Well, no one pointed it out, but my last post about the chores I’ve been doing said that it was Friday, and so I was working on Friday’s chores. However it was Thursday, as I learned this morning, when I found out today was not Saturday. Let’s hope I get better when Silje starts going to school.
You would think that I would have so much done today, since I did all of today’s chores yesterday. Funny, though…my house is still not clean. The kids and I cleaned up all the toys in the basement, and I made bread. I picked peas and green beans some more. The kids were actually a help in the garden today, and I’m pretty sure they shaved at least 15 minutes off my work out there this morning. I could really get used to that. I see just sending them out to get the vegis in maybe a year or two. Wouldn’t that be great! Silje helped me shell peas for a few minutes, but then got bored and left me.
I love that the kids are getting old enough to help out. They love to…so far. It reminds me of a comic strip I saw once of a mom and her two kids folding laundry together, with a huge mountain of clothes behind them. A talking bubble came out of one of the kids’ mouths that said: “Gee, Mom, imagine how much work you would have if it weren’t for us!” Yes…imagine.
Despite how much work it is to run our household, “work” is not what comes to mind when I think of my kids. When I think of Silje, I think smart, beautiful, thoughtful and surprising. When I think of David I think energy, BOY, loud, and tender. When I think of Elias, well, only one word so far: joy. That boy constantly has joy written all over his face. Constantly. You think he’d be sick of it by now. But no…more joy.
As Elias will head to the doctor in a couple weeks for his 9 month check-up, I’ve been thinking as I read my friends’ blogs about their babies. I try really really hard to give my kids a pretty equal share in blog space. When I think of it, I actually count to make sure they have the same number of pictures. But I think most people would agree that the first year of you life brings so many changes so fast. The only constant is change. I feel bad not posting more about his growth and development because the older two don’t change as fast because they’re older. I could give an equal opportunity daily update. It’d probably be something like this:
Day 1:
Silje: read 500 books
David: played with cars all day
Elias: grew a new tooth
Day 2:
Silje: read 500 books
David: played with cars all day
Elias: changed up his nap schedule
Day 3:
Silje: read 500 books
David: played with cars all day
Elias: learned to crawl
Do you see my problem? It’s just that Elias is in a time of his life of constant big things to post. So I’ve decided that I’m going to allow myself more Elias updates. At least until he’s 1, you know? I mean, after all, we took 500 digital pictures during the first month of Silje’s life. He’s the third kid. I’ve written just his name in his baby book. He deserves a few extra blog posts. So the whole purpose of this post was to be a disclaimer for future posts. Watch out for more baby news. I mean not “baby news” about a new baby, but new news about an old baby. (is “old baby” an oxymoron?) Did I just jinx myself?
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