How to stay dryiest when it's raining?

I was talking to a college at work who explained that one often debated question that he had as a youth was whether it was better to run or walk when it was raining?
Do you walk, staying in the rain longer, or do you run and collect the same amount of water by running into it?
What do you think... well here is a short essay on the topic that I found, and it also agrees with my guess.

The Family @ Euro Disney

Just one of the family photos (ME, Katie, Amber & Leah) from our recent Disneyland Paris Adventure. It was incredible!

IF you want to see lots of pictures from the holiday take a look at my Disneyland Paris album on Picasa.

Swimming gala

Amber and me (Katie) went to the swimming gala together. We had a lovely time. Amber won her backstroke race but was too nervous to do front crawl. I won all of mine, back, breast, front crawl and fly and we also won the relay :) Bournemouth won overall and there was a really good turn out. Amber especially enjoyed getting a drink and a treat from the vending machine. Oh yeah, I lost my glasses and didn't know how I would drive home. Thankfully I found them under June Shearing!

Mucho Munching of Meringues

This evening Katie & Amber went to the Stake Swimming Gala and I stayed at home with Leah & Jenna (Who is not very well - she has both Laryngitis & Conjunctivitis).
After I had got Jenna off to sleep, Leah & I decided to do some 'cooking'.
I searched the Internet for a recipe and found a recipe I used to make when I was a child - Microwave Meringues.

Leah was a very good mixer - because the mixture gets very stiff.
We had to tinker with the timings because the first batch went flat (undercooked) and the second batch got a bit burnt. We perfected them and then added some pink food coloring to the final batch.

Labeling the Children

We have all probably been taught that we should not 'label' our children, or they may grow into that label. however these stereotypes have already set in with our kids.

Amber is the 'Cold Baby' - the only child to wear a sweatshirt & Jogging bottoms on a sunny day at school sports - but Leah is the 'Hot Baby' who would always be glistening in sweat even when wearing next to nothing.

At lunch the other day Katie and I were discussing that we need to address some other label that Amber & Leah have assumed, Amber Likes to Organise whereas Leah likes to 'mess'. Jenna however is very 'regular'1.
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NOTES
1 REGULAR: You can set your watch by regularity of the nappy changes.

D&D Requiem

Last year I got the Dungeons & Dragons cartoon boxed set, one of my favorites from the 80's. You know the kids never get back home, but that is because the final episode was canceled. Michael Reaves was the writer of some episodes, including 'Requiem' the episode that was never made. It was interesting reading his preface & background to the story... I also enjoyed reading the script

Tooth

Just the other day Jenna cut her first tooth. This is exciting - I love being a Dad !