We ventured into the city for a few errands this morning and afternoon, and had a really enjoyable time! Our kids picked names this year, so today, we took them out and helped them pick gifts for the sibling they had chosen. Dekker and Solly picked each other, and Laela and Rowan picked each other. I took Laela and Solly to pick presents, and Brady took Rowan and Dekker. It was fun to prepare them for it and to see what they picked. Obviously some more than others. But Dekker had a really lovely idea for what to get Solly, and Laela came up with an idea kind of out of nowhere for Ro that he’ll really like. Its nice to see how well they know each other.
Once we got home, we fed the kids and put the little ones to bed. Then Brady and I made a plan. I wrote out what we still need to do this month, and what we still need to buy. There’s still a decent amount, but its on a reasonable list now, so it feels less ominous. We did a couple of small things off the list today, and we even brought the tree in and rearranged the living room around it. Its not a perfect setup, but we really hope to have our basement done and our tv area downstairs by next Christmas, so I’m not too concerned with finding the ideal layout this season. We’ll hopefully have many many years to try the tree in lots of places. This will work great for this year. We purged the toys a bit, to make it less messy in general, and shifted couches around to make it the best we could. Hopefully we’ll get to decorating it soon too. I can’t believe we haven’t decorated the place yet!
With the amount of running around we did today, in the city and at home, with all we accomplished and planned and made decisions about, I’m tired, and ready for bed! First, though, SUPPER!! Yikes!!