I did a good job of observing myself today. I was still grumpy at times, but almost right away I noticed, acknowledged it, but did not judge myself or try to force a change. That was amazingly helpful to my overall mood for the day.
We were planning on going to church, and then going to Glencairn museum in the afternoon, but, when I thought about it I realized that Thea has this whooping cough exposure thing going on. So we stayed home. Solomon and I have been discussing all day on and off, what we should do about that, but we decided this morning to stay home, and not share the germs if she did pick it up.
So instead we had a big pancake breakfast, and family worship together. Solomon read the story of The Annunciation, and the kids played the role of Mary and the Angel. It was really sweet. :)
Later in the morning the kids and I made paper snowflakes, and I hung them from the ceiling with dark thread, so it looks like they are floating in the air (we have dark wood ceiling so it hides the thread perfectly!) I had some grumpy times when Zoe was being difficult with going down for her nap, but overall, I didn't have a melt down or get really freaked out at the kids. I could have too, because that paper makes a huge mess, adding stress to the whole, having scissors around Zoe, thing.
The nice surprise of the evening helped to round out my day and leave me feeling really content right now!
The surprise was that Solomon and I had the fun of going to a vespers service tonight. We weren't planning on going, but we were talking about the service, just as a topic, and Tykah offered to babysit. So, we decided to take her up on it. It was wonderful!
I'm ready to go to sleep now though, 'cause I'm tired!
