Summer Days

I’ll admit, I’m ready for a winter pace.  This summer has been busy and I’m nearing burn out.  The other day I spent knitting up my cowl because I just needed a break from all the chores.  I paid for it with a messy house for 2 days as I tried to catch up.  I ended up having to stay up after Solveig’s 5:30 am feeding, and just get ahead on the cleaning while everyone was asleep.  I may have not mentioned this in the last few posts, but I know I’ve said it: I’m not a morning person.  So 5:30 was a big deal for me.  Normally I only get up at 5:30 to feed a baby, or go to the airport.  That’s about it.

We’ve had a lot of company over, so the house has been clean more consistently.  It’s hard to keep the house nice all the time.  I think I burned out and hid in the corner and just knit my way back to sanity.  I suppose no one else has ever done that before… 😉

For today I have a hodgepodge of fun pictures of the kids.  I hope it will give you a taste of our days.

David and his chicken “Gimpy.”  She’s the one who limps because of “twisted toes.”  We decided to keep her and David likes her the best because she’s easy to catch.  Correction…David just told me this is not Gimpy.  This is “the really fast brown one.”  I see him with chickens a lot outside.

This is Elias and Daddy.  What?  Not every blog has pictures of a 2 year old in mix matched pajamas and over sized mud boots riding on a tandem bike on a farm?  Weird…

Move over Silje…even though Elias can’t reach the pedals, I think he’s almost ready for a helmet and a spot on the family bike rides.  I’m hoping she’ll get the hang of riding a bike soon.

Here’s Solveig taking a snuggle with “Oldefar” (Great-grandpa Jorolf) out at the lake cabin.  I wish this picture wasn’t so blurry.  He has a tough time seeing these days, but she crawled right up to his feet and he tried immediately to pick her up.  We set her in his lap for him and she was just as content as a peach there.

This has been a crazy fun summer so far…