Our Kids

Well these past couple weeks have been a blur. We seem to have tons on our plate right now with the Winter Faire at the girls school, a name the turkey contest for the school (sponsored by moi), participating in the annual Tour de Coops (showcasing our chicken coop at the school) and all the various activities that surround the holiday. With all this controlled (yeah right) chaos it is nice to slow down and smell the coffee (that is multiple cups a day mind you).

Today was bliss. Unintended but absolute bliss. It started off normal enough with running for me and then getting the girls ready for school. I am supposed to take Landis and Phoebe to playgroup but I have been ditching that lately because the program quite frankly stinks but I digress. So I planned to take the girls to the mall to return some jeans I bought Jason and maybe see if they wanted to get a picture with Santa. But as we meandered through the morning it was apparent that none of us wanted to go anywhere. So Landis and Phoebe played while I designed a new sign for the animal exhibit at the school. Then we all played together and read some books. Then I put Phoebe down for a nap.

During Phoebe’s nap, Landis and I made some yummy vegan pumpkin chocolate chip muffins, then we drew pictures, then we hung up her laundry. She was so helpful and it was so nice to just soak up her company and her endless chatter about her fairy friends and the naughty gnomes. Phoebe woke up and we had some tilapia and raw veggies for lunch and soon we will be off to collect the big girls from school. A trip to the dentist is in their futures today but that generally goes really well. We might get crazy and hit Costco on our way home from the dentist but today is screaming for flexibility so that is the actual plan.