Cory is happily reading the new Harry Potter right now. I'm almost ashamed to admit that I haven't even read one of the Harry Potter books even though we own all of them. Subconsciously I think I'm just waiting for Accalia to be interested in reading them, too, so we can do it together.

Cory also happens to be sick with a cold or something. He felt it coming on yesterday and has had a fever and body aches and chills and congestion. That changed our plans for today a bit. We were planning to go to the drive in up in Mitchell to see Ratatouille, but I suggested (and Accalia and Cole seconded and thirded) that we just stay here and see it at the theater. That cuts out the three hours of driving and means Cory is able to go to sleep early tonight. So we went after lunch and saw a matinee. Ella sat for about two minutes of the movie and then was off and running, so the two of us spent much of the next two hours wandering around the mall. Accalia and Cole seemed to like it, although it's definitely not one of their favorites. Cory thought it was okay.

Other than that, I spent some of the day cleaning in the basement. It's rather a disaster because we don't use the basement for anything other than storage or if Cory has a project to do at his workbench. Cory's dad said we could have a big piece of indoor/outdoor carpet that he was using for camping and forgot when he was in Yankton, so I've been clearing out part of the relatively small open space in the basement because Accalia and Cole want some sort of play area down there. Even if they don't end up doing anything with the space, at least we'll have a less cluttered basement.

Last night we went to Yankton's Relay for Life for a while, and Accalia decorated a luminary in memory of Mary. This year she drew a rabbit and hare racing (to go along with the race for the cure idea of some events). After that, Cory and I finished watching the last of the Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip episodes we had on dvd. We enjoyed the one season of this show, although I'm not surprised it was cancelled.

Let's see. What else has happened since Wednesday? On Thursday after storytime, the kids and I went up to Sioux Falls to meet Melissa and another homeschooler friend at a park. After getting together with the Sioux Falls gang, I always wish I lived closer or had a similar bunch of friends and acquaintances here in Yankton.

Tomorrow won't be a very busy day. I'll probably do a little grocery shopping and stuff around the house. I'll have to try to post some pictures soon, too.