I accomplished my entire to-do list. In 4 hours!
Now tonight, I can tackle the Christmas tree and all the various ornaments and crap. It will be good to finally have Christmas finished!
Tonight for dinner, I'm thinking a hamburger casserole.
When Lorelei returned from school this morning she wanted to know what one does outside on a cold, rainy, windy day. Of course, I don't like cold, wind or rain so I told her I had no idea. That I would probably stay indoors and color or play a game or read a book, or just curl up on the couch to watch some cartoons if I was her. She didn't like this answer. At all.
So, she asked to take her sidewalk chalk outside. And since I'm trying to give the kids a little more freedom and be less restrictive of them being outside alone since they have always followed the rules. I let her.
She drew a rectangle in green chalk.
She picked up some leaves and dumped a big pile of them on the front porch.
She threw the big pile of leaves she collected into the wind to try to get them to blow away.
She came in. Went potty. And never asked to go back out.
I guess going outside on a day like today is not as fun as she thought it would be. And now that it's snowing and most assuredly even colder outside, I'm glad she got it out of her system.
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Caleb is still doing a great job walking himself home from school. He always comes directly home and in fact, generally "races" home to see how fast he can get here. Today when he walked in the door he said,
"Wasn't that fast getting home from school mom?"
What can I do but agree?