Today is Ben's birthday.  He got a Physics set, and says he is going to blow up the world with it.   More likely he will blow up his hands.   I'm not worried because he often has big ideas which are all in his mind.  J&A joke about it, saying he is in "Ben Land".  Ben goes to "Ben Land" throughout the day, and it is a place he seems to enjoy.  

We have just spent a week at Tandala in the snow and ice.  I like vacations because I get a lot of attention.  We went on a walk every day.   However, it is cold.   There is so much ice everywhere that I slip and slide on it.  The kids are running and sliding on their stomachs, a game they are calling "the penguin".  

Last night we watched a National Geographic video.  Usually I get to see lions - surely I am related to them given we both have big manes.  Anyway, last night's show was called "Guns, Germs, and Steel" which seemed to enlighten J&A considerably.  Their eyebrows were raised - a sure sign something is going on in their brains.

John has been tiling the kitchen.  Seems pretty proud of himself.