Well, we made it through our crazy-sanity-rule-breaking-week intact. Solveig celebrated her 4th birthday and Ingrid celebrated her 2nd. They’re both getting crazy big it makes my head spin. The stress level in the house has dropped, as I look forward to our schedule this week that has minimal, manageable running around.
We’re playing hooky from school today and making Christmas cookies. We haven’t made a single one yet, and that needs to be fixed.
Knut has been home a bunch lately, which is nice. It’s partly because it’s a slow time of year on the farm, and partly because he hasn’t been feeling the best. He’s starting to fight the achy, low-grade fever thing that Ingrid and I had last week. It didn’t stop him from helping to get the lights up on the tree. We actually had the best year ever of the kids helping with the tree decorating. Usually there’s a lot of yelling and fighting. This year it actually went well.
Knut and I got to go to a Christmas party with some of our friends at the end of the crazy week last week. It was actually a really rough day for me, but at the party, I laughed until my face hurt. I’m not sure I’ve laughed that hard in a very long time.
I’m excited for this week. I feel like we can actually focus on preparing our hearts and home for Christmas.
Mari says
December 15, 2014 at 4:21 pmGretchen…it was so lovely to see the pictures you shared. It is always so heart warming to view a family intent and focused on doing one thing. In this case trimming the tree. Here in my cottage, my second son tends to decorate for this special Holiday while mama enjoys the fruit of his labor. :0) Praying that your husband begins to feel better soon, and Happy Birthday to your children 😀 mari
Joyful says
December 15, 2014 at 4:55 pmIt’s nice to play hooky once in a while! Hope you have a great day of baking with the youngun’s! 🙂
Tree is beautiful, kids are beautiful! YOU are a blessed woman!
elizabeth says
December 15, 2014 at 5:44 pmglad for the good times… God bless your new week!!