Where The Heck Have I Been?

Nowhere, really. I just haven't been blogging for some reason.

We're fighting through the last few weeks of winter here. We had four inches of snow last night, which would have been demoralizing if it had been the wet, heavy kind of snow. Instead it was light and fluffy, so the shoveling was easy. We've had some warm weather, so everyone is primed for spring.

The kids are doing well and we are into a nice routine. We have the annual Blue and Gold banquet for Cub Scouts tomorrow and Nick will be earning his Tiger Cub badge, which is exciting. Then we need to get ready for the Pinewood Derby in March.

Xander is a typical four-year-old trying to do everything a seven-year-old does. It's hard on him because he really wants to do more than he's capable of right now. For example, he'll sit down and try to build one of Nick's complicated Lego kits. Of course, this ends up in frustration because it's just too much for him right now. You have to admire his persistence.

We watched The Water Horse with the kids last night. It's a cute movie about the Loch Ness monster. Nick seemed to enjoy it and it was nice to branch out beyond cartoons.

Allison and I have been obsessed with the new Battlestar Galactica series. We've been watching previous seasons on DVD and have finally caught up to the current (and final season). It's a really great show that, despite some weirdness, has kept us interested. They've definitely moved well beyond the initial premise of humans running from evil Cylons. I'm happy that I won't be spending so much of my life staring at the TV, but I'll be sad when it is over. I just hope they manage to give these poor people a break and give them some sort of happy ending.  If you like science fiction, it's worth checking out.  Just make sure you start at the beginning or you won't have the faintest idea what is going on.