So, we’ve been down with
the flu this week (not the whole family; but enough of us to through me off the
groove). Hence the much-belated
posts. The good news is that because we’ve
been holed up, quarantined from sharing our holiday “cheer” with the rest of
the world, we are well into our Christmas movie stash. I’m thinking this is the year I subject the
minis to some true classics, not just Rudolph and Charlie Brown, but Bing
Crosby (a la Irving Berlin’s White
Christmas, with bonus exposure to Fred Astaire) and Cary Grant (The Bishop’s Wife, anyone?). Sadly, we haven’t we started a Christmas book
yet. I was planning on Dicken’s The Cricket on the Hearth; and may
still. Perhaps by next Wednesday…
Here’s what we’re reading
this week.
Kids:
[The youngest is still
blissfully plugging away at Fable Haven;
he’s loving it and I’m really proud of his efforts. It’s a much longer book than he’s read before
and I love that I have a hard time rousing him from it. The Eldest is always three chapters into a
book; and she returned to this one recently.
It is mostly poetry masquerading as prose; at first blush an easy read,
but it took some discipline for her to plug through. But, she’s a lyricist at heart, so she did. I love my little bookworms!]
[I’m still slowly
digesting my treasure from last week; I have a feeling I could devote a solid
two days to it and be completely immersed and entirely happy. But, there’s just so much I want to do over
the holidays, I have a hard time sitting down long enough. So in the midst of sickness, doctor’s
appointments, the regular day-to-day, and the Officer’s extra days off, I found
myself lounging in a bubble bath. In the middle of the day! And pondering this delightful book. I can’t get enough of it. I’m thinking of making it a spiritual discipline
challenge for 2013; not the way she did, but the way she points to. Oh, the flowers were a surprise the Officer
came home with when I sent him to fetch the eldest, run to the store, and do
two more errands from me while I was tending the youngest. Very holiday-y and a nice touch.]
Happy holiday prepping,
all! Don’t forget to take a few minutes
for yourself during the next few weeks.
You’re worth it. Even if it’s
just a 20 minute bubble bath where you do nothing but soak (or soak and
read). It’s a gfit for you that none of
us can do without.
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