More new things

Well, they really aren't all that new, just a continuation of things that are happening. Last Wednesday during Gwen's dance lesson, they had a picture of their spring recital costume. Holy cuteness. I don't mean to give away the surprise, but it is a red, white, and blue, stars and stripes tu-tu adorable costume. They were still working on the winter recital songs as their recital is this weekend so I have no idea what their song is going to be, but I have a feeling it will be patriotic of some kind.

Second thing, I let Trevor watch the Netflix Super Mario Super Show, although I moved it through to the cartoon because that is really all he was interested in. I remember now that because "Mario" was a former WWF wrestler, he often had other wrestlers that I recognize but cannot place the name. Funny thing, by the end of the first episode, Trevor was asking why the Mario and Luigi had their outfits reversed. Leave it to Trevor to notice. No, the green and red of Mario and Luigi were not switched, it was the shirt and overall colors. Luigi had green overalls and a blue shirt, and mario had red overalls and blue shirt. This was the design in the Nintendo and Super Nintendo version of Super Mario brothers, but now that the Wii version is out, they switched it to blue overalls and red or green undershirts.

Friday, after about a week and 5 days after the instructions said there was going to be "triops" in our triop tank, I finally saw one. Trevor was overjoyed. I guess we don't kill every pet that we get in the water. We'll have to see how long it lasts, as it seems to be a pretty lonely guy. At least Trevor has something to tell everyone he sees again.

This Sunday, we decided to host a Bears party. It was nice to see the family having been weeks...New Years I believe. Unfortunately, it was not a very good game...enough said. Bubba and Papa were missed, but they will be home shortly for the month. Of course, over the weekend Russ asked the kids if anyone wanted to go to Florida, and Gwen believes that is a signal to actually go RIGHT THEN. So since that point, I've been trying to give her some perspective on when we are going to Florida. She is just starting to get the concepts of days on a calendar, but doesn't get months or anything yet.

And today is another day off from school for Trevor. While I know it isn't the most consistent parenting, I decided to let the kids have at each other today, all the while watching and not being an active participant. They are now approaching a full hour and a half of playing. Yes, it is more like Trevor directing the playtime but I feel like it is slowly coming along. There has been more than a few instances of physical fighting, but it isn't one sided, so I'm not really sympathetic to either one if they get hurt...and by hurt it is more like whining to get the other one in trouble. Surprisingly, it has been a mostly smooth day. I don't even want to interrupt them to get Trevor to do his piano or reading.

Now if I can just get some motivation to finish this week's paper, I'll be all set for this week....