Birthdays and Other Stuff
This is birthday week here at the Barlows. Two of my boys have very unfortunate birthdays. Why, do you ask, are they so unfortunate? Well, because, not only do they have birthdays that fall just after the New Year and Christmas celebrations but they also occur within 2 days of each other. So, every year, we come home from traveling, take down all the Christmas stuff and immediately put up birthday stuff. My soon-to-be-4-year-old thinks that he has never had a birthday, actually. I think that it may be hard for a young child to separate the celebration for his birthday from the celebrations that have just occurred for the holidays. Who knows?

It has taken quite a bit of effort for me to get back in the groove here after being away for Christmas vacation. We had a really great time visiting everyone and going to the beach. We came home with a van packed full of toys and new clothes. And this is good news. But, when you live in a cottage with 5 other people, bringing in new things creates a bit of difficulty because you basically have to chuck some stuff out to make room for the new. Now, I’m not complaining about the new stuff. I’m just saying. And, it’s not as hard to make room for the new clothes because the old ones just go straight to the donation pile or (in the case with my clothes) right in the trash.

Happy weekend, everybody.