Our family Christmas is over, and the Christmas spent with my parents, siblings, and nephews is just around the corner! So our plan was to get some things done today without stressing or rushing. I’d say we did a pretty good job of it. However, we’re on day three or four of feeling like garbage, so while we didn’t do tons of running around, Brady and both are pretty wiped.
We did a few loads of laundry, and put away the random laundry thats been sitting in hampers for several days now around our house. We lived for so long with one laundry hamper, and now that we have two brand new ones, things get left. So we tidied that up and put everything away. We played with Dekker’s new cars on his ramp, and finished the Cars movie from yesterday. We did dishes, and took out the garbage. We did some secretive Christmas things I’m not at liberty to discuss at this time. Those things probably took the biggest bite out of the day, but were the most exciting. Brady was planning to change the oil in his van today but it is viciously cold so we figure it can wait until the new year.
I had a lot of fun making treats! Earlier in December, I bought big pretzels and dipped them in chocolate and covered them in sprinkles, coarse sugars, etc. They were delicious but I learned a few things from making them, and figured out how to make them better. So I made another batch today to bring with us when we spend a few days at my parents with the whole family. Only I made them better! I first dipped them in caramel, and then chocolate. The caramel was just those square, individually wrapped candies with a tiny bit of water mixed in, and the chocolate was Belgian chocolate chips melted down with a bit of coconut oil in it to keep it from breaking off the pretzel. Thanks for the tip, Willa! Lastly, I drizzled them with white chocolate so they’d be pretty and they’re setting in the fridge. I’m so excited to try them!
Once Dekker got up from his nap, he was pretty unhappy with the world, and didn’t last too long. He went to bed right at 8:00 and Laela and I cuddled and watched YouTube for a bit while Brady did a few more dishes.
On that note of beautiful Laela, she just puked everywhere, so thats my cue to get up and help. Of all days to actually have all the laundry put away, she barfs on her burp pad, blanket, and jammies. And everything else is in Dekker’s room. Hopefully we’ll scrounge up some extras after she takes a bath with me. Barf neck!