18 November 2015

Slow down November!

The days are racing by, even though I sometimes feel I am trudging through black treacle (ie., molasses) with hazed-over glasses.  I blame my need for sleep.  I love being with my kids.  But sometimes I am just *tired*!  As soon as Felicity was asleep last night, I went to bed.  Titus still wants to eat every 2-3 hours during the night - but thank goodness Felicity is staying asleep most night now again we're away from the kid-tag-team-momma-can't-sleep-more-than-45min-before-the-next-crisis nights (well, at least we weren't doing that last night.)  Simon has stopped coughing, but now the rest of us have it.  I just hope we don't give it back and forth to eachother now.

It's been dreary and raining for the last week as well.  *sigh* this time of year is harder to be 'up' with the weather.  Only 33 days until the days start getting longer again.  Normally, my optimistic self is thrilled to finally see the stars again this time of year (you just don't in the summertime) but you can't even see the stars when it's 'pissing doon' (to use the Scottish-ish for it!)  (what an awful graphic image for rain when you think about it - but it sums up how we feel about it sometimes! Especially after 4-5 days solid. lol)

Good things - the wind has stopped blowing so hard at night and the roof will be getting fixed as soon as it's safe for the roofer to be on the house.  We think we've found the source of the leaks.  And no damage to the ceiling paper that we can see - we'll just need to touch up the paint after it's dried out.

Felicity's hair is so long and beautiful.  We're getting into the habit of brushing it most every morning and I love when it's smooth and shiny.  It's not thick and the curls are almost grown out of it, but it's halfway down her back and that's lovely.

Titus is a sweetie.  He's been perfect at Bible Alive the last two weeks.  He's such a chirpy little guy, but he's only wanted to sleep while being cuddled the last week.  I should enjoy that while it lasts.

My bed-warmer is a God-send.  I can't sleep when I'm cold and that thing is the most amazing invention.  Yesterday (when it was dark by 3pm because of the rain!) I took the kiddos upstairs, turned on the bedwarmer, let Felicity play on the tablet a bit while I nursed Titus to sleep.  Before I knew it, Felicity had fallen asleep too, so we all just conked out.  These are times I will miss, despite the general sleep deprivation.

Felicity's nursery was doing a little bake sale yesterday when I picked her up.  'How much does it cost?' I asked the kids.  'Just donations' Louise the nursery worked explained.  Then Felicity wondered, 'Mommy, what kind of dog is a donation?' which made me laugh.  But later in the car she insisted, 'A spotty dog is a no-nation?'  And I explained the difference between a dalmatian and a donation.  She chose a cupcake that had marshmallows on the top.  'A marshmellows is a very big snowman' she commented.  And it took me all day to realize that she was talking about Frozen - not just making a random hilarious statement.