Skating Through

As advertised, we had another fun morning at KidPak, with a continuation of our ongoing story about a mystery at base camp.  Inside the ten above are the two characters that Madison likes the most right now, a few siblings who are somewhat like Bill and Ted.

Daddy was helping out with a goofy new "winter game" involving moving cotton balls with kids' noses, and a liberal dose of vaseline too.  It was a fun morning, along with a visit from our yeti friend.

Rather than go out for further activities, we went home afterwards.  We thought of going to this one free event, but the recent flu outbreak sort of kept us from heading out any more than just church.  We've been washing our hands left and right, along with everyone else around here.

Madison spent a lot of time on the piano this afternoon, then working on the computer doing homework assignments.  She was learning about the Golden Gate Bridge, and then the next thing she was doing involved writing more of those "random acts of kindness" cards.  She spent a long time on homework and these sorts of things, and that was okay.  It's great to see her working so hard at school.

Meanwhile, the Games go on - we were watching the skiathalon, with that incredible victory from a Norwegian who had fallen and crashed very early on.  Then the luge race, with an American coming in second place and getting American's only luge medal ever.  It's just fun watching these obscure sports, and sort of getting into them.  Every four years, we cheer for people on a sled going something like 86 miles per hour down this insane track.  And then after that, we were watching the speed skating races, with an amazing come-from-behind Korean race, followed by a race decided by two one thousandths of a second, and then finally an Olympic record race by a skater from where else but the Netherlands.

This led us to get some popcorn out and watch an old movie we haven't seen for a while, "Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates."  It's a great chance to look at life in Holland, wooden shoes and all.  Along with windmills, flowers, and of course there's the ice skating.  Daddy has ancestry from Holland, so it was fun watching life in that area from over a century ago.  Anyway, we all enjoyed it greatly.

Tonight, after a bit of tomb raiding, we were still reading "When the Sea Turned to Silver," and from our devotional as well.  And then... back to the Olympics for Mommy and Daddy, watching the team skating events tonight.  It's been great to watch these talented skaters, but now it's time for some sleep!