January has all but faded and left some snow to cover the brown stubble once again. We have had big snows, big melts and rain too. Mostly indoor activities either due sloppy rain or basketball tournaments. Grace is playing some great bball and her team took first place last weekend after two back to back nail bitter 2 point wins. There was also her first Jazz night, a big fund raiser for the band, where Ella disappeared quickly to find a boy...I think we unknowingly drove her to a date. A trend that would continue during the month as she unbeknownst to us tried out for the school play and scored a pretty solid part as a policeman in Sweeney Todd. Sophia is still working out with the soccer team, but not convinced she will tryout next month. Merrick is working his way through Karate and logged his first injury, a twisted up toe that swelled about three sizes and turned completely purple looking like a small eggplant. Grace and I did get the dogs out for a run which then required a bath for them, but they loved it and we saw a golden eagle and found a fish vertebral column and deer femur...did I mention the dogs need a bath?
