Don’t get me wrong. We didn’t have much planned for the day to begin with. We wanted to have a relaxed morning, and then I was going to spend the afternoon being a bit creative and Christmassy, and Brady was going to do some repairs on his van that we learned of during his last tire rotation.
We had our morning, which was nice, but the afternoon was a different story. Brady discovered very quickly that while his brakes are worn, they are NOT even close to needing to be changed. Same with the calliper he was going to replace. Praise the Lord he didn’t actually install anything and we’ll be able to get our money back. But he had to bleed the brake lines and fuss with a few things like that, just from digging around and figuring it all out. Also, he had pulled two tires off and had the van up on cinder blocks. All normal things for vehicle maintenance, but a super pain when – surprise! – the vehicle didn’t actually require any. So his afternoon felt like a loss. I, on the other hand, had an afternoon of disconcerting phone calls and kids who didn’t nap well, so my crafternoon was also lost.
We fed the kids a supper they loved and didn’t complain about at all, which is always a treat. We were away from the table for a few minutes and upon returning, we found Dekker cleaning up some milk that Laela had spilled, all by himself, without being asked. What a fabulous boy! We praised him up big time. He was SO proud of himself, and rightfully so. Then we spent some good solid time with them downstairs before bedtime. We could really tell we hadn’t been the most present parents today, and we wanted to change that before they went to bed tonight.
They are now tucked in and feel more than ready to turn in for the night ourselves! But first – supper. I’ve felt so off all day, I haven’t eaten since breakfast. Its time.