Gratitude for Tuesday, Oct. 20. 2009
*an amazingly beautiful day - a respite from the unseasonably cold weather we've had lately. I opened the windows when we got home - even though it was almost 6 o'clock - and aired out the house. We kept the doors and windows open all evening. It was so soothing to make dinner to the sound of cicadas out the back door again.
*after dinner, I made a from-scratch apple&cranberry spice cake, using the apples that L and I picked at the orchard last weekend. I love the domesticity of baking from scratch like that, it feels so old-fashioned to me to stand in the kitchen, chopping and peeling, sort of a connection to my ancestors, I guess. Anyhow, while it baked, L and I went for a walk all over town. I treasure that time walking with her, her comfortability in holding my hand while we walk - I know those days are probably numbered, and I revel in her open communication with me, her desire to share and question and analyze with me.
*it is thundering outside right now - 10:50 p.m. While L intensely dislikes thunder, I love it when I know it isn't a potential sidekick to a tornado. So in this season, it seems charming to me, but fleeting - it seems like the time between tornado season and snow season is so short.
*L hugging me tight when I tuck her into bed and saying "I love, love, love you" - what a perfect expression from my kiddo today.
* saying prayers with L as I tuck her into bed. We have said the same prayer for so long in tandem that our inflections match, and we say them in exact unison. I try hard to stay in the moment during my time with her, but I can also recognize how sweet it is for me to hear her little voice, saying the prayer in the exact same way that I do.
*This day is one of those days when I feel especially blessed, surrounded by God's richness. A family that brings me peace and joy, traditions that I love, the blessings of having all of our basic needs met AND gorgeous weather on top of all of that.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Gratitude 10/16/09
Gratitude for this week:
-No school yesterday, so we spent the day with my sister and her kiddos, who also had no school. We went to an apple orchard near Whitewater and let our kiddos pick their own apples for the first time! It was so fun to watch them pick and nibble - my sister's youngest is 1, and INSISTED on eating her way THROUGH an entire apple, through the center and all!
In the evening, L and I made apple crisp from those apples, working side by side in the kitchen. A good experience for me on so many levels - I loved building that connection for her that the farmer grows these apples and makes his living by selling them, we pick them, and then we make them into our food. And I loved working with her in the kitchen - she is getting so big and I love that feeling of passing on the skills that I have, that she will hopefully also use in her future.
-We have made it through another day and night HEALTHY. It hasn't hit us yet, although people around us are dropping like flies and I assume that it is just a matter of time. One of L's good friends that she plays with every day after school is sick, and the kids that she plays with at PTO and library meetings, and I work in "the cesspool" of germs...it's probably just a matter of time, but I'm enjoying every healthy day God gives us. I have a HUGE unreasonable puking phobia, so if we can just avoid that...
-Today's the day that L and I are going to try making zwiebach again. We tried last weekend for the first time, and it was a miserable failure. I learned afterward that I didn't let the milk cool enough and the heat killed the yeast. The zwiebach were like weapons to throw at your enemies' heads - terrible little round bricks. Stuart ate one anyhow, bless him, insisting for the first couple of bites that they "aren't THAT bad"...what a good guy. I called his mom to tell her thanks for instilling such good manners, because they were appalling. :) However, we're going to give it another go today, armed with increased yeast and temperature knowledge!
-No school yesterday, so we spent the day with my sister and her kiddos, who also had no school. We went to an apple orchard near Whitewater and let our kiddos pick their own apples for the first time! It was so fun to watch them pick and nibble - my sister's youngest is 1, and INSISTED on eating her way THROUGH an entire apple, through the center and all!
In the evening, L and I made apple crisp from those apples, working side by side in the kitchen. A good experience for me on so many levels - I loved building that connection for her that the farmer grows these apples and makes his living by selling them, we pick them, and then we make them into our food. And I loved working with her in the kitchen - she is getting so big and I love that feeling of passing on the skills that I have, that she will hopefully also use in her future.
-We have made it through another day and night HEALTHY. It hasn't hit us yet, although people around us are dropping like flies and I assume that it is just a matter of time. One of L's good friends that she plays with every day after school is sick, and the kids that she plays with at PTO and library meetings, and I work in "the cesspool" of germs...it's probably just a matter of time, but I'm enjoying every healthy day God gives us. I have a HUGE unreasonable puking phobia, so if we can just avoid that...
-Today's the day that L and I are going to try making zwiebach again. We tried last weekend for the first time, and it was a miserable failure. I learned afterward that I didn't let the milk cool enough and the heat killed the yeast. The zwiebach were like weapons to throw at your enemies' heads - terrible little round bricks. Stuart ate one anyhow, bless him, insisting for the first couple of bites that they "aren't THAT bad"...what a good guy. I called his mom to tell her thanks for instilling such good manners, because they were appalling. :) However, we're going to give it another go today, armed with increased yeast and temperature knowledge!
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