Bring on the New Year
I’m looking out the window at the pouring rain this morning, and I have to say that I have never before been so glad to see the rain. After 88cm total snowfall this winter (remember that’s it’s only the beginning of January) and about 3 weeks of being almost completely snowed in, I am ready to say goodbye to icy streets and impassable sidewalks. At first the snow was beautiful, romantic, festive and incredible. After watching Tom struggle to get the car onto the road, trying to pull Bea on the sled 10 blocks to pick up her snowpants from a friend’s house and seeing Tom and Joel push an ambulance (with someone inside, waiting to go to the hospital!) down the snow-clogged road, I am more than ready to say goodbye to the snow.
Santa’s elves managed to construct a lovely toy kitchen in time for Christmas morning, complete with real taps, wooden food and metal pots and pans. It could have actually been a little too real, as Bea opened it up, tried the faucet, looked at us with a disappointed face and asked, “where’s the water? make the water come on!” Eep. Post sugar-crash recovery she loves it and plays with it lots. Regarding the construction, Santa’s elves would like to mention just how important it is to get accurate measurements of the actual shelf you are building around. Apparently confirming measurements from the Ikea website is not good enough and will result in multiple trips back to the hardware store to get plywood re-cut.
Now that Christmas has come and gone, the tinsel is put away and the tree is back on the porch, I am looking forward to the return of the routine for a few short months before everything is turned topsy-turvy again in the springtime.
As for New Year’s Resolutions, my resolution for this year is to learn how to parent a newborn and a preschooler at the same time, and to drink more water. Oh, and if I get a chance I’d like to learn how to knit two socks from the toe up at the same time on the same long circular needle. But no ambitious plans to learn how to play guitar or completely reorganize my house. 2009 is going to be about doing what I know and taking it to the next level.
