New Year

Well, it is official, 2008 blew out of here with a bang and 2009 has slowly crept in. We celebrated a very quiet New Year's Eve. We cooked the roast that we were going to have on Christmas (but were too sick to enjoy) and enjoyed family. We watched movies and the kids played. Brenna has recently started pulling herself up and wants to stand all of the time. We have had to watch her constantly to make sure she doesn't fall.

The kids are finally feeling much better (I am is still sick but on antibiotics so hopefully that will help). They are all eating like crazy, have loads of energy and have a bit of cabin fever. The weather, even though the snow is gone, has been downright cold and blustery. So going outside has been a bit of challenge, not to mention all the mud that the snow has left behind. I think they are ready for Christmas break to be over with so we can get back to our regular routine.

We have not done much over the past few days, just trying to catch up on all the things that were left unattended while we were all so sick--laundry, dishes, cleaning bedrooms, dusting, vacuuming--the list is endless. School starts up again next week so I am busy trying to collect my pile of costumes and props for my theatre class as well. I feel like we are about a week behind in everything, which is understandable.