It's a Christmastime vignette! My star garland, Santa snowglobe, the ever-present sweet peas and a colander full of fresh greens waiting to be dealt with (also ever-present at this time of year).
First things first, we did it. A's bed is now in J's room. Lots of people had positive stories for me about what a game-changer it was for the sleep issues in their house. So far, for us, it hasn't changed a lot. She still refuses to sleep in there at night. Poor J was so excited to share a room, she was so downcast when A refused. I felt awful. The good news is, I can now tell J that I or her dad will be sleeping in there if she wants us to. It's much easier overall.
The other A-related news is that she is all of a sudden refusing to nap. Like when J dropped her naps, it just suddenly happened one day. And now she often won't have a nap unless she falls asleep in the car.
I dreaded this day - the day naps were a thing of the past - but in actual fact it's great. We've reached the point where naps are kind of a pain. It's great now, not having to be home for naptime! The day is ours. Sure, it's a bit inconvenient when I've got invoices to prepare or pay, or phone calls to make, but mostly it's way better. Another step into that next stage of life I was talking about.
In the category of making and baking, I've been doggedly doing rows of bloody Sauvie. I finished the cardigan and skirt set for J's doll.
I've been wilting, chopping and freezing spinach. I made Foxs Lane's cheesy garden bread the other day, I've picked bowlfuls of peas and strawberries (and J can eat them faster than I can pick them), I've made peach cobbler and shortbread. There is a constant supply of fresh lettuce in the fridge and I'm checking the tomatoes and squashes daily. Did I tell you I forgot to thin the squash plants and so we have twelve of them? Get your squash here!
The weather has been totally whacko. We had an awesome thunderstorm the other day with lots of fantastic rumbling thunder and black clouds. It's also been hot and dry in between times so the downpour from the storm was very welcome.
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| If you squint you can just see the mountain through the rain |
My dad came for a visit a couple of weeks ago. It's a great time of year for visitors with all the Christmas stuff we were able to do - decorating our tree, watching the local Christmas Parade, the kindy's end-of-year disco... The week flew by! Poor Dad caught a cold which put a dampener on the end of the trip but otherwise everyone had a ball.
Ok, ready for your vegetable garden update?
Here's a reminder of what it looked like four weeks ago:
And this is yesterday:
Everything just grows like crazy here right now. I have to pick produce every single day to keep on top of it, and it's still not at its peak. Needless to say I'm LOVING IT.
I may not post again before Christmas so I hope everyone has a nice safe, relaxing, peaceful, non-stressful time. We'll be with B's various family members and then it's off to the bach for a few days. Cannot wait!
See you in 2019, if not before.
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