Christmas Time Misc.

This little one had a good birthday, a rather low-key birthday but still full of balloons and family.  And from her birthday we swung straight into Christmas.

Our house at the moment is showing the signs of a busy holiday.  Bags and clothes and toys scattered in random places, the effects of going from one place to another and carrying in sleeping kids late at night.  It was wonderful.  Time spent with both our families.  And today is a catch-up day, an "us" day.  To finish the half done puzzle on the kitchen table, to play with new toys and sort through old toys and donate them.

I laugh at all my pictures that hold all three.  They remind me of how crazy our life is at the moment.  Sporadic, busy, laughing one moment and crying the next.  Constant.  Household duties are accomplished only by grabbing the small moments here and there and working on it as time allows.  Never am I able to complete all my laundry at once, or clean an entire bedroom or write a blog entry without being interrupted.  And yet, slowly, these things that used to frustrate me so much have somehow become normal.

We were spoiled this Christmas, in health, in family and in church.

In gifts and in time spent together.

In siblings getting along (mostly).  In Jacob not throwing a tantrum.  At least nowhere near what those tantrums used to be like.

In Drew having time home and spending it with the kids.  Patiently opening their gifts and showing them how they work and playing games with them.

And to all you moms - I hope that your days following the holidays are quiet and full of kids napping and recovering from the festivities.  And that slowly your houses get back in order!