And then I laughed so hard...

On Thursday, Wendell was outside in the freezing cold assessing his lights and debating how to hang them.

"There's a person in our backyard," Annika informed me.

"Who is it?"

"It's DADDY!!" she squealed.

"What's he doin' out there?" I asked her.

She didn't know and the curiosity was killing her. She put her coat on the slipped on some Sunday shoes, then marched outside. It was only a few minutes before they were back in the house.

"Don't worry, Mom," Annika said as she came in red-faced, "he's just freezin' his tail pipe."