Freeze Frame

Here's Daddy saying goodnight to Madison tonight - again on Skype.  It is one of those days here, an all-day affair.  And... it's cold.  Real cold.  The good news is that RaceTrak, the gas station across the street from teh church, is giving away free coffees, teas and hot chocolate.  At one point, the entire KidPak staff hopped in cars and went there for some free hot chocolate.  And RaceTrak wasn't messing around either:  they have these large containers to put your hot beverage into, each one roughly the size of both of your kidneys put together.  Daddy had so much hot chocolate in one sitting, with one cup, that he decided to never have hot chocolate again this month.

But I know that will be back probably tomorrow!

So Madison watched some more Christmas movies, and of course she had her tennis class today too.  This is where that "indoor tennis lessons" bit really pays off!  It was pretty chilly outside, and yet she was nice and warm inside.  Furthermore, there weren't as many kids in class today, so she had more time to run around.  And according to Mommy, she really ran around.  And she did well in class too - her skills are greatly improving.  Next time she faces off against Daddy, there might be a problem on Daddy's end in keeping up!

Tomorrow is a field trip for Madison.  They are going to see the Forsyth County High School perform "The Little Mermaid Jr."  There is also a trip to a public park planned, which hopefully will have the students seeing slightly warmer temperatures.  At least it isn't raining at the moment - that's due to come in for the weekend.  Of course, it rains once the temperature goes up.  This is the pattern for years, where the precipitation arrives after the temperature begins to go up.  But it's still early, and we're still believing that snow is on the way.  Currently, it is freezing, and that is no exaggeration.  This morning, Madison and Daddy watched as the numerical temperature dropped, dropped, and dropped.  We were pulling out of the garage with the car, where it was fifty something degrees - and from there we watched it go down, down and down.  As we drove through the neighborhood, the thermometer was finally adjusting to the actual outside temperature - somewhere in the twenties.  Yikes!

Tonight was quite a bit of set up for the previously-mentioned women's conference.  Everyone was there late, working hard and decorating.  It all seems to be going well, and should be set up for tomorrow.  Daddy just went home though - he's ready to dive under those new winter blankets Mommy has put on our beds.  When the weather starts getting colder, out those blankets come - and they feel so nice and toasty.  That's the problem with them though:  you don't want to leave them in the morning!