It's been both quiet and busy around here. Woot woot. I prefer the quiet, hole up the nice warm house days to the busy days...
Little miss "me see!!" insisted on watching whatever was in the oven... from a laundry basket.
My goal for Christmas break was to finally finish patching and painting the moldy drywall in the bathroom.... I had gotten it all patched and sanded before the morning sickness descended but it still needed to be painted and the baseboard replaced. I didn't get it done by the end of break, but I did finish it not long after. Woot woot! It looks pretty good if I do say so myself. hehe.
I only discovered it in October of 2017..... not so very long ago. (The blog archives are why I blog. I would have had no idea when I started this project...)
The previous owner kept a house-diary of sorts along with all of the owners manuals for appliances and things like shower surrounds. This was put in in 1988. Which makes me want to take it out and start over. But I won't. Because there is nothing functionally wrong with it, even if it is showing its age.
Pretty sure the easy-bake oven was one of our best gifts ever. Emmy wanted to make our afternoon snack, and Cadence, "Me Help!" was more than willing to join in.
It snowed! A lot! Hooray! I'm not usually fond of waking up earlier than I need to, but somehow I don't mind waking up to the sound of the snowplow. Brings back memories of hearing the snowplow go past and hoping it meant a snow day. And if you woke up to the sound of the road grader, it almost guaranteed it was a snow day... either was preferable to the hog truck showing up at 6 am or some other unearthly hour. Not only was the semi loud, idling out on the road outside my window, when they brought the hogs to be loaded I got to listen to squealing pigs for what seemed like ages. Woe is me- the trials of growing up on a farm. Anyway.
The girls enjoyed the large pile of snow the snowplow left at the end of the street.
Cadence loves to stick her face in it and eat it.
I got a miniature greenhouse kit for Christmas. It's pretty intense. But I love miniatures so I will just keep plugging away. I don't know what I'll do with it when I'm done, but it's fun!
I usually don't mind going out in the snow if I can dress appropriately and bundle up. However, my snow pants are uncomfortable right now, even unzipped, so I just don't really want to go out this year. Brave little Emmy was willing to go out by herself for a little bit one day...
January usually has me going through toys and reorganizing closets and things. And searching pinterest for storage ideas. I used a gift card to buy a roll of vinyl and I had fun playing with it and making see-through bags to help keep toys contained. It also helps the picking up process if everything has a place to go... sort of. It doesn't really help with the constant complaining about picking up though.
We ventured out one warmer afternoon. Cadence just doesn't seem to get cold and would probably stay out for hours.
They happily played library one evening. They used their cash register to scan the books just like the real librarians. Cadence- "book ready!"
The girls went to Gideon's house on Friday while Bob and I went to potluck. They had a great time. And hopefully didn't get Gideon too wound up. haha. We had a good time at potluck and thankfully the snow they predicted didn't really start until after we were home.
Saturday was really windy- although since it was out of the north we could hardly tell. Grace and Eden came for the evening. Michelle's been working on compiling Grandma and Pearl's recipes and I was proofreading and couldn't tell if she meant to frost then bake, or bake then frost her honey cookies.... so I tried both ways. I was a little impatient taking them off the pan.... also, I think frost then bake is correct. Gives them a nice crackly finish.
Sunday afternoon was cold but clear and calm, thankfully! Because; we had been looking forward to going to the family matinee at the symphony with Mom and Dad and Lena! They were playing Emmy's most requested piece- "Peter and the Wolf." (Seriously, every time I change the CD in the van: "I want Peter and the Wolf!")
Cecily was excited to get popcorn... haha. Which they didn't end up having, but they did get snacks.
And they got to meet some princesses at intermission.
Emmy did not want to get her picture taken with them. Hehe. Oh, dear little Emmy.
They both enjoyed it, and told Bob and Cadence all about it when we got home.
Monday morning, Emmy and I went to the 'kid dentist' to get 2/4 cavities filled. She did really well, and calmly watched the movie on the ceiling while they did their thing. I like that they let me stay in the room- the whole process is fascinating. We get to go back later this week to do the last two.
They called off school today because there was still a lot of drifting out in the country. (Perhaps they need a road grader like good old W-ton township?) It felt a little weird since we could make it to the grocery store, no problem, on main roads... oh well. Although, the prospect of having a newborn and trying to get a kid to school until practically June is unappealing...
Blessings.
