Just Hanging Out

Taylor has been working on a science fair project (I am glad this will be the last year for those). His project needed for him to construct two types of bridges. He had to conduct the experiment 3 times. So, that means 6 bridges. It was taking him forever to build just the foundation for one bridge. He then tried doing it another way. That didn't pan out well either. I told him to scrap it and do something a little easier. He is now measuring his shadow every two hours. This requires us to hang out around here.
So, it's hard for me to just sit around. I have decided to decorate the house for Christmas. I don't know when I'll have another "free" day to do it. And while I'm at it I might as well do a little cleaning as I decorate. Kill two birds with one stone, right?
Later on Taylor and I are going to see Bolt. I heard it's a pretty funny movie. I could use a good laugh.

Happy Thanksgiving

I would like to say Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends out there. This year's Thanksgiving turned out to be very different, but a special one in many different ways.
I got this idea to write a poem to my son and daughter this year. I have finished Taylor's and I am not finished with Andrea's yet. I thought that I would post it because who knows what will happen to it. I would hope that he would save it like I save special things. But, he is a boy you know. It goes like this.

I am thankful that you Try hard at school this year.

I am thankful that you Always want to be tucked in for bed.

I am thankful that ... You are my child.

I am thankful that you Like to play games with me.

I am thankful that you Often find ways for me to win games.

I am thankful that you Really like to be a kid.

I made a homemade apple pie for Taylor because he can't eat many sweets. When I was doing the top crust nothing was going right. It was all falling apart. Taylor said, "Mom, it doesn't matter what it looks like, it will taste great." How sweet.

A Day at Disney

Taylor and I spent the day (well half a day) at Disney. I was amazed at how many rides and shows we were able to see in half a day. We got there around 3:00 and stayed til 11:00. It was a beautiful day! I would have to say that my favorite was the Mickey 3-D show. We stopped in to see it as we were making our way to Space Mountain. I was glad we were able to get in. We arrived at Space Mountain around 10:00 and it said that there was a 70 minute wait. I thought, "Is this ride really worth standing in line for 70 minutes?" I mean, you stand in line for 70 minutes and then you get on a ride that lasts for what, a minute? Not worth it to me. Just as we were leaving a family came up and asked the couple in front of us how many were in there party. They said, "2." They said they had fast passess and wouldn't be using them. I then spoke up and said we have 2. So the couple in front got 2 and we got 2. We were in the right place at the right time. I think it took us about 10 minutes in total. It definately would not have been worth the wait.