I haven’t written a Life Lately post in ages so let’s catch up, shall we? 🙂
We’ve been super busy lately (but I guess that’s par for the course with three little kids) and whilst I love the holiday season, I’m actually looking forward to things slowing down in January too! A nice little reprieve from the busyness of summer and the hustle and bustle of fall/winter holidays.
I said to Eric yesterday, I feel like I’m usually just treading water trying to keep on top of everything–and then the holiday season just pushes me past that limit and I’m forever playing catch-up. It won’t always be this way, especially as e/A/K get older. But it’s definitely a tough balance to find between all of the Christmas prep/events, being present in the moment and still trying to keep everyday life running smoothly!
Baking lately: This weekend we spent a few hours at my mom’s house for tree trimming and sugar cookie decorating/baking! And eating 😛 Little e was incredibly into it, A was just there for the snacks and K had no idea what was happening.
I’ve also bought the supplies for white chocolate peppermint bark (Eric’s favorite–I hate peppermint flavored treats) and GF gingerbread cookie bars so we’ll see how much baking happens this week!
Apartment drama lately:Â The radiant heat in the boys’ room hasn’t been working lately; first it wouldn’t turn off, then it wouldn’t turn back on. Maintenance ordered a replacement valve, only to discover when they came to replace it that an entire length of pipe was rusted out and started leaking all over the floor.
They had to turn off the heat and drain the boiler for the whole building in order to fix it. Luckily they caught it before the deep freeze this week, or it could have been much worse! Anyways, hopefully this is the end of the heating saga and we get the place to ourselves this week.
Minnesota lately: Speaking of weather… why do we live here again? This is always the time of year when I set my phone’s location to somewhere in Australia because seeing negative degrees is too depressing haha.
Weekends lately: We’ve gotten in the habit of heading out for groceries–and usually a few things at Target like diapers–first thing on Saturday mornings. Then we’ll come home, put everything way, strip down the rotisserie chicken and pop it in the fridge, and have a healthy smorgasbord lunch. It’s nice to get the to-do’s out of the way first.
Toddlerhood lately: Little e is in preschool 2 mornings/week, and both older boys are in childcare for an hour or so while K & me are in Baby & Me class on Fridays. It’s definitely a change not being with them 24/7, but they’ve been loving the extra social time 🙂 Little e always has lots to fill me in on when he gets home from school!
What’s new in your world lately?
xx Claire