2018 — Page 56

Boring

Boring — that is pretty much what we are right now. That is also the reason I have not blogged. It is cold and we have pretty much only done school, read every morning and afternoon and the kids have played. I am just so ready for warm weather. Today I decided it was time to update the blog a little so I ran outside into the cold and took a few pictures of the kids. They didn’t even stay out long as they said they were freezing.

We decided we could make some cornbread together since we were having soup for dinner and the kids thought cornbread with it sounded good. So, we did that. We have definitely been pretty boring here, but I just know it will have to warm up soon and we can go to the Farmer’s Market. I can’t wait. Of course, the kids have had their new dollhouse to play with so they have had plenty to do.

Zola got a new duck to replace the one the fox got and she won’t let the kids mess with him yet because he is pretty afraid of everything. So, I let the kids stand back and look into the duck pen while I watched, so Zola would not be upset. She loves those ducks so much.

We did have a pleasant afternoon making cornbread together and talking and enjoying the sun coming through the windows — making it seem like it was a nice warm day — which it wasn’t.

Bella is always so happy and she brings us so much joy. She just had a birthday and she just passed her 5 year anniversary of arriving in the states – January of 2013.

The Doll House

Back last fall I saw a dollhouse for sale online and bought it for the girls for Christmas. Several things happened and it ended up that I did not give the house to them, and decided to save it till next Christmas. So, it sat in my dressing room covered up for several months. It was always in the way and I kept thinking I would get it over to my Mom’s house to store it till Christmas — but, I never made it there.

It seemed like the best idea to save it and already have one thing for Christmas 2018. Then for some reason I started thinking about the house and the girls and how they were growing up so fast, and I made the decision to go ahead and give it to them now. Let them enjoy it while I know they will still love playing with it. So, Saturday I pulled the box to their room and surprised them.

We opened it up and they were so excited. Tess was jumping up and down she was so excited. I was actually a little surprised — I thought they would like it but not this much. We started pulling out all of the pieces and the more we pulled out the more excited the girls became. I will say that when I realized the house had pictures painted on the walls — chairs, and lamps, trees and shelves, and even a carpet painted on the floor — I was not thrilled. Somehow in the process of seeing this nice big dollhouse, I think I only saw how nice and tall it was, and the little girl standing in front of it having so much fun. I never even noticed the inside. I was not thrilled. I wanted plain walls and floors. But, it is what it is and the girls all seemed to love it — of course they would. So, I just let it go and enjoyed watching them.

I had to make some of the girls sit on the beds or the floor and watch for a little while so we could get it put together. It was just too hard with them running all around and standing almost on top of Bill and myself. They were pretty ok with just watching for quite a while. I guess the excitement of seeing it all come together helped.

Evelyn and Liam were here and they came up to see what the excitement was all about. It did start to get a little crowded and hectic. So many kids so anxious to play.

Evelyn found the dolls and they entertained her for sometime.

I was shocked at how long it took us to get the house put together. It was a lot of work and we actually didn’t finish it until today. We started back on it as soon as we got home from church. A lot of the work was for the girls at this point as I told them putting any furniture together that needed to be done was up to them. They didn’t care — it sounded fun to them.

I am really glad I decided to give it to them now. They had so much fun and I think this will be something they play with a lot. They do need some dolls now, but Bethany pulled out her Madeline dolls and they worked.