I love the way young children take to the Internet and embrace it. James had not seen a computer without a mouse and, after a brief show and tell, he was up and running. PBSkids has some wonderful games for his age group and he loves them all. However, Curious George is by far the most important game there. There are all sorts of fun things that he can do with that website and he is darn good at all of them. I see where my children have gone with computers when introduced to them as children, and I know where I am with a mature adult introduction, makes me wonder where this generation that gets them from birth on will go. There is so much positive that can be done with computers if they will just learn to master the negative and put it in the trash where it belongs.

And the other thing I love about this picture. Look at that amazing posture! I spend my life trying to remind myself to stand tall, and heaven only knows I have suggested to Lawrence a million times that he needs to stand tall. He and I are the worst in the family. But our little J-bers, my oh my but that is good posture. I sure hope he keeps same but I acknowledge the reality that he probably won't.

Winter dinner at beach

We had a family gathering at the beach and used the new bar for the first time. We can seat seven people at the bar with comfort. We put the kids at the bar, minus Logan, and the adults ate in the living room. Then we finished off the dinner with Caramel apples thanks to Linda. Messy but oh so very good. She helped the kids make their own and let them dip them in m&m candies.....what's not to love?! I will do some serious mopping on Monday but it is well worth the clean up, and the kids were really good about them. It would have been nice to have them go outside to eat them, but something about it being well below freezing made that not such a good idea. We miss the summer outside but it is still a fun place to gather. All my designers and workers have made a nice family place and I am enjoying same.

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