Today was a really fun day. The kids did home school in the morning while I worked for a few hours. I usually have a documentary on or a tv show I’ve seen before in the back ground playing. Writing wills and trusts isn’t criminal defense work, it can be… boring. Today my documentary of the day was called Paradise Lost. If you ever get the chance to watch it, DONT!!
The premise alone is haunting, the first two minutes of the film you see the crime scene video tape that includes all the victims totally uncensored, where they were found. The only highlight was seeing my old college professor testifying as an expert at the trial.
I had to turn it off, as a former criminal defense attorney, I have seen and consulted on hundreds of crime scene photos, and I have seen photos that would make a normal person throw up. But now that I’m a dad, I just do t have the stomach to see those things any more. I went downstairs to the cabin where the kids were and we discussed the rest of our day in a family meeting.
Throughout the week, we require the kids to do certain chores, and if they do them, they get a check mark on a big dry erase board that tracks their check marks through the week. This last week our second child was the only one who made enough check marks to have a vote. He hates Harry Potter, and even though we ended it on a huge cliffhanger (Snape killed Dumbledore) he decided to watch Trolls World Tour. So we rented that on google play and drove to Carl’s Jr. to get take out.
After dinner, our kids played with a keyboard we bought a few weeks ago and stumbled upon one of the songs from The Nutcracker. So all four decided to create their own type of Nutcracker play for me and Bonnie. See the video below of their explanation of what it will be.
After the play, we went upstairs and watched the Trolls movie. I tried to stay awake but I just couldn’t, I fell asleep before the ending of the first song. Luckily most of the kids forgot I was asleep and used our bed as if they were competing in the Olympic trampoline event. They eventually went to bed and I just turned the Roomba on. Good night.
Our Family Adventure 