Tuesday is a really busy day and today had a much lighter schedule.
We started with a family breakfast, which we rarely have. I made scrambled eggs, streusel toast (from Costco), sausage, orange slices, and strawberries for breakfast. Raj reorganized the mud room - a project he's been talking about for months and is very pleased to have gotten it done.
Shawn made a new lantern. He designed it after the German Flag. I tried to help Lilly make a new lantern, too, but she fell asleep and I still have one I made a few years ago, so that was just fine.
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| a crayon and water color German flag Laterne |
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| Lilly "helping" |
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The boys got haircuts and ran a few errands while Lilly napped. When they got home, we went to a Rainbow play set showroom to look for a replacement for the one that's in poor condition in our backyard. Shawn and Lilly treated it like an indoor park, which was encouraged. They climbed, swung, slid, ran... and burned energy testing a variety of play set models. We didn't buy anything today, but got some good ideas and prices.
Back home, I made dinner:
Schweinebraten (with roasted carrots, onions, apples, and gravy)
Chuffed and Roasted Potatoes
Green beans
The meal got rave reviews, even though there was no sausage, sauerkraut, or spaetzle!
After dinner, Lilly helped me prep pretzel dough (an Auntie Anne's mix from a fundraiser).
While it rested, we bundled up, put glow sticks in our lanterns, and went outside for a little while.
By the time we came back in and pajamas were on, Lilly helped add salt to our pretzels and then our pretzel men were baked. We found cinnamon - honey butter at Costco and it was a super tasty topping to the funny looking pretzels. Even after the big meal, Shawn and Lilly had no problem polishing off their own full pretzel saints! (Raj and I were expecting to share with them - NOPE!)
It was past bedtime, but everyone headed to sleep without any protests. The kids were serenaded to sleep by an owl! It was definitely noticeable, but not loud enough to be disturbing at bedtime. It's hoot seemed to echo off the houses, so it was hard to tell where it was coming from. Our guess is in the trees around the stream behind the houses across the street. Very cool. (It's still funny to me how little wild life we've actually encountered out here, considering all the raccoons, opossum, and skunks we had in Roselle! I guess we simply have more space to coexist without being in each other's faces out here!)
As the owl hooted, the Puris drifted off to sleep. Except me. I had to make an AVIC art presentation for Shawn's class tomorrow. I took advantage of the quiet house with no interruptions and burned the midnight oil. Now, I'm all set for tomorrow to introduce Winslow Homer and his Blue Boat to 27 kindergardeners. Wish me luck!
