Monday -- Matthias is happy and smiling and generally pleasant to be around, and I think to myself that four months old is one of the best ages. Then he's cranky and won't take a nap, and I decide four months old isn't so great after all. I have a chiropractor appointment in the evening, which is really just a good way for me to get some quiet time to take a walk while I read a book (and I guess there's the important part where I wear a brace to straighten out my spine). After the other kids go to bed, Bryan and I teach Olivia to play Forbidden Island. She grasps the concept easily, although her cost-benefit analysis is a little weak.
Tuesday -- Olivia takes her first spelling test. She gets half of them wrong, but that's somewhat to be expected since we've worked on the words very little and she had no idea what was coming. I have her check her own paper, and she's excited to try again another day. Gretchen spells words under my direction and tries to sound them out. Then she spells them under her own direction and is disappointed when none of her letter combinations make actual words. Kaitlyn is alternately a superhero, a witch, and a dragon. Matthias poses for the most important picture of his life so far -- the book picture. In the afternoon, I head down to the basement to organize the dress racks so that the girls can pick out their winter clothes.
Wednesday -- Dentist appointments for me and the older girls today. This is Gretchen's first appointment, and she does great. Olivia's loose tooth is even looser, but will take a while to come out because her new tooth is coming in behind the old one instead of directly underneath. Her second big tooth is doing the same thing. Our dentist has a very small, kid-friendly office and with three appointments we have the place to ourselves. Kaitlyn plays with toys in the waiting room, Matthias sits in his seat in a corner, and Olivia accompanies Gretchen in one room while I'm in the other. Everyone gets a treasure from the treasure chest at the end. Today is the first day of the Advent fast, and a trip to the grocery store is required. We make it through fairly quickly, getting a few things for this week and also some new roses for our kitchen counter. In the afternoon Sierrah comes over to watch the kids while I sew for my upcoming craft fair.
Thursday -- We rush out of the house as soon as we are dressed so that I can drop the girls off with a friend before heading to baking day. The cookie walk is coming, and Matthias and I are needed to make cookies! After baking all day, I pick up the girls, visit the chiropractor for some work on my Aufdemberge slouch, eat a quick dinner, and speed off to Bible study.
Friday -- Earlier in the week I had asked Bryan to take off this afternoon so that I could sew. He accidentally took off the whole day, which works out for me because I'm not feeling great. I finish much of my sewing, and also squeeze in a nap. Dance class is very exciting for the girls because today is the day that their Nutcracker costumes are distributed. Gretchen is a lavender angel (side note: Gretchen now knows what color lavender is and uses it frequently as a descriptor) and Olivia is a wildflower. We have a fashion show while they try on their costumes and then a talent show while they dance in them. Kaitlyn is given a pair of tap shoes that are too small for Gretchen so that she will stop raiding the dance bags to steal her sisters' tap shoes. After dinner I head to Dayton to set up for the craft fair and then Matthias and I stay with the Kleins overnight.
Saturday -- Matthias and I go to a craft fair with Steph Klein. His smiles bring people over to our table but don't seem to influence sales much. By the end of the day I make back the table fee and then some, so that's good, but I am reminded why I don't attend many craft fairs. I have a lot of leftover inventory that I can now list on Etsy -- a silver lining to not selling much. Bryan is home with the girls and by the time I get back in the evening the Bossards have also arrived. Everyone seems to by playing happily, but Kaitlyn drops what she is doing to come over and greet me. "Mommy! I missed you so much! Can you pick me up?" She really is quite sweet when she wants to be, and we snuggle on the couch for a little bit while the other kids eat. Apparently Kaitlyn already had dinner. After some Pixar shorts, we settle all the kids in different rooms. I pack for Sunday's trip to Colorado, and then the adults play a few games of Dominion.
Pictures:
Trying to get the perfect book picture:
Olivia and Kaitlyn are superheroes. They strike poses and yell, "Let's go save the world!" Superheroes are too quick for a good picture, but I try anyway:
Bryan took pictures of my reorganizing efforts. More about that in a different post, but here I am hanging metal sheets in my cupboard:
Matthias in the flying saucer:
Mommy and Matthias:
Happy sisters, showing off their new winter clothes:
Unhappy Matthias, being stored in a basket while mom switches the laundry:
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