Heavy snow and good company

So we came through the first real snowstorm of the year with flying colors. Stayed in, watched the snow fly and wind blow and played games with the family. The boys received some fun new things for their birthdays (celebrated on the 20th)...a very fun board game "Apples to Apples" and the Guitar Heros Aerosmith Edition (complete with TWO guitars ("guitar" in the loosest sense of the word)). Both have been great fun.

It should be no surprise that a game that plays with words and meaning would work well with this crowd. Much more surprising is Guitar Hero. I, and probably most of the rest of the family, assumed this would be a "let the boys play it and hope we can figure out things to do in other parts of the house" sort of thing. It has turned out to be pretty fun...both to play and to watch (or at least have it on in the room while you talk about other things...). Heavy on Aerosmith (as should be expected by the name), there is a nice smattering of other classics and...even better...some less mainstream material. Watching Thing One "play" the New York Dolls' "Personality Crisis" was extremely amusing...having him be shocked that I knew all the words was nice. I am very cool in his eyes at the moment...it will not be so in the not so distant future so I like to revel in these moments when they present themselves...

We spent a few hours shoveling. Tomorrow will be busy with last minute wrapping and errands and a party in the evening. Great fun had by all...