Hey Ellie, is it springtime for you too? We hit 15 degrees here. I wore shorts this afternoon. Momentarily.

After a couple of days of sub-zero temps and no school for da chimpz, I had to use a portable power pack to start the Jeep this morning. Total blowjhinski. But I got them off to school without a problem (that is, without having to walk the third-of-a-mile in single digit winds).

Right now they are watching Ed Edd and Eddie, a wildly objectionable cartoon that I would prevent them from seeing if I wasn't such a thoroughly neglectful parent. Over the last few years I think I've seen every episode, almost always in bits and piece. And in that time I don't think I've ever been able to follow a plotline to guide the main characters' slapstick antics. Even now, I'm looking across the top of the wreckage Cookie and Mojo have wrought of our living room, and I'm watching the last few minutes of this episode... Nope, no idea what's going on. But the boys do laugh out loud.

Bedtime soon. I'll be sure to return the favor by reading them something confusing.