Sky Full of Rainbows

Slept in, which meant it was past 11 when I had breakfast and put on "A Nutcracker Scoob." The series finale of The New Scooby Doo Mysteries brings Fred back in to help Daphne, Shaggy, and the dogs put on a Christmas pageant for a poor orphanage. When the Ghost of Christmas Never Was interferes with the show, the kids are initially convinced that the miser who is after the orphanage did it. At least, until he's at the pageant too when the Ghost steals the true star of the show...

Got ready for work while watching Supermarket Sweep. Caught the first half when they were still playing games. This was an older episode, probably from around 1993. David Ruprecht wore colorful sweaters and pushed the new "super-sized" cans that contestants could grab and the sandwich they could make to get extra money.

Headed out a little early. I wanted to finish my Christmas shopping and pick up gift cards at CVS, since it's on my way to the Thomas Sharp School. I needed two for older friends, two for my nephews Collyn and Skylar, and one for Keefe and his wife Julia. Grabbed them, paid for them, headed out.

Thankfully, it wasn't anywhere near as chaotic at school today as it was yesterday. For one thing, we only had 14 younger kids, down from 25 yesterday. I suspect most of the kids probably went home with their parents after conferences. We even took them to the bathroom as a group with no major trouble. 

It also helped that we got them outside today. It was a gorgeous day, sunny, breezy, a bit chilly but nothing like yesterday. One of the little girls even spotted a small rainbow in the clouds over the school while she was swinging. The kids all gazed at it in wonder until we called them inside. I spent the rest of the evening building with wooden blocks with one group, then watching another play card games until there were only two pre-schoolers left and they let me go.

Hurried home, did chores, then went back out with Jessa. We had dinner at the Silver Diner at the Hillview Shopping Center across from the Cherry Hill Mall. They're a 50's-style diner with decidedly modern takes on old favorites. Jessa had your basic turkey, mashed potatoes, and cranberry chutney dinner. I had a small burger with their amazing sweet potato fries. Yum. The burger was good despite its size, and their fries are always amazing. Jess let me try a bit of her turkey dinner, too. She had sourdough bread under the turkey instead of stuffing. We had to try dessert. She had pecan pie and a fancy s'mores-themed coffee drink. I had an enormous slice of chocolate cake with fudge filling topped with chocolate and vanilla sauce and smothered in mini chocolate chips. Jess even let me try some of her pecan pie, too.

I finished the night with Vogues of 1938 when I got home. I go further into this gorgeous 1937 backstage confection that introduced the ballad "That Old Feeling" at my Musical Dreams Movie Reviews blog.

Cult Flops - Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938