This morning Riley looked outside and he reported that it was "Christmas". I thought that he was only looking at someone's Christmas decorations that might still be up. However, he was talking about "snow". There was a light snow on the ground and in the trees. It was "polite" snow again. Looks nice but doesn't disrupt your life.
Kari stayed home today with the boys so Dave and I took off for the hills, literally. It was rather daring because heading for the hills meant that we would encounter more snow that might not be so polite. But, we made it to North Bend for lunch. The picture was taken on the way there. I kept my eye on the hills which looked like they were getting snow. If at any time snowflakes started to fall, we were going to hit the road. Sure enough, and thankfully after a nice lunch, snow started to fall. There was quiet a bit of snow falling as we headed to Seattle on Interstate 90. Finally as we got to Issaquah, it turned to rain.
We ended up at a mall. I had a $25 gift certificate to Barnes and Noble burning in my pocket, so I bought the game we played on New Years Eve, "Apple to Apple". Not finding what we were really looking for we went over to Borders. We always have better luck there. I bought two books on parenting by the SuperNanny. I think I have mentioned before that my daughter was diagnosed with ADHD this past June. She has had difficulty with trying to establish routines. First she is working with herself now she is has medication. She also has to learn to establish routines with the boys who also have challenges themselves. I have been setting the routines mostly for them while Kari is learning to take the reins on her own life. The symtoms were sort of there when she was younger however they really showed up in her adult life and then having to take care of two little one. She managed it but she has no idea how she did because she was always "undone" and losing things. It can be a frustrating disability when not addressed.
After the bookstores, we went to the movies again. We seem to do that a bit during the cold of winter and we are outside during the warmer parts of the year. We saw "PS I Love You" with Hillary Swank as the main character. I won't share much more so I don't ruin it but it is a good movie too.
Aaron got home in the early morning hours from homecoming. He was asleep when we left so I don't have any details to share at the moment.
Tomorrow marks a full week of work coming. We have not done that in a few weeks so we better get some sleep tonight. Everyone have a great evening!
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