On New Year’s Abe spent the morning and early afternoon skiing with his friend, Randy Blosil, while the kids and I played a memory game at home…and did three straight hours of karaoke. And when we finally put the machine away, the kids were still begging to do more! I am thrilled the machine is such a hit. Mary always sings the same song (Enya’s Orinoco Flow), and the rest of the kids cycle between Disney songs, Broadway musicals–and 21 pilots.
(Abe and I joke that 21 Pilots has given the kids a teenage angsty side. Ammon got a head start on tackling an existential crisis because after watching Fantastic Fungi and realizing his ultimate destiny is to “turn to earth!!” he spent the next morning lying contemplatively in bed and listening to 21 pilots. But even the knowledge of certain death can’t keep a five-year-old down for long. He processed the grief and was up and playing Avengers in short order.)
Here is a video of Ammon, Mary and Lydia acting out a story using the cactus costumes they got for Christmas:
In the evening we all watched Avengers movies. The kids loved dressing up like characters, and holding Avengers action figures. Thanks to Clark and Swathi who gave Ammon the Avenger dress-ups!
