play time

Hugo has been playing with one of his presents. People can ride for free on the roof of the train like in a 3rd world country, while ticket holders get a seat inside.

I've been giggling about the train station. I'm told that blue round thing is a garbage can but I think (& I believe Lego man agrees with me), that it's a urinal. See how happy he looks & how purposefully he's striding towards it? He totally thinks it's an open air urinal.

We're all relaxing and playing and reading (& waiting for people to go back to school/work and get off our mountain so we can go snowboarding without a crowd).

Hugo has already finished the first Artemis Fowl (& of course wants to continue the series)  and is starting on Redwall . He also received Inkheart.

Amelia received a number of Patricia Wentworth, Georgette Heyer and Ngaio Marsh mysteries, as well as A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations: Two Novels (Oprah's Book Club)

As for me, I'm indulging myself in the third installment of Suzanne Brockmann's re-released SEAL books, Tall, Dark and Devastating

Roo has been reading whatever the kids hand him. Hugo set him up with the Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians series (we're all waiting to get our hands on book 4 asap!) and Amelia just gave him a vintage book from her bookshelf Our Hearts Were Young and Gay

I'm dragging my butt but it's time to start final prepping for our next term, which officially starts Jan 3. Back to schedules, calendars, course outlines and lots of sticky notes.

We unexpectedly stayed up last night. First we watched Star Trek (2009) which was great but then, instead of calling it a night, Amelia pulled out the Abba Gold Greatest Hits (Coll Ed) which she'd found under the tree, and we laughed hysterically at the music 'videos'. It's hilarious watching music videos from a time when people weren't quite sure what music videos would actually be. Before we knew it, it was close to midnight and I went out for a quick walk with the dogs -- who didn't like the firecrackers and other noise at all and wanted me to RUN, not walk, home -- and got home just in time to do the 10,9,8 countdown, and then called it a night.
  

Happy 2011 Everyone!!!!