Happy New Years! Here, the kids are having fun. I put a no-peek roast in the oven. Mmmm, does it ever smell good!

Hanna has resorted lately to fake injuries. She got a scratch on her hand awhile ago, and for days now, when she wants some attention, she'll say "ouchie!", and then kinda fake cry, and come over for a little hug. Ha.

John likes the planets, and watching Baby Galileo. He knows the names of the planets, though he'll often leave out Mars and Jupiter, or mix up the order. This morning he said "I'm going to sit on the nine planets, oh no! I broke the nine planets!"

Hanna is here beside me jabbering away, "Dora, Thomas, sticker." etc... maybe she's going through all the words she knows.

Have to go back to work tomorrow. Argh. It's been having all this time at home with the kids.

I've started putting together that orca puzzle I have. I'll eventually get it framed and hang it on the wall somewhere.

Return of the King was most excellent. The trilogy as a whole is quite an achievement in filmmaking.

I'm reading a book called Diamond, about the diamond industry. Very interesting. I first heard about it some time ago by seeing the author on BookTV talking about it.

The kids are antsy, so I think I'll take them outside. Besides, the smell of the roast is driving me batty.