There was a snow day yesterday and the older kids were home. They played well together. They did all the things on their to-do-lists. They watched both discs of the Two Towers. They played in the snow.

After the second disc of the Two Towers there were three orcs rolling around on the basement floor. At the same time, there was a mom fighting with a computer program. Pretty soon, the orcs were ordered to clean up the messy basement (which they did) and to go upstairs and play quietly (which they also did).

They made a whole bunch of perler bead creations--pictured here are three that got made during this morning's two hour delay.