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Dec. 19th, 2012 10:32 amConversation that happened in my house last night:
Her: The pizzas need the oven to be on 450 and the chicken things 325. So I set it on 390 and we're good!
Me: Aw, hell.
(Yay for 'healthy' dinners!)
The baby sitter was sick yesterday, so I had the boys home with me! Late in the afternoon (after a day full of snuggles and games) I let my mind wander to their little lives and it hit me that I don't think I've ever kept the kids all day completely by myself before. How is that possible!? Nicole and I are usually off together, for one thing. Another thing is that I work, a lot. So yesterday was an unexpected gift that proved to me that I could, in fact, keep them all day and have a happy, snuggly day at home. This is huge for me in ways I cannot explain but that perhaps some longer-time readers of my journal will have some inkling. If not, I am content to let it be inexplicable and edifying at the same time.
Today the boys are back with the sitter, I took Nicole breakfast at work and I am giving myself some time to read, write and center before I hit the town and start buying my last-minute stocking stuffers.
We took the boys out for another night ride last night to see lights. They seem to really dig that tradition. I love holding Nicole's hand and singing the wrong words to Blue Christmas at the top of our lungs while the kids shout "Whoa!" in the back seat.
Tomorrow's weather sounds like it is going to change drastically. A blizzard is supposed to hit West Virginia and trickle down into our mountains with snow showers (no accumulation). First snow of the year! It still makes me giddy. I still haven't gone out on my photo walk with my olloclip and today would be the day to do it... but I just want to snuggle and wrap presents and enjoy the quiet solitude of vacation. This has been so so good for my heart.
Her: The pizzas need the oven to be on 450 and the chicken things 325. So I set it on 390 and we're good!
Me: Aw, hell.
(Yay for 'healthy' dinners!)
The baby sitter was sick yesterday, so I had the boys home with me! Late in the afternoon (after a day full of snuggles and games) I let my mind wander to their little lives and it hit me that I don't think I've ever kept the kids all day completely by myself before. How is that possible!? Nicole and I are usually off together, for one thing. Another thing is that I work, a lot. So yesterday was an unexpected gift that proved to me that I could, in fact, keep them all day and have a happy, snuggly day at home. This is huge for me in ways I cannot explain but that perhaps some longer-time readers of my journal will have some inkling. If not, I am content to let it be inexplicable and edifying at the same time.
Today the boys are back with the sitter, I took Nicole breakfast at work and I am giving myself some time to read, write and center before I hit the town and start buying my last-minute stocking stuffers.
We took the boys out for another night ride last night to see lights. They seem to really dig that tradition. I love holding Nicole's hand and singing the wrong words to Blue Christmas at the top of our lungs while the kids shout "Whoa!" in the back seat.
Tomorrow's weather sounds like it is going to change drastically. A blizzard is supposed to hit West Virginia and trickle down into our mountains with snow showers (no accumulation). First snow of the year! It still makes me giddy. I still haven't gone out on my photo walk with my olloclip and today would be the day to do it... but I just want to snuggle and wrap presents and enjoy the quiet solitude of vacation. This has been so so good for my heart.
