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Today we went ice skating again with the homeschooling group. The moms and little kids were free, so I decided to take Katherine around the rink and see how she liked it. She wears size 4 shoe, and the smallest ice skates they had were 6, but they were SO tiny! I held her up and let her legs dangle on the ice and she kicked her little legs as we went around. She was so cute! Today all day she's been wearing her costume necklaces she got for Christmas. She loves them. Here's a picture of her with her necklaces and ice skates, but she was so much cuter in person (if you could imagine that!) because she was so tiny and had these tiny little skates on!

My kids are so great. I'm so lucky to be their mother. Kids don't care if your hair is done, if your make up is on, if you're a dufus or whatever. My kids love me because I'm their mother; and it's wonderful to have their unconditional love (at least until they become teenagers). After we went ice skating with the homeschool group, I took the kids out to lunch. It was so fun-- I really enjoyed being with them and talking with them. Katherine is cuter than anything, and she smiles at everyone and they say "what a doll!" and she is so fun; Nathan keeps me laughing; and Alex is fun to talk with--he's getting so grown up and he is such a sweet kid. I really had a fun time with them and I'm really glad I get to homeschool them so that I can be with them all day long and enjoy their company.

Last night just Katherine and I went on a "date" to Gymboree to use my Christmas gift card (thanks Todd:)) at the mall. I let Katherine run around and let her choose (mostly) where we'd go. She liked to run around the fountain and over the bridge and she was so cute! My date smelled poopy, though.

We've been getting educational videos from the library (and my kids love them, they are such smarties and so easy to teach!) and we'll watch them in the car when we go places. For Martin Luther King Jr. day we rented a video about him. What a great man. It's so sad how the African Americans were treated. Today I think one of America's inequalities is the health care system. I hope someday my children will teach their children about how things were changed so that everyone has equal access to healthcare. Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. day!