We’ve had family here for most of the last week, and it’s been delightful. Cousins the same age to play together, and my sis all to myself! Best kind of holiday/birthday present in my book. I let my birthday slip by on Sunday with GF cayenne-chocolate cupcakes at the end of our holiday open-house, and that was all the recognition I wanted. Breakfast in bed thanks to Douglas was a huge treat the next morning too!
The two yahoos in the pic above managed to compete each other into a frenzy of yes-no-yes-no-yes-no more times that I can count, but they do come by it honestly :). Aside from party planning and cleaning and such, we did manage to make some forays out in the city to take a break from the massive Risk games and fort-building going on a home.
A trip to Chinatown …
The Queens Hall of Science was visited, with it’s crazy-cool mirrors and more (a homeschoolers dream, no need for lessons if they can read captions!)…
Leaves were jumped in …
And the back yard was worked in, raking and carving and … can you guess what that moldy-looking brown lump in the front of the pic is from? Chances are you have boys if you know …
It was a great week, and I’m sad to see them go. Best part of the holidays really, and it got me through the shortest day of the year (yesterday!) and a week that typically sees me sliding into depression if I haven’t already. I woke up with a headache today, and the desire to sleep all day, so it seems to have just been delayed. Thankfully I’d already made plans to walk the park with a friend this morning though, and so spent 2 hours in the sun with the boys on scooters and shared great and real conversation. It made me get out of bed!
I’m feeling both the need for time alone now, and the guilt of not spending enough 1:1 time with the boys, playing with them, especially now that we’re on school hiatus. I’m not the play-all-day kind of mom, and never have been, but need to find the time to do it as my oldest measures love that way I think. A post for another day I think. How are your holidays treating you?
