I didn’t prep food today. Ok, I did a batch of crusty marshmallows, but that hardly counts.
However, we started the day with a morning meeting, as always, and we told the kids we were going to have a work day. We don’t do many long, gruelling work days over here, as the days are busy enough even when we’re not intentionally doing jobs. But the days we do have worky days, we work all together and it is actually so much fun. So today, the plan was the get the house ready for Christmas decorating. Right now, the place is SUCH a mess, with bags and boxes piled up in every corner. And then, what, we add Christmas?? It’ll get lost in the mess and just look cluttered and icky. So today, the kids were prepared to get their steps, and did they ever! They ran up and down the stairs, carrying things to storage, putting toys downstairs that have made their way up, putting laundry and stuffies in the right kids rooms, taking garbage out, cleaning off kitchen counters, the island, and the table just off the kitchen that has become “the camp table.”
We took a good break for lunch and then got back into the more fun work. We put up our Christmas (ready?) ARCH so we could prepare to decorate it soon.
I got Brady and Rowans buzzes tightened up. Solly is pretty nervous of haircuts and today, he was SO brave and he let me cut his hair new. I am not a hairdresser worth anything, and all we did was buzz the sides and kept the top long, but he felt like a million bucks, and I LOVED that.
MVP goes to Rowan 🥇 He worked harder than any of the kids today, not once sitting down before asking if there was anything else he could do. Any request was met with “sure thing, mom” or “aye aye, cap’n” which always gives me a little bit of a giggle. But his attitude never faltered, and that says a lot. From tiptoeing around him to asking him to do things I knew he’d rather not do, he can come leaps and bounds. I was SO impressed with him today. He absolutely crushed it.
Hair is cut. Baths are done. Some of the clutter is picked up. That is never over, but we made beautiful headway. Tonight, we will SLEEP, as the Lemon Drop seems to have decided to give in to some of that recently, and tomorrow we will finally be back at church. Which is important since Laela snagged a spot in the Christmas play! So we’d better start showing up again! 😅 Its almost like November was busy or something!
Ok. Bedtime. I ordered groceries for tomorrow. I think I’m all set. Yup. Thats it for today.
Goodnight, all 💜