The demands of unpacking the house have been overcome by the demands of everyday life. I'm just getting too tired to keep working so hard on the house right now. It's a shame, 'cause there are still many messes. But I figured I better take some time to address regular house jobs since my energy level seems to be dropping rapidly. Maybe I'll get a second wind if I rest for a while. Who knows. It's hard to tell who's more tired by the end of the day, the kids or me. I haven't fallen asleep at a restaurant yet though, so Anna has me beat. Here are a few pictures of our ordinary adventures over the past week or so.
Matthew's birthday is coming up and I told him he could have a friend party, although now I'm sorry I said that. I'm really dreading the whole party which is going to be in our messy house in two weeks. I haven't officially given the invites yet...maybe I can still get out of it by bribing him with a trip somewhere. Here is Matthew by a leprechaun at Party City while we shop for Army themed party stuff.
I got the kids some
hexbugs last week after we saw some at my sister's house. Anna got hers taken away after 30 minutes 'cause she wouldn't stop putting it in her mouth. But Matthew takes care of his bug very well. He likes to pretend to feed him and let him run around so he can get exercise.
Earlier this week it got cold. Very cold. It didn't get above zero for several days. For some reason my kids still ended up wearing hardly any clothes around the house those days. They like to play dress up and somehow end up scantily clad in between dress ups. This day Matthew found my old imac keyboard in the basement while dressing up and that led to getting out my old imac, which amazingly works again after three years in storage. They stared at the music visualizer on itunes for a long time while listening to Beatles music. Not sure that's a good thing.
And we celebrated a few holidays...I use the term "celebrated" loosely. We made
groundhog treats and some
Chinese New Year food. It was not a productive week for me. I was so tired. So I was happy to get anything done. I'm kind of at a standstill with the basement. Maybe I'll try to go back in there next week, or maybe I'll just close the door and pretend there's nothing in there. Oh, and there's also the garage. :( Unfortunately cleaning that interferes with my plans to lay on the couch for the next two months. So tired!
The demands of unpacking the house have been overcome by the demands of everyday life. I'm just getting too tired to keep working so hard on the house right now. It's a shame, 'cause there are still many messes. But I figured I better take some time to address regular house jobs since my energy level seems to be dropping rapidly. Maybe I'll get a second wind if I rest for a while. Who knows. It's hard to tell who's more tired by the end of the day, the kids or me. I haven't fallen asleep at a restaurant yet though, so Anna has me beat. Here are a few pictures of our ordinary adventures over the past week or so.
Matthew's birthday is coming up and I told him he could have a friend party, although now I'm sorry I said that. I'm really dreading the whole party which is going to be in our messy house in two weeks. I haven't officially given the invites yet...maybe I can still get out of it by bribing him with a trip somewhere. Here is Matthew by a leprechaun at Party City while we shop for Army themed party stuff.
I got the kids some hexbugs last week after we saw some at my sister's house. Anna got hers taken away after 30 minutes 'cause she wouldn't stop putting it in her mouth. But Matthew takes care of his bug very well. He likes to pretend to feed him and let him run around so he can get exercise.
Earlier this week it got cold. Very cold. It didn't get above zero for several days. For some reason my kids still ended up wearing hardly any clothes around the house those days. They like to play dress up and somehow end up scantily clad in between dress ups. This day Matthew found my old imac keyboard in the basement while dressing up and that led to getting out my old imac, which amazingly works again after three years in storage. They stared at the music visualizer on itunes for a long time while listening to Beatles music. Not sure that's a good thing.
And we celebrated a few holidays...I use the term "celebrated" loosely. We made groundhog treats and some Chinese New Year food. It was not a productive week for me. I was so tired. So I was happy to get anything done. I'm kind of at a standstill with the basement. Maybe I'll try to go back in there next week, or maybe I'll just close the door and pretend there's nothing in there. Oh, and there's also the garage. :( Unfortunately cleaning that interferes with my plans to lay on the couch for the next two months. So tired!
3 comments:
I think I need to come and be your house monkey for a little while. I'll clean up the basement while you rest on the couch and then we'll switch. That way something is always getting done and you still get some relax time.
We're finally unpacking boxes in our office and we've lived here 4 years. Funny thing, it's almost exciting to unpack them now just to find out what's in them, so maybe it was a good idea to wait so long.
Go ahead, shut that door ;)
Resting on the couch is very important during this time.
It makes for happy babies and rested moms. Rested is a relative term.
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