Overheard and other awesomeness

Yesterday was "Dads and Donuts" at the school, where the dads come and read a story with the kids and have a donut and just spend about a half an hour having some quality time together. In the morning, as we were getting ready for school, we told McKay that was what was going on today. McKay was so happy he did the "Dads and Donuts" dance. Once he finished performing his masterpiece, he asked if dancers ate donuts. I said I wasn't sure if they did. He said, "Well, they do now!"

Also, I am excited because I got to get another lens from my "reaaaaaallllllly want" list. A super cool macro lens. (Mmmm, for those photographers who read the blog, it is the Canon 100mm 2.8 L IS. Nice.) I am super excited.

Another bit of random awesomeness (as that is the theme of this post), Hannah and Darwin had a daddy-daughter date a couple of days ago and McKay and I did last night. (Well, not daddy-daughter, with McKay...substitute the appropriate nouns, if you will.) We'll rotate through all of the kids shortly. It is always easier to do these little evenings with the kids in the winter, because in the summer they seem much busier, much later in the evening.

Michael and McKay also started their third session of rock climbing with 'Splore this month too. They love it and it is a great sport for them. We shall see if I love McKay's newfound mad rock climbing skillz in the spring though. Hopefully he won't try to use them illicitly on the back fence. ;)

In some non-awesome news, poor Michael is so sick. He might be a super picky eater and I might worry about his nutrition, but he is one of my kids who is least likely to get ill, so when he does, it is always a bit of a shock to him. So, he was quite unamused this morning when he woke up, feeling violently ill. (Which is why I am posting this at 5:30 am. He is finally resting comfortably in a warm bath, and I am sitting here on the side, watching him--so he doesn't fall asleep in the water. Poor guy has been up since about 2:30.) So, a little prayer for Michael would be great. I think he'll be good to go in a few hours, but these first hours are always so uncomfortable and unfun.