Q T π

Today, as you no doubt already knew, was Pi Day. We celebrated by wearing our new pins that Aunt Shain and our nephews created for us: Madison had one that read "Q T π" on it. Mommy's had a pumpkin and a π on it (pumpkin pie), and Daddys' was a little more complex. It read: "vam π re," and had some fangs on it.

Of course, our love of obscure holidays goes back some time, but this one in particular I can remember celebrating in the early nineties, making a special trip to Shoney's to get a strawberry pie on this most hallowed of days. The pies at Shoney's used to be the best back then. They were so good that we traveled to Gainesville quite frequently to get one (we all lived in White County). To the staff there, we were known as "those guys who eat pies," and each of us made up nick-names like "Pie Pan Dan," "Glaze," and "Knife." I think some of the humor was found in this following conversation:

PIE PAN DAN: "I'd like a strawberry pie, please."

WAITRESS: "Okay, a slice of strawberry pie."

GLAZE: "No ma'am. We'd like one whole strawberry pie please."

WAITRESS: "Oh, it's you. You're those guys who eat pies."

We obviously used to have a bit more time on our hands.

Here's a photo of Madison about to celebrate Pi Day with style. Late tonight, we ate an apple pie from McDonald's. If you look closely, you can see her π pin that she wears proudly. Inside, you just know what she's thinking: "the area of a circle has got to be determined by multiplying π by the radius squared." Either that, or "my Daddy is so weird."

Anyway, Pi Day was a VERY busy day today. Add to this the fact that everyone lost an hour of sleep last night and you can only imagine how exhausted we all were. Why, if there was a formula to calculate how tired we were, it would probably involve π! Anyway, we had part two of our Xtreme series, which is going off much better than the last time we did it. But again, the last time we did this series, Daddy's mind was thousands of miles away, preparing to go to China to meet Madison for the first time. Madison was with us all day today, and immediately after church, we raced home just so we can take a nap. The reason: we had to come back! That's right, we had Easter play practice tonight. Daddy has a much smaller role (he is SO thankful), but Mommy's role is HUGE. She's helping to make sure that everyone has a costume, and just to give you an idea of numbers, she's collected about eighty-five adult Bible costumes, and around twenty-seven children's Bible costumes. So far. Lots of work to do in the coming weeks, but Easter is a big service - even greater than our Christmas performance. There is lots to do. Let's just say it isn't going to be a breeze. That's right, it isn't going to be as easy as π!