K.K. and the M.A.C.

There is a secret war being waged in our schools.
A war that you may not even be aware of.
A war that has hit close to home.

A little before Christmas, Megan and Matthew came home from school very worried.  It appeared that another third grader in their class was hypnotizing other school children and taking over their lives.  Kaylee was using her powers of persuasion to take over the whole third grade with obvious intentions to extend her nefarious rule over the whole world...  Matthew and Megan were taking this threat very seriously and started organizing a resistance movement, the M.A.C.

The Matthew Anti Corps (pronounced corpse, not core) was formed by Matthew and Megan and a few friends that are trying to liberate the school from K.K.'s (Kaylee's) despicable clutches.  In their surveillance activities they have witnessed K.K. "literally" hypnotizing people by waving her finger in front of them and repeating "lolli-lolli-lollipop" and thus taking their free will.  The M.A.C. is the last bulwark against the tide of robot-mind-controlled-zombies that will certainly overwhelm us all in the near future.  Even now, recruiting agents are looking for new members and strategies to defeat K.K. and her mindless minions.  Can they count on your support?

When the lights go out

Tonight we had an adventure. At 7:15, right when Matthew was getting out of the shower, the power turned off. Amazingly enough, this is the first major power outage we've had since living here. Sarah was at Activity Days and Melinda went to bring her home.

The kid's reactions varied.  Matthew was very worried the house was going to start on fire. He wasn't really sure what to make of the outage. Megan thought of it as an adventure. She enjoyed showering in the light of a crank lantern and doing activities with U.  When Sarah got home, she thought it was really cool.

We have been practicing different skills for India, this wasn't planned but it was a good event for preparing.  The kids were glad we had crank lanterns and flashlights to use. It made reading Little House on the Prairie at bedtime all the more real.