin' to Disney World!
The journey begins serendipitously when an angel (Pam says he was Eratrian or Ethiopian) at the enormous curbside check-in line pulls me aside. "Come here. I'll show you something." He leads me down the curb to a window that looks in on another Southwest check-in a floor beneath us, where the line is short. It's like an airport secret that this guy is laying on me; it's a Christmas miracle.
December 17, 2009
"I don't care about getting treasure. All I care about is my family. It wouldn't matter if we were poor or had no house as long as we were together."
Griffin said this just now. He needs to be asleep, but his insistence upon staying awake is amply offset by sweetness.
Pam and the girls are at a concert at Fairview High School. Rowan wants to study for her map test when they get home, but I'm not sure I'll be awake.
Two days till Disney :)
Griffin said this just now. He needs to be asleep, but his insistence upon staying awake is amply offset by sweetness.
Pam and the girls are at a concert at Fairview High School. Rowan wants to study for her map test when they get home, but I'm not sure I'll be awake.
Two days till Disney :)
December 11, 2009
Daddy Dementia
I was driving back from the park n ride last night when Pam called me to see when I would be getting home. When I asked why, she said because we had to leave shortly for the concert.
"Concert?"
"You knew about this. I told you earlier this week."
And while some dads may default to, "like hell you did," I have come to accept that my brain doesn't always contain the breadth of dates, activities, performances, and other errata that come with being the father of three kids. Sure you may have told me, but have you told me recently? Repetition is the key.
Rowan's 4th grade choir concert was wonderful. There's a Hanukkah song they sang that I really liked and that Griffin sang along to. When it was over, we went home to study math and maps, in both of which Rowan has tests today. I am getting better, but still need to be more patient when it comes to helping the kids with math. Probably not being so tired would be helpful.
While I worked with Rowan, Pam read with Griffin - something he's been calling "the mouse book" which is evidently a series. He reminded me that we need to get Animorphs 4, a series he and I have been reading about teenagers who morph into animals to battle the evil aliens. Pretty cool.
Berit, who was baby-sitting next door, came home around 9:30. She's like me, needs to go to bed earlier than she does.
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