First Day of Kids' Christmas Vacation

I slept in today until 7:45 a.m.  I'd been getting up an hour earlier most days since my vacation started so I could drive J to school early for recorder practice.  Now that's done for a while.

The kids, of course, got up and fought over my Kindle.  We've never had anything like it before, and everyone but Mr. K wants to use it all the time.  I put a Medscape app on it this morning and tried a little Angry Birds.

Around 10 a.m., the younger two neighbor girls came over to play with J and K.  I think they are 13 and 8.  N hates them, but he hates all girls so that is nothing new.    N is happy playing Slash'em on the computer (advanced version of Nethack).

J and I wrote a couple thank you notes this morning.  She for her birthday and I for some cash gifts that have arrived for the family and for chocolates from my oldest (longest-time) friend in Nebraska.

If the girls will find the motivation to go, we are caroling with the girl scout troop this evening at a local hospital.  I'm hoping at least one of them will want to go without nagging.  Tomorrow night is when J and I go on the tacky lights tour with the troop.

Once the neighbors leave, we really need to get the house cleaned up some.  The girls and N unloaded their school bags in my living room, and they need to take them to their rooms since they won't be needed for a couple weeks.

Above is a picture of some of the fancy chocolates my friend sent me.  They were almost too pretty to eat, but not quite.  They are all gone now.