Ack! Phhbbbbt!

My apologies! I had planned to make a strong return to blogging, and all hell broke loose!

1) My wife has been in-and-out of hospital repeatedly over the last two months (mostly in) - she's ok, and out now, but we were worried for awhile.

2) I've got some other personal things which I may talk about in the future, but not right now.

Anyway, an update: my wife is ok, and making a careful return to work. The kids are great - Alexander loves kindergarten, and both of them love their dayhome. Brenda is amazing - lots of kids there some days, but she keeps them organized and active and in line.

Going through the Christmas stuff recently, my wife found the stuffed Frosty the Snowman that someone gave us last year. It sings when you squeeze its hand. Audrey loves it, but after awhile it gets annoying, so we took the batteries out - not when she was around. In the morning, she discovered it didn't work, got very upset, stormed into the kitchen and grabbed a screwdriver and proceeded to try to open the battery compartment. -- She's 19 months old.