From the frozen midwest...

It's Sunday night and all is quiet...I've been catching up on e-mails and a few blogs. The kids went to bed early which was nice. They were tired and so was I. Of course, instead of going to bed, I got on the computer. Typical. I am truly a computer addict. I can't go a day without checking blogs and e-mail. I live life with a continual blog post in my head. I take pictures of everything so I can blog it. It's crazy really but it is what it is. We had a very busy day today. We went out to Ollie's Uncle's church and heard him speak on "The Myths of Parenting." It was a really good and encouraging message. I bought the CD so I can pass it around to you locals when I get back. After church we went to their (Ollie's aunt and uncle) house for lunch. The kids talked their ears off, told them tons of really stupid jokes, played with the dog and spent some time in the arctic out in the snow. After leaving there we visited Nonna (Ollie's grandmother) in the nursing home. I was reminded again how much I want to make visiting nursing homes a regular part of my kid's lives. The residents light up when they see children and I want my kids to learn to love and talk to and feel comfortable with elderly people. We go every year at Valentine's day and sometimes at Christmas but I'd like to go more often than that. Maybe find a resident that doesn't receive guests often and "adopt" him or her. Anyone else up for this?