Last night, many things fell apart and our family packed up late in the night and headed home. It was a hard and also correct choice. It had been quite a beautiful day, it was hard to head home so unceremoniously. But sometimes, things are difficult, and thats ok.
Everyone slept in good and proper, and Brady and I have had more than our share of coffee. It has been a strange day, as we’re not usually home on Sunday mornings anymore. There was NO way we were going to church, we were all total messes from camping. Plus EXHAUSTED. We were greeted with the rare opportunity to have some time to get some jobs done at home. But again – exhausted. Like, SO exhausted. The babies struggled pretty hard. All three have colds, as do I. One is still sleeping from the night! Kids have unpacked their bags from camp and one kid has set their laundry going. Most of the kdis took baths. I finally got my butt up, hands washed, and headed into the kitchen to bake, as we are virtually out of any and all breakfast or lunch baking. And while baking isn’t a priority for many people, justifiably so, but for our kids, it helps their bodies poop!! Heyooo! So, we do it consistently.
I started pulling out ingredients, and within thirty seconds, I had a sidekick. Laela. When I inquired if she was coming to help me, she looked surprised and said “Of course I am!” So we got into it. We worked together for the first batch, and we discussed everything we were doing. And then, she took the reins on the second big batch and I just stepped in here and there, moving clutter away from her, putting ingredients away, giving her little tips about the mixer, etc. And when it came to scooping the muffins, she was in it! I actually went and sat with a coffee.
I got up to help her take the paddles and bowl scraper off, and she completed the job. I assured her I will be her oven lady for a while, so I’ll put them in for her when the oven is free, but otherwise, that gig was all HER. She killed it.
Since I sat down to type this, Dekker got up and willingly headed out to mow, even though he was practically stumbling through the house earlier. Goodness we are one tired bunch. But the things that NEED doing are getting done, and we will all do some resting while we’re at it.
Tomorrow is another day 💜 Thank you, Lord.