Today was birthday party day! And by “birthday party day” I mean Elvira brought presents and we all got some! The highlight was Dekkers new baseball bat, ball, and glove. He dragged it all over the house, impatiently waiting for the rest of us to finish opening our presents before we could all get dressed and go outside to play. I have some beautiful pictures from today but they’re not on the laptop yet and frankly, I just don’t want to do it right now, so we’ll do pictures another day. But Dekker raced around the yard playing with baseball with a little bit of trucks mixed in, and Laela sat on the deck in her puffy vest and chewed on her shoe laces pretty much the entire time. Both were pretty adorable. We went in after a bit and had some lunch and eventually the kids went down for a nap. The rest of us got drinks and sat downstairs for a visit while the kids slept.
I was going to make a delicious baked creamy spaghetti for supper but we flip flopped last minute and had baked talapia and corn on the cob instead. Fresh, from our very own garden corn on the cob! And it was delicious. As in comparable to farmers market corn. Yum!!! So that worked out well, and we spent the rest of the evening in the living room, playing guitar, singing with Dekker, and watching Laela show off for us. She is such a crowd pleaser, and will madly shake her head while we all laugh at her until she physically falls over. Its adorable, and she’s such a clutz, and we just love her to bits. What a clown.
After the kids hit the sack, we pulled out a cherry cream cheese cake that I made on saturday and had dessert and coffee in the living room. It was quiet and dim, and felt really cozy, in my opinion anyway. Hopefully we can all be comfy cozy for a couple of days. Well, not Brady. He goes back to work tomorrow, which feels insane and unfair. I swear, today was Saturday. But it wasn’t, and Monday is looming. But Elvira and I will have some good solid relaxing time with the kids, and not do a whole heck of a lot. I love restful days, as I’ve been feeling overwhelmed recently, and need a bit of downtime.
Sleep deep, everyone. Stay warm!