Uninspired

I've been slacking on the blogs lately, but (steaing a line from mari) I've just been uninspired. Work has picked up a little lately, but not so much that I've ever had to stay late. It's good, I like feeling like I'm doing something. Even better - Kurt has spent a record three weeks at home lately. If you take away the reasons for him staying - car trouble, Micaela getting sent home for being sick (not really sick though, just a mouth ulcer), bad weather in PA, our trip to California, and now Kurt's sick with something (too much baking soda?) - it's actually been nice having him around the house. Not only does he clean occasionally, but it's just nice that I have someone older than 7 to talk to at dinner. One of the weekends he was home we went out and got a Christmas tree. It was fun decorating, we really haven't ever had a tree before, but luckily Kurt had all the necessary decorations from when he lived in Alabama. Here are the pictures, but it looks better in real life:

Oh, and one more thing I forgot to blog about back when mom and dad were visiting - the Sock Hop. I got the flyer for Micaela's Sock Hop a while before the dance and threw it away knowing that we wouldn't be going. Then the Thursday that mom and dad arrived, Micaela came home begging to go to the sock hop the next day. My instinct was to say no, but mom convinced me otherwise, so we all went to the Sock Hop together. I kind of forgot what a Sock Hop was and told Micaela it was a great idea to where her Cinco de Mayo dress, but she didn't really care that she was dressed differently. It took her a while to get over her shyness, but once she found her little gang, they had a great time. I'm dreading her high school dances, she already looks too grown up.