Tonight Olof watched a movie with the kids while I did some last-minute housekeeping in preparation for the company we’re expecting tomorrow and all the cooking/baking I have to do for our Thanksgiving celebration on Saturday. One the one hand, I wouldn’t have minded having a bit of help in the cleaning department, but on the other, I have to admit that it was nice to work without having to nag and/or supervise anyone else. Though I’m not much of a neat freak, I am fairly particular about how things are done and where things are put, so it’s much easier on all of us if I just do it myself.

After the movie ended, Olof came upstairs and I gave him a much-needed haircut (something I should have done before I swept and vacuumed the kitchen floor) and tidied up Tage’s ‘do a little bit. They’re a couple of handsome devils, if I do say so myself.