Yesterday was a rough day here, with lots of fighting and running away and yelling and various other sorts of misbehavior I’d rather not bring back to mind by recounting in detail. Suffice it to say that I texted Olof just before lunch with the message, “Your kids are assholes. Just thought you should know,” and that was before<\/i> they really got going. Ugh.<\/p>\n
Today, so far, is much better. I got everybody up without too much trouble, and since it’s so nice and sunny outside, the two littlest girls, the dogs, and I stayed outside for a couple of hours after dropping Petra off at school. Brynja played in the yard and dug in the sandbox while I drank coffee and read my book next to a napping Yrsa. As a matter of fact, Yrsa is still asleep out on the porch in the pram. Should probably go check on her.<\/p>\n
Okay, she’s still sleeping. It’s always amazing to me how soundly they sleep outside. I’ll probably never be able to adopt the Swedish custom of putting my babes outdoors to sleep in the winter, but when the weather’s nice it’s all good. Right now the pram is parked in the shade of the balcony and the newly leafed rowan trees, and the sounds of carpentry being done next-door are coming over on the breeze, all of which are better than any lullaby at sending her off to dreamland and keeping her there. Would that all my days were like this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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