Children & Chinese

I spent the better part of today watching Caleb and Alexa. They both have colds, but Caleb's is on the downside whereas Alexa's is still full-blown. If only she could. Here's how most of our day was spent, poor baby.The children got this gift for Christmas. If, at first glance, you conclude that it is a simple easel, you would be wrong. It is actually an indoor jungle gym.

Alexa felt a little bit better after I gave her some cold medicine, so she had to get in on the gymnastics as well. This is about the only five minutes I wasn't holding her.

There's only one problem with crawling through, around, and over plastic in wintertime.Not to worry -- her hair did calm down a bit later.Sort of.GOODY: We thought that our very favorite Chinese restaurant was gone. It had been in operation nearly thirty years, but their sign disappeared from the strip mall where they're located. Today, James discovered that they'd merely moved to the other end of the mall where they drastically cut the number of dine-in tables. Few tables were ever occupied at the old location because, after all, Chinese is the quintessential take-out food.