Here's me going to work at 8:15am in total darkness. Big volleyball tournament this weekend - lots of kids flying in from various villages. They bring their sleeping bags and such and camp out in the classrooms at school. I'm just glad they don't camp out in the library! Tom and I trekked up a higer ground place here yesterday to get photos of the sunrise. We left too early and by the time the sun starting showing , well, we were entirely too cold to stay but the camera battery also gave out. So we planned to go this morning a bit later - but today you can't see the sun for the clouds today. Lots of kids are ice skating out on the lake. It is pretty thick now - I think I heard someone say it needed to be three inches thick to be safe. They are zooming around on the snow machines already - man those things are loud. Saw two really good movies, Forbidden Games (1954), about the effect or war and death on children, and Umberto - an Italian film about an old man whose pension is so little - and he has trouble living with dignity. Both movies were just wonderful.

These precious children were sleighing while we were watching the sun rise yesterday. They are in the Head Start program so must be 4 years old.