It's for Mommy

I'm back!

We went from Paris to Tustin to Madison, and now it's Sparkly Day morning in Wisconsin. I started work at Epic this month (Dec. 7), and so far it's great. I like the company, the campus, and the people, and the training is still interesting. I don't want this to turn into McKenzie's work blog, though, so shop talk will be minimal. Jonathan is taking care of Tristram while I am at work.

Tristram turned two on the 23rd, and is now sleeping in a big boy bed. The morning before his birthday, he pulled himself out of his crib while I was digging socks out of his closet and landed on his head. So we figured, if sleeping in a crib is now a threat to life and limb, time to switch. He's taken to it quite well; he actually goes to sleep easier and stays asleep better when he can get himself in and out of bed.

He likes, as you can see, to eat everything with chopsticks. He also still likes to feed anyone around. Right now he is watching The Wizard of Oz, which is one of his new presents. GrandDan and GrandRobyn will be here in about half an hour. It is raining (it's warm today!), but if it lets up we will probably walk over to Tenney Park, next door to us, do a little sledding, and watch kids play hockey. I got Jonathan snow boots, which it turns out are very hard to find in a size 15, so they can play outside now. Then we will eat goose for dinner, since the traditional Sparkly Day crab is not available in the Midwest. Though I can get all the microbrews, ice creams, sausages, and cheeses I want! Maybe we'll have to come up with a new traditional meal.