Today started with an early trip to a Scout camp to pick up popcorn. Aside from the ginger bread house, that was about as exciting as it got.
Not that there wasn’t any tension along the way. The kids were at each other’s throats this morning. Right up until the boy left for a pre-test to enter into the Spring testing cycle for his Junior Black Belt at the dojang. He was gone for the better part of 3 hours for the testing.
During that time, the lass and I sorted all the popcorn and waited for people to come and pick it up. That was my main thing for today and it made it awkward to try and do anything else meaningful, since I’d likely have to stop to take care of pickups. The lass and I had lunch together and we played that “box” game where players take turns drawing lines on a grid with the goal to be the one to form the most boxes. I think the lass was trying to be sneaky, drawing lines a bit lightly when she knew they could cost her. She wasn’t exactly cheating but she was pushing it.
As for the gingerbread house, that’s been a Christmas tradition ever since the kids were old enough to put frosting on candy and stick it to things. The Wife took care of baking the pieces to the house and then she and I assembled the house. Tomorrow, the kids will take care of decorating it and giving the house a yard.
Tomorrow is supposed to be a marathon day of hockey. Not for the lass, since she’s still on the Physically Unable to Play List. The boy has some kind of tryout to participate in, that’s why it’s to be a long session.
Already thinking about tomorrow. Like I said, it was a quiet day.