State of the Union

The State of the Union Address is tonight. 
I remember those fun nights when we used to watch the speech and the rebuttals and pick a specific word (for some reason, W saying a 3 syllable nuclear is the only on the comes to mind right now...but we had some *great* ones) to take a drink when it was said. 
There were some years we got pretty toasty. 
It's a good way to keep politics interesting...at least it is if you're young and can stay up past 9pm. 

Frankly, I'm not interested in staying up past 9 pm anymore.  It's too late. 

After having the twins for two days and playing catch-up today -   Holy cow.  Large families are not for the faint of heart. 
Six kids crossed the line from managing to crowd control. 
I firmly believe that crazy is something you are or are not - and trust me - we crossed that threshold years ago.  So we weren't crazier - just busier. 
The advantage of all that business is that I got stuff done and the kids had fun. 
The disadvantage is that I now feel like I'm coming off a three day bender. 
Dang. 
Again - it is evident that it does take a village to raise a child.  We live in a great one.