Darkness

It is starting to get really dark here. Tomorrow the sun will rise at 10:19 and set at 3:01. That is 4 hrs and 41 minutes of daylight - in other words not enough daylight!!!! By the time we hit December 21st, the sun will rise at 10:58 and set at 2:41. At least it will start getting lighter again after that :)
I left the house this morning at 8 and all of us felt like it was 4 o'clock in the morning. The kids were asking why we were going somewhere in the middle of the night. I just wish that it was working the opposite way and I could convince them to go to bed at 5 p.m. when it's pitch black out :)
Well, we're off to the second show of "Babes in Toyland" today. They performed it this morning for all of the schoolkids in the area. Tonight is opening night. Ellie said that she didn't get stage fright (she doesn't have to speak or anything - just dance and move like a toy lion!) I am so proud of her though. She has already decided that she'd like to do it again - with a bigger part. We'll see if I'm up for this again.....